Slater's district includes the shelter as well as the sprawling 4,715-home 4S Ranch residential community that Kelwood is building off Interstate 15 west of Rancho Bernardo. We will be building something that is really a dream shelter. Roofs leak and paint is peeling off the walls.
Some kennels have holes where dogs have chewed through walls and floors.
The shelter has become increasingly crowded since the Escondido Humane Society's shelter burned to the ground earlier this year, killing more than 100 animals. Since then, most of the lost, stray, vicious or surrendered animals that would have gone to Escondido have come to Carlsbad. I've seen the shelter personally. It does need some help. We hope this contribution will get the rest of corporate San Diego to get involved and match our funds.