Bloomfield Animal Shelter Hits Brakes On Dog, Cat Surrenders

The Bloomfield shelter has reached full capability once more. It isn’t the one one in North Jersey to battle with the issue this 12 months.

Aug 28, 2023 2:31 pm EDT | Updated Aug 28, 2023 2:37 pm EDT

BLOOMFIELD, NJ — The Bloomfield Animal Shelter is quickly placing the brakes on new surrenders as a result of it has reached full capability, employees reported Monday.

According to the shelter, it’s unable to just accept surrendered pets “until further notice.”

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“To help our current struggle, we are waiving all cat adoption fees and reducing all dog adoption fees until Friday, Sept. 8 for approved applicants,” employees wrote, including that the shelter will contemplate foster properties for a few of its animals (with a minimal dedication of a two-month time interval).

People can e mail [email protected] for extra details about the way to foster an animal from the Bloomfield shelter. Download adoption types on-line right here, and see accessible dogs and cats up for adoption right here.

The Bloomfield Animal Shelter additionally reported an enormous inflow of stray dogs and cats in July.

Other animal shelters in North Jersey have been hitting the identical kind of wall this 12 months in the case of house at their amenities, their staffs have reported.

Earlier this month, employees on the Liberty Humane Society in Hudson County reported that proprietor surrenders have been “off the charts.”

“We are receiving extra requests to re-home pets than we’ve ever skilled earlier than,” the Liberty Humane Society said. “These surrenders aren’t just unsocialized puppies or difficult cases like you might expect – they are senior animals who’ve been in a home for all their lives; animals in need of medical intervention; and animals who just simply aren’t wanted any longer.”

“Our shelter employees is struggling to maintain up and our house and assets are restricted,” they added.

Montclair Township Animal Shelter employees and volunteers have additionally famous that they’ve been coping with a spike in intakes recently – probably pushed by the excessive costs of pet providers and meals, Baristanet reported.

“We’re seeing something we’ve never seen before,” stated Liz Morgan, director of the township shelter. “We’re used to kitten season. What’s different this year is we’ve never had this amount of dogs.”

In April, the Associated Humane Societies put out a name for assist at its Newark shelter in an e mail e-newsletter, saying that it has seen a dramatic rise within the variety of animals coming into the shelter over the previous 12 months. See Related: Newark Animal Shelter In ‘Crisis Mode’ After Deluge Of New Dogs, Cats

“So far this year our intake numbers have increased by over 19 percent,” directors stated. “Though we are adopting our more animals than ever before in AHS history, it isn’t enough.”

“Between lost animals, owner surrenders, cruelty cases and more, our kennels are completely full – although we continue to have new animals arrive daily,” AHS directors reported.

“It really is a nationwide issue, and the number of stray animals – in addition to those surrendering animals due to financial reasons or they cannot afford to live in pet-friendly housing and are forced to surrender – is rising,” AHS-Newark employees stated. “In less than two weeks, our shelter has taken in almost 50 dogs, only eight of them being reclaimed by families looking for their lost pets. There are a myriad of reasons, but many of them stem back to financial difficulties.”

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