Two animal shelters have issued an alert, requesting assistance as they are being overwhelmed by an influx of animals.
On Monday, the Huntington County Humane Society posted on Facebook, requesting adoptions and donations. It stated that they have seen a large number of sick and dying kittens in recent weeks. Last week, the Animal Welfare League of Kosciusko County announced that it had taken in a hoarding case involving 37 cats and one dog.
“We were already at our maximum capacity before this case, and now we are overflowing,” the league wrote. “All of these cats are in isolation rooms in wired dog kennels. “Some had to be paired to make room.”
Both shelters require community support, such as donations, fosters, volunteers, and adoptions.
But they’re not the only ones.
The Humane Societies of Whitley County and Noble County are also struggling after taking in tens of animals from their own hoarding situations this summer. Like AWL Kosciusko County, they were overflowing when those animals arrived and are now even more over capacity.
WANE 15 reached out to animal shelters in Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio. Out of nine shelters, all but two were overcrowded.
Both shelters confirmed that they were forced to euthanize animals this year due to a lack of space.
Fort Wayne Animal Care and Control had to euthanize two animals because they couldn’t find foster homes or shelter space. The Bluffton Animal Shelter stated that they have had to euthanize “a handful” fewer animals than last year.
As of the last check, the Huntington County Humane Society had raised $883, while the Animal Welfare League of Kosciusko County had raised $866.
