Distemper outbreak at an animal shelter

[Catherine]

I think shelters are overwhelmed by the numbers of dogs coming in. They will need to review their infection control methods.
Too  many dogs were exposed to the infected animal. Shelters need a quarantine area separate from the adoption area. They need some way to prevent the spread of any number of infections that dogs are prone to. 

I am sure some of the dead dogs didn't have distemper. Without tests they couldn't be sure.

This is such a preventable disease. Why are we still having outbreaks of diseases that we can so easily prevent.
We need a massive vaccinate your pet campaign.

It is not fair that a shelter is left to deal with the aftermath of people's failure to vaccinate. At most there should have been a handful of unvaccinated dogs. Instead it seems that many were not protected and so they contracted a serious illness and now they are dead.

I hate to hear about animals dying for reasons that were preventable.