SPRINGFIELD — It has been one of many worst years for animal shelters in the case of overcrowding.
The National Database’s Shelter Animals Count experiences canine intakes are up 15 p.c this yr in comparison with 2021.
In the Miami Valley one shelter is on its final resort.
“It’s horrendous. It’s truly horrendous. People have no idea,” Sandi Click, government director and chief canine warden on the Clark County Dog Shelter mentioned.
For the previous yr, the shelter has needed to make the tough choice of which dogs to euthanize.
“I would say there’s probably been close to a couple hundred,” Click mentioned.
With nearly all of them put all the way down to unencumber cages.
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“Under the Ohio Revised Code, we’re required to have space available for those stray dogs,” she mentioned.
Click mentioned she has seen a development that’s regarding her.
“We have seen a tremendous upsurge in the past several months of dogs that are abandoned by their owners.” She mentioned. “It’s very concerning.”
The shelter is a municipal shelter that means it’s funded to accommodate stray dogs.
But with so many animals being deserted, they take house from the strays.
So the dogs should be evaluated to decide on which will likely be euthanized.
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“I don’t believe in a kill list. I think that’s very manipulative,” Click mentioned. “No dog comes in here with a number on its head that says it will be here for three days, or 10 days, or 15 days.”
She mentioned choice comes down to 2 issues.
“If a dog has such a horrible temperament or such severe health problems,” Click mentioned.
But the principle purpose is to get all of the dogs reunited or adopted.
Click believes rising prices might have an element to play in fewer dogs being adopted.
“It’s making it more and more difficult. Most of our dogs here that are adoptable, most of them do receive a positive outcome,” she mentioned.
The shelter mentioned donations are at all times wanted and requested that individuals license their dogs to allow them to simply monitor down their house owners.
