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 ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — A Gwinnett County animal shelter is closing until Dec. 17 to prevent the spread of a potentially deadly disease. Three dogs in the Gwinnett County Animal ...

The Bill Atkinson Animal Welfare ... The county-run shelter near Lawrenceville considers any number exceeding 130 dogs to be “critical.” On Monday, the shelter had 141 dogs, Gwinnett ...

Gwinnett County officials ... According to the county, animal control services is looking to have residents volunteer to foster various shelter animals due to the lack of capacity to take on ...