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A 13-year journey is coming to an end for the animal shelter in Weyburn.
After planning and fundraising since 2013, the new Weyburn Humane Society will open at the end of September.
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“It’s going to be incredible,” shelter manager Colleen Morrice said, adding that she cannot wait for the day when animals have “the freedom, the space, and the cleanliness.”
She said the number of pets that staff serve has outgrown its current 1,000-square-foot facility.
“We do not have enough space,” she said. “There is never enough space for all the animals that people want to bring in.”
“We find lots that come in a box at our front door, which is better than them leaving in a ditch, but it still makes it very difficult to find a space for them within this tiny facility,” according to Morrice.
The new Weyburn Humane Society will open at the end of September. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
The new humane society will have a 5,000-square-foot building in the front and a 4,500-square-foot building in the back for the dogs.
Construction began in September 2025 at 1810 East Avenue in Weyburn.
The dog building will have 16 kennels and space for the pooches to play outside on nicer days, Morrice said.
The new Weyburn shelter has more kennels for dogs in care. (Gillian Massie/ 980 CJME)
The shelter manager is excited to have more storage and a cat playroom at the new facility.
“They (the cats) can get to know each other, they can play, they’re not in a kennel all the time,” she said. “They get that freedom to run around, and then you can tell if it’s going to work with a cat you may already have at home.”
A fundraiser is currently underway to have the cat room named after Tanya Myers, who was shot and killed while driving on Highway 39 northwest of Weyburn.
Sandy Johnson, a board chair of the Weyburn Humane Society, stands in the new building. (Gillian Massie/ 980 CJME)
Sandy Johnson, a board chair with the shelter, said the new building will serve southeastern Saskatchewan better.
“We’ve had so many floods over there. It’s a very tiny place,” she said. “You can’t run the exhaust fans without having the lights on, so you have to turn the lights down.”
“It’s just a very dark, dingy place, and this is beautiful, big, bright. It’s amazing,” she said.
Morrice said she was pleased the new building has HVAC to help reduce odours from the animals.
