Leashes to Litterboxes

I just read this from Associated Press…….

An outbreak of contagious diseases at a shelter where officials admit they kept animals for too long without destroying them has forced the killing of about 1,000 dogs and cats, officials said.

Visiting inspectors from The Humane Society of the United States discovered the outbreak of the diseases — distemper and Parvovirus in dogs and panleukopenia in cats — Lied Animal Shelter spokesman Mark Fierro said.

The mass culling, which began Feb. 9, is believed to be the largest in the city’s history and has prompted shelter officials to change their methods of caring for animals.

I talked about parvovirus in an earlier post……it is a deadly disease.  I hope that the shelter does change its vaccination protocol and hopefully this mass cull deals with the problems at the shelter and that no more lives are lost needlessly.

Tags: parvovirus, animal shelter, dog, cat, disease

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