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Local SPCA hopes adoption event helps overcrowding
The Prince Albert SPCA is dealing with an overcrowding problem, which has caused them to start reaching out for the public’s support. Not only are they starting to ask the public to help supply their food, but they’re also running an event this week to help increase adoption numbers.
From now until August 25, the SPCA has reduced adoption fees for dogs and puppies down to $150, and down to $50 for cats and kittens. According to Manager of Operations Ashlee Bober, this is a problem that is just starting to pick up.
“We have been at full capacity now for roughly a month. On an average day we are seeing more incoming animals than what we are seeing go out. This is a high number of animals being found at large being brought into our care and a reduced number of animals that are being reclaimed by their owners,” she said.
Most of the animals that are getting turned into the SPCA are feline moms and their litters, and stray dogs and cats that are ranging from all ages. The biggest factor contributing to this is that people are letting their animals wander too much, causing more litters to be born and eventually turned in.