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An online petition criticizes the Brevard County Sheriff's Office animal shelter for hot and overcrowded conditions.

Sheriff Wayne Ivey states plans are underway to build a new, larger, climate-controlled shelter within two years.

The sheriff's office inherited an aging shelter in 2014, which officials say is now in critical need of replacement.

Things got heated this summer for dogs at Brevard County Sheriff's Office's public animal shelter off Eau Gallie Boulevard, so much so that some advocates started demanding the remedy hot, crowded conditions.

The petition, created on Aug. 10, has more than 1,400 signatures.

says the shelter already has or is addressing the concerns raised by the petition and plans to build a new, larger, cooler shelter within the next two

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