ACS

ACS recently opened two new fully operational spay/neater clinics on the East and West sides with a total of 21 new staff positions to run the clinic. The West Side clinic opened in March 2025, and the East Side clinic opened in July of 2025.

Animal Care Services currently has a 3,000-square-foot clinic on its campus at Highway 151 and Highway 90, but city officials say it's nowhere near the size it needs to be for current demand. The funds come from the voter-approved 2022 bond program.

County commissioners voted to move forward on the $11-million-dollar project.

The $300,000 study will look at where on the city's East Side a new campus could be built and how much it would cost.

The ordinance, which approves penalties between $500 and $2,000 for abandoning animals, was approved 10-1, with only the mayor voting against it.

The San Antonio City Council discussed the departments' budgets ahead of the 2026 budget adoption in September.

The East Side clinic opened a month after the new West Side clinic; both are part of an effort to increase ACS sterilization surgeries to 40,000 per year.

Animal Care Services Director Jonathan Gary said the agency was on track to reach its goal of responding to 100% of critical response calls by early 2026.

The new clinic is part of Animal Care Services' goal to sterilize 40,000 pets per year.

The Paw-changa takes place from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the ACS shelter at 4710 State Highway 151.