For the first time in nearly 50 years, a Pennsylvania animal shelter doesn’t have any dogs left after hundreds of adoptions | CNN
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Just two weeks ago, the Adams County, Pennsylvania, SPCA was near capacity as its kennels were filled with dogs needing homes. Now, for the first time in nearly 50 years, there are no dogs at the facility and the recent residents are spending the holidays with their new families.

Just two weeks ago, the Adams County, Pennsylvania, SPCA was near capacity as its kennels were filled with dogs needing homes. Now, for the first time in nearly 50 years, there are no dogs at the facility and the recent residents are spending the holidays with their new families.

“To say that we are beyond excited is an understatement! The staff and volunteers have worked VERY hard to take care of the animals in our care and to make sure they got adopted to the right home!” the animal shelter said in a post on Facebook Friday. “This is the first time in 47 YEARS that the Adams County SPCA is empty let alone at Christmas time, it is a true miracle!”

There was one cat taking refuge at the facility, the shelter said – a stray arriving just before the announcement.

    • whyNotSquirrelEnglish
      28·
      11 months ago

      yeah most shelters stop adoption before the holidays. But I sure hope they were right to do it!

      • MisterChief@lemmy.world
        6·
        11 months ago

        I definitely agree with the idea but I have experienced the opposite. We adopted our dog the day after Christmas last year and were looking at a few different adoption agencies for about 6 weeks leading up to adopting our puppy last year. We adopted through ASAP, we’re looking at SPCA (where we adopted our cats 5 years ago), and also looked at 2 local shelters who all had no restrictions around the holidays.

        All in all I’m so happy with the experience but I’ve heard of moratoriums around holidays but outside of rabbits at easter, have never actually seen the idea implemented.

  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    457·
    11 months ago

    Lemmy bringing that holiday magic in the comments - focusing on the dogs that might get returned to the pound.

    • cucumberbob@programming.dev
      10·
      11 months ago

      I dont know what it’s like where you live, but in the UK, we get a decent number of ads around Christmas from the Dogs Trust telling people a dog is not just for Christmas. I don’t think it’s that weird that people make the association between dogs being adopted near Christmas and dogs being abandoned shortly after.

      Edit: accidentally posted this twice, hence the deleted comment in this thread

  • Yer Ma@lemm.ee
    31·
    11 months ago

    Just in time for people to drop off all their used COVID companions