The SPCA of Wake County, a privately run shelter in Raleigh, had to temporarily stop accepting kittens last week. “We really need more dog adoptions in order to balance the population and keep the shelter from becoming overcrowded.” “We are concerned about the increased dog population at our shelter,” director Sandra Strong said in a news release. It’s a problem facing shelters across the Triangle.Įarlier this month, Orange County Animal Services also put out an appeal. But we know that if we don’t put it out there, then people won’t know that we desperately need them to come adopt and foster.” “So, for us to get out and say we’re at full capacity, we know that people would worry about the animals. It is a fact,” director Shafonda Allen said. Last week, the APS sent out an appeal for more people to foster and adopt, its first such plea in years. When two dogs share a kennel, each animal has to eat, sleep and eliminate all on its side, stressing the dog and increasing the risk for disease. Typically, each dog has a two-sided kennel where the dog eats, sleeps and plays on one side and goes to the bathroom in the other in between walks. Echo, a brown and white pit bull, is one of many dogs available for adoption at the Animal Protection Society of Durham.
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