Overwhelmed by too many animals at its facility, Harris County Pets suspends intake.
had at the beginning of June. About 40 percent of intakes brought to itsThe shelter will pause these services until Tuesday, August 1, and intakes in the interim will only be from priority calls involving aggressive, sick or injured animals.
The Houston SPCA, one of the local nonprofit shelters, took in 488 animals from 21 rescues and organizations so far this calendar year. While it aims to help other places, its numbers have grown, too, as it now has 1,588 animals in its care. The Humane Society has taken in animals from BARC, Pasadena Animal Shelter and other facilities in the area. It currently has 446 dogs and cats in its shelter. However, this number fluctuates daily, depending on the number of animals it is boarding from cruelty cases or for people experiencing homelessness.
Stottlemyer said that BARC is a managed intake facility and expanded intake appointments earlier this year for both owner-surrenders and strays from two to four weeks at a time to address demand. The animal shelter and adoption center depends on rescue organizations and experienced fosters; as Stottlemyer said, more dogs, cats or other animals brought in are experiencing captivity for the first time and may not be socialized, which affects the animals' ability to be adopted.
The facility’s foster and volunteer services will continue to operate during the intake pause, so anyone interested in temporarily housing one of the adoptable pets or helping out at its facility can do so.
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