Dogs, cats from Texas land at Vancouver shelter | The Columbian
Seven days ago, Harry arrived in Vancouver by way of Tulsa in search of a new life. The 1-year-old shepherd mix was joined by 224 of his fellow animal mates on a plane to Seattle where five Washington shelters met on a tarmac to take them home.
The planeload of dogs and cats came from overburdened Texas shelters, and the group that arrived in Vancouver is the largest in the Humane Society for Southwest Washington's history.
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"We take in over 2,000 cats and dogs every year from transports because the demand for adoptable animals exceeds the supply of available animals locally," said Lisa Feder, HSSW's Vice President and Director of Shelter Operations.
For the last few years, the shelter has had to import pets to meet the demand, a demand that's recently doubled.
"We have been telling people for years to adopt from shelters, but we've also said spay and neuter," Feder said. "We have spay-and-neutered ourselves out of a population of animals."
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Seven days ago, Harry arrived in Vancouver by way of Tulsa in search of a new life. The 1-year-old shepherd mix was joined by 224 of his fellow animal mates on a plane to Seattle where five Washington shelters met on a tarmac to take them home.
The planeload of dogs and cats came from overburdened Texas shelters, and the group that arrived in Vancouver is the largest in the Humane Society for Southwest Washington's history.
...
"We take in over 2,000 cats and dogs every year from transports because the demand for adoptable animals exceeds the supply of available animals locally," said Lisa Feder, HSSW's Vice President and Director of Shelter Operations.
For the last few years, the shelter has had to import pets to meet the demand, a demand that's recently doubled.
"We have been telling people for years to adopt from shelters, but we've also said spay and neuter," Feder said. "We have spay-and-neutered ourselves out of a population of animals."
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