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Published: 2022-05-12 09:56:00
Updated: 2022-05-13 05:09:01
Posted May 12, 2022 9:56 a.m. EDT
Updated May 13, 2022 5:09 a.m. EDT
By Maggie Brown, WRAL multiplatform producer
Fayetteville, N.C. — Cumberland County Animal Services is waiving its adoption fee for all pets from Monday until next Saturday.
Animal Services Director Elaine Smith said that the shelter will need to be cleaned out due to a state mandated re-surfacing of all the floors in kennels for large dogs.
Smith said pet owners surrender their animals to the shelter frequently, while other owners let their animals run loose, which increases the likelihood of them mating with other animals or getting lost and being picked up by animal control officers.
Cumberland County has around 50 pets up for adoption, according to a database of adoptable pets from Cumberland County.
Three years ago, Cumberland County Animal Services had the highest intake numbers in the state. But since then, the shelter has implemented programs to prevent feral cats from being brought into our shelter for euthanasia and assists owners with finding new homes for their pets rather than surrendering them to the shelter, Smith said.
In 2021, the shelter took in 6,402 animals — 3,372 dogs and 2,694 cats.
Before Smith was director, she said that the shelter did not really do any promotional events. If the animal shelter got too full, the animals had to be euthanized.
“[That’s] something we really don’t like to do,” she said.
She said that there is a misconception that free dogs are used for crime or dog fighting rings. Smith said that is unlikely because the dogs at the shelter are spayed, neutered and microchipped.
“What have found the same quality of adopters, whether its free or full-priced,” she said.
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