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Raytown is preparing to open its first city-operated animal shelter, marking a significant shift from contracting animal care services to an outside company.

The city purchased and is renovating the former Midwest Animal ResQ building to create the new Raytown Animal Services facility. The shelter will house up to 25 dogs and 12 cats in newly designed kennel spaces.

"We put panels so they don't react to one another, so they can be calm. We're going to have a light, and like a night light, for them, and they're also going to have a radio so that they can hear stuff, because a lot of these dogs have been through some really tough times, and we want to make sure that this facility can calm them for the adoption process and just give them a nice space to st

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