DALLAS – The Dallas Animal Shelter is providing $50 reward playing cards to those that undertake dogs this weekend in an effort to filter out a shelter that’s approach over capability.
DAS stated its canine shelter is at the moment 139% full, with large-breed dogs making up a lot of the inhabitants.
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To encourage adoptions, the Friends of the Dallas Animal Shelter will give $50 Petco reward playing cards to the primary 75 individuals who undertake a canine between Friday and Sunday.
That reward card can be utilized to buy meals and provides for the brand new pets.
“We have a strong foster program with greater than 1,000 pets in foster houses, and our adoptions have been regular, however that merely hasn’t been sufficient to maintain up with the sheer quantity of consumption,” stated Sarah Sheek, DAS’s assistant basic supervisor.
Sheek stated final weekend alone, DAS took in 161 dogs from Friday to Sunday.
DAS’s aim is to seek out houses for at the least 90% of the animals it takes into the shelter. But final month, that dwell launch charge was nearer to 85%.
“We try each technique we are able to to seek out constructive outcomes, and we’re asking the group to come back out this weekend to assist us save lives,” Sheek stated.
The shelter situated at 1818 Westmoreland Road is open from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday and 11 a.m. to six p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
To see a listing of all adoptable pets within the shelter, go to BeDallas90.org.
