{"id":281611,"date":"2025-10-06T11:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T11:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/281611\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T11:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T11:46:12","slug":"spca-of-texas-plans-to-expand-dallas-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/281611\/","title":{"rendered":"SPCA of Texas plans to expand Dallas campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">SPCA of Texas will host an event Thursday to celebrate the new building expansion at its Dallas Animal Care Center. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The 39,000-square-foot expansion will add a building to the shelter\u2019s West Dallas campus, doubling its capacity for care, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/spca.org\/care-unleashed-capital-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/spca.org\/care-unleashed-capital-campaign\/\">the SPCA\u2019s website<\/a>. With this building expansion, the shelter will be able to perform \u201cthousands more surgeries\u201d and provide pets the \u201cmedical and behavioral support they need to find homes faster,\u201d the SPCA said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Included in the building expansion are new medical suites, behavioral wellness spaces and a welcoming adoption center. \u201cIt\u2019s more than a building,\u201d the website says, \u201cit\u2019s a promise to save more lives.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The expansion is supported by a $31 million capital campaign called Care Unleashed. But according to Chris Luna, president and CEO of the SPCA of Texas, Care Unleashed is more than a campaign. \u201cIt is a promise that every pet who needs healing, safety, and a home will have a better chance because of you,\u201d he said in an email to The Dallas Morning News. <\/p>\n<p>Breaking News<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Get the latest breaking news from North Texas and beyond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Construction on the new building is underway, and doors are expected to open in 2026, the SPCA\u2019s website said. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3840 \/ 2160\"   class=\"dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2160\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ITMRWWMHDFFLLMYKTUJL5QX3IY.png\" alt=\"The SPCA is working on a 39,000 square foot expansion of its West Dallas Campus.  This...\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The SPCA is working on a 39,000 square foot expansion of its West Dallas Campus.  This rendering shows the front of the planned building.<\/p>\n<p>SPCA<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Thursday\u2019s ceremony will start at 10 a.m. at  2400 Lone Star Drive in Dallas. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cThis cornerstone dedication is not just about bricks and mortar. It is about building hope, saving lives, and shaping the future of animal welfare in Dallas and North Texas,\u201d Luna said in the email. \u201cIt is about unleashing the care that already defines this community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SPCA of Texas will host an event Thursday to celebrate the new building expansion at its Dallas Animal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":281612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,3425,1596,68910,256,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,47396],"class_list":{"0":"post-281611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-animals","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-inspired","12":"tag-philanthropy","13":"tag-texas","14":"tag-tx","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa","21":"tag-west-dallas"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115327060770162248","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}