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2010-08-09--BULLETIN--POTSDAM HUMANE SOCIETY SEES MASSIVE INFLUX OF 20-PLUS DOGS |
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THE POTSDAM HUMANE SOCIETY NOW HAS SO MANY DOGS, IT HAD TO SET UP A TEMPORARY SECOND ANIMAL SHELTER. DIRECTOR ANN SMITH TOLD US SHE GOT A CALL LAST WEEK FROM AN AREA RESIDENT WHO NEEDED TO RE-HOME NINETEEN DOGS. NOT LONG AFTER THAT CALL, A SECOND CALL CAME IN FROM ONE OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY’S TOWN CONTRACT ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS, WITH ANOTHER FIVE DOGS THAT NEEDED HOMES. SMITH DESCRIBES HOW THE GROUP OF NINETEEN CAME TO BE; SHE SAYS IT WAS A CLASSIC CASE OF FAILURE TO SPAY OR NEUTER AND TWO DOGS BECAME MORE. SMITH SAYS THERE HAS BEEN AN UPSWING OF DOG OWNER SURRENDERS OVER THE SUMMER AS IT IS AT THE CRAMPED SHELTER ON MADRID AVENUE. SHE SAYS BUSINESS OWNER FRED MAYER CAME THROUGH WITH THE MOONLIGHT KENNEL PROPERTY HE OWNS ON ROUTE 56, AND SUPPORT FROM OTHER BUSINESSES AND VOLUNTEERS HAS BEEN GREAT. SMITH SAYS THERE IS ALWAYS A NEED FOR VOLUNTEERS, BUT TO BE AWARE THAT CARE MUST BE TAKEN; THERE WILL BE A STRICT SCREENING PROCESS AND TIGHT SECURITY AT THE MOONLIGHT FACILITY. ANYONE WITH THE DESIRE AND RESOURCES TO HELP THE POTSDAM ANIMAL SHELTER, THE PHONE NUMBER IS 265-3199.
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