Animal shelter

• DeKalb County opens $4 million ‘pet neighborhood’ shelter expansion - Most of the funding came from a special-purpose local option sales tax.
• Drunk raccoon inspires merch, raises $150K for Virginia animal shelter - Orders for "Trashed Panda" merchandise are open through Dec. 8, 2025.
• ‘Trashed panda’ to the rescue! Drunk raccoon who ransacked liquor store fundraises for animal shelter with his own line of T-shirts - The shirts and other merchandise had raised over $100,000 for the shelter