On Saturday, August 2, Dallas Animal Services, the city’s municipal animal shelter, announced that it would no longer accept dogs from the public due to an outbreak at the shelter of Canine Distemper Virus, a contagious and often fatal viral disease that affects dogs.
The city is now a month into the Distemper outbreak and the shelter remains closed to all but sick, injured, and dangerous dogs and cats. According to DAS director Paul Ramon, the continued closure is to enable them to get a handle on the distemper situation.
But that means that animals and sympathetic citizens trying to do the right thing are left to fend for themselves…