Animal shelters reaching capacity during tough economic times

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Working an animal shelter in these robust financial instances isn’t straightforward.

Sharon Harvey, the manager director at Cleveland APL, stated pet house owners are consistently dropping of their pets right here as a result of they merely can’t afford to feed or maintain them proper now.

“Demand for consumption is outpacing the demand for adoptions,” she stated.

This drawback is changing into so widespread that Harvey fears they may run out of area within the shelter to take extra animals in.

“We’re seeing animals are available in at a better price & we’ve been in a position to transfer them into houses, which causes us challenges in with the ability to assist extra animals,” Harvey stated.

Over in Ravenna Laurie Jackson at Completely happy Trails Farm Animals Sanctuary is going through the identical difficulty, however not together with your typical family pet.

“We even have animals being dropped off reminiscent of pigs, goats, sheep and cows,” she stated.

One of the simplest ways to assist these shelters out, come out and undertake a brand new four-legged buddy.

The truth is, the APL is operating a particular to entice you to just do that.

“Thursday, Friday, & Saturday we’re doing a waived payment canine adoption promotion,” Harvey stated.

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