Gwinnett County's Bill Atkinson Animal Welfare Center will be closed until Dec. 17 due to the spread of Streptococcus Zooepidemicus, or Strep Zoo for short. The announcement from the county comes ...

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - The Bill Atkinson Animal Welfare Center in Gwinnett County has temporarily closed after three dogs died from a bacterial infection caused by Streptococcus zooepidemicus.

Gwinnett County officials said the Bill Atkinson Animal Welfare Center is at critical ... to have residents volunteer to foster various shelter animals due to the lack of capacity to take on ...

The county-run shelter near Lawrenceville considers any ... find their adoptive home,” Katrina Helman, director of the Gwinnett Animal Welfare and Enforcement Division, said in a press release.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — The Bill Atkinson Animal Welfare Center in Lawrenceville has reached critical capacity and is urgently seeking volunteers to foster the sheltered animals in need, officials ...

A Gwinnett County animal shelter is at a level of “critical capacity” for dogs, leading it to waive adoption fees and issue an urgent call for volunteers willing to foster. Michelle Wilson has ...