Already Crowded Animal Shelters Navigate Increase in Diseases

Houston area animal shelters, already overloaded with unwanted cats and dogs during and after the height of the pandemic, are now dealing with an increasing number of illnesses that in some cases has forced the temporary shutdown of facilities. Making matters worse, some of these crowded facilities, even if they’ve…

Houston area animal shelters, already overloaded with unwanted cats and dogs during and after the height of the pandemic, are now dealing with an increasing number of illnesses that in some cases has forced the temporary shutdown of facilities. Making matters worse, some of these crowded facilities, even if they’ve remained open, tell people to hold on to the strays until there is an opening for them or return them to the street where they found them…