Is San Jose animal shelter going to the dogs? City report documents ‘inhumane’ conditions

A CRITICAL CITY report highlighting deteriorating conditions at the San Jose animal shelter echoes concerns advocates and former volunteers have raised for years.

San Jose’s Animal Care Center is the city-run adoption center that also serves residents in neighboring cities like Cupertino, Milpitas and Saratoga seeking dogs, cats or rabbits. But several residents with firsthand experience of the shelter told San José Spotlight it has become uninhabitable and inhumane. Years of piling complaints led the City Auditor’s Office to investigate the shelter, resulting in a 134-page report chronicling evidence of mismanagement that will be reviewed by the San Jose City Council on Dec. 3.