ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR)– This year, Angels of Assisi received 30 to 40 more dogs than last year. That, paired with fewer adoptions, has officials sounding the alarm in the community, urging more people to come in prepared to bring home a new family member.
“[It’s] definitely an increase in dogs coming into the shelter and a decrease in dogs coming out of the shelter, which creates a kind of standstill,” said Ethan Claridge, the director of adoptions at Angels of Assisi. “So when people do need to surrender their pet, or even just making dogs that are perfectly adoptable, very friendly, they like kids, they like cats, like dogs, and they’re sitting in the shelter for months at a time, because people are just not coming in to adopt as often.”
Right now, Angels has over two dozen dogs available in all sizes, ages, and energy levels. Officials with Angels highlighted three dogs with WFXR News:…