Task Force Agreed to Site for New Animal Shelter

GREGG COUNTY — A new animal shelter in Longview will most likely be built on property owned by the Humane Society of Northeast Texas, according to KETK. The 4.3-acre site on Kermit emerged as the favored location after Humane Society board members agreed during their November meeting to convey the property off H.G. Mosley Parkway, near West Loop 281, to the nonprofit group created by the City of Longview and Gregg County.

The vote was unanimous, said Terry Moore, vice president of the Humane Society of Northeast Texas. Members of Longview’s Animal Shelter Task Force agreed this week the new shelter should be built on the land which was purchased about 10 years ago. At the time, the Humane Society planned to build a new shelter, but financial difficulties stalled those efforts.