09-14-2016, 02:56 PM
It usually takes a tragedy like this to get shelters to take quarantine seriously. They need small new intake rooms where no more than 5-6 dogs are exposed to each other.
In this case the infected dog must have been in a general population area. It would have spread the disease very quickly to any dog near it.
They also have too many dogs at once. I would have to look it up, but there are shelter guidelines that recommend no more than a certain number of animals at a time. It is recognized that over a certain number of dogs becomes unmanageable. It is impossible to prevent infections from spreading.
The over crowding is solved by transferring animals to other shelters. There is getting to be a good network of inter-shelter cooperation. There are groups that will arrange the transportation. Shelters need to draw on each other for help so that situations like this do not occur again.
In this case the infected dog must have been in a general population area. It would have spread the disease very quickly to any dog near it.
They also have too many dogs at once. I would have to look it up, but there are shelter guidelines that recommend no more than a certain number of animals at a time. It is recognized that over a certain number of dogs becomes unmanageable. It is impossible to prevent infections from spreading.
The over crowding is solved by transferring animals to other shelters. There is getting to be a good network of inter-shelter cooperation. There are groups that will arrange the transportation. Shelters need to draw on each other for help so that situations like this do not occur again.
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Catherine
