Over 100 unwanted animals are currently being housed at Chattahoochee Humane Society, which only has space for 48 dog kennels.
“It’s a vicious cycle,” said longtime Volunteer Dale Frazer.
The shelter has 16 indoor kennels and recently opened 32 outdoor kennels that they call the hill kennels. The city of Valley began a construction project to help close off the hill kennels from the elements and give them heating and air conditioning for times like this week, when a winter weather warning has been announced.
With 115 total animals being cared for by the Chattahoochee Humanity Society, Frazer said they are in a crisis. If the shelter doesn’t get more adoptions or fosters soon, they may risk losing their hard-fought no-kill shelter designation.
The no-kill shelter designation states that a shelter has a euthanization rate of 10 percent or less of the total intake number. Chattahoochee Humane Society received its designation in 2023 and its staff has not had to euthanize for space for about a year.