As El Pasoans prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July, advocates for pets want to remind owners to take precautions to protect their pets.
The holiday is historically the busiest time of year for animal shelters nationwide, with a surge in lost pet reports and stray animals entering shelters between July 4 and July 6.
“Fireworks displays often send frightened cats and dogs scrambling to climb, break or dig their way out of wherever they are in a frantic attempt to escape the chaos and shelters across the country are inundated with animals who fled their homes in terror,” according to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)…