The Animal Rescue League of Berks County revealed Thursday, July 20, that it has actually resumed dog adoptions at its Cumru Township shelter after serious breathing infections struck dogs there the start of the month, stopping canine adoption there July 4.
José Joel Delgado-Rivera, primary interactions director at the ARL, said the shelter is playing it safe by enabling a minimal variety of dogs up for adoption at a time.
The ARL said it needed to euthanize 19 dogs in between July 14 and Tuesday, due to their poor conditions, bringing the overall to 20 dogs lost to the break out of Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus, likewise called Strep zoo, and a Mycoplasma types of germs.
Delgado-Rivera likewise said Thursday that the the ARL is still promoting foster houses to decrease the variety of animals at the shelter and volunteers to tidy kennels. Apply online to volunteer at https://berksarl.org/volunteer-2/.
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