Stanislaus County’s overcrowded animal shelter strains rescue network

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It’s the same mad dash every week between the Stanislaus Animal Services Agency and rescue support volunteers trying to find homes for sheltered animals.

A list of as many as 50 dogs in need of immediate placement is shared every week with volunteer rescuers, who then scramble to get behavioral tests done on the dogs, along with photos and videos to entice potential adopters. They harness the power of numbers, sharing the dogs’ plights with a Facebook group of 30,000…

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