As of May 1, 2010, according to The Daily News - Galveston County, Galveston Island Humane Society Shelter on 53rd Street and Avenue S. will not be evicted from their building as The Texas National Guard had previously stated in February of this year. On April 28th Guard spokesman Col. William Meehan stated, "If the building has mold or is structurally unsafe, the Guard will build new quarters for the shelter on the same site." Therefore The National Guard will build a temporary structure for the organization if an inspection team finds environmental or structural problems with the building it occupies. This statement was made only one week after the eviction had been made public.

The city of Galveston had made an announcement two weeks ago, that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Fort Worth (which manages a lease with the city on the building long used as a police substation), could not be swayed in their decision, despite the efforts of the people and they demanded the city vacate the building by May 1st.

The Army corps did not want the city using the building as an animal shelter, but rather as a police substation. This was specified in the June 1995 lease and the corps believed that the city had violated its lease by not making the necessary repairs it had agreed to the when the lease was signed 20 years ago.

There was worry about a section of the building where the roof collapsed during Hurricane Ike and of mold in the areas that flooded in the shelter more than a year and a half ago, had made the structure unsafe. On Friday April 29th, State-hired consultants took samples of air, flooring and walls looking for unsafe levels of mold, lead and asbestos that would make the building unsafe for people and animals. Chief Gonda Moncada of public affairs said that the inspection could take up to a week to complete.

The new shelter is being built at 76th Street and Interstate 45 and is hoped to be finished by the end of October. Luckily for the animals, they won't have to leave the safe place they found after the storms. The Daily News - Galveston County stated that "Humane society Director Caroline Dorsett had said if the corps forced the city to vacate the building, the humane society would be forced to ship animals to another humane society and the city would not longer be able to collect abandoned or stray animals." Now that will not happen and I would like to think it's from the efforts of the people and those in power who are animals lovers as well. It would've been wrong to put the animals back out on the street and leave nowhere for any other rescue animals to go.

Luckily for Galveston, there should be new shelter soon and they will no longer have to worry about the damages from the storm. Alicia Cahill, Galveston spokeswoman, said “The city appreciates the Texas National Guard reconsidering this issue.” Also stating, “We welcome their visit and look forward to meeting with their inspectors to discuss their findings.”