A Texas animal control is currently slammed with incoming pets – in fact, so any people want to surrender their cats and dogs that the wait time is over two hours. It has gotten so out of hand at the Harris County Animal Shelter that people are walking away without leaving their pets with shelter staff.
On Monday, the Facebook page for the facility detailed the pitiful situation:
There is a 2 1/2 hr wait today to surrender an animal at Harris County Animal Shelter. That is how many animals we are receiving! If people can’t wait or don’t want to wait they tying them up to a tree and leaving or abandoning them in a box in our parking lot.
The shelter is caring for over 530 homeless pets – there are so many animals there that the kennels are packed with upwards of six dogs! The shelter is in desperate need of adopters and people who are willing to foster – if enough people aren’t found, the fate of these unwanted pets will be sealed.
The situation is overwhelming for the staff at this facility – please help share the message that the Harris County Animal Shelter needs help. Adopt – foster – network to save lives. These pets have been let down by their families. They did nothing to deserve the situation that they have been put into. Please help if you can.
If you are a Houston or Harris County resident and can foster for 2-3 weeks, please email [email protected].
Location and contact:
612 Canino Rd (1,867.28 mi)
Houston, Texas 77076
Phone:
(281) 999-3191
https://www.facebook.com/HarrisCountyAnimalShelter/videos/1238868086290459/
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