Cobb County government said Friday afternoon that the county animal shelter has closed temporarily because “an unknown illness has affected dogs and cats in the shelter.”
The county said in the announcement that the University of Georgia is conducting tests with the results coming early next week.
Until then, adoption appointments with the public are being cancelled.
The shelter, located in the Cobb government services complex on County Services Road west of Marietta, closed for two weeks last October due to a strep zoo outbreak.
Two dogs at the shelter died from the contagious virus and the facility was thoroughly cleaned.
The Cobb Department of Animal Services was to have launched an online appointment booking option starting Tuesday.
The shelter has been open to the public for adoption and animal surrender only by appointment since COVID-19 closures in the spring.
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