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Fulton County and Lifeline limit public intake hours to curb shelter crowding; emergency intake still handled
Summary
County staff and Lifeline said they temporarily reduced public intake hours (cutoff at 5 p.m., no routine Sunday public intake) to keep the shelter population below design capacity, citing a maximum of 376 dogs and a current population below 400.
County staff and Lifeline representatives told the Fulton County Animal Welfare Board on Jan. 29 they adjusted public intake hours to reduce the shelter population after a large increase in animals in late 2024.
A county representative said the dual operation of two shelters earlier in the year pushed the population toward or above 500 animals and that “we can only hold a certain amount of animals in the new shelter, or we're gonna wind up cutting the lifespan of that building in half.” The…
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