Pet shelters and animal adoption agencies across the country have been at or near capacity since the COVID-19 pandemic, and in Northeast Ohio many facilities report having more animals than new families to adopt them.
Shelters and humane societies often see a cycle in adoption patterns, said Kate Lumsden, shelter coordinator at the Medina County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in Seville.
“In the summer, you’ll see a lot of kittens get adopted because it’s kitten season and everyone wants to keep kittens,” Lumsden said. “In the winter, a lot of our adult cats and dogs will go home. So it kind of just varies.”…