Kitsap County shelter is overcapacity; it’s not a unique problem

Kitsap County Humane Society is “eyeball deep” in animals and is desperate for your help. The shelter is overcapacity and urgently seeking fosters and prospective adopters.

It’s not a unique problem — shelters are navigating an influx of animals all across the country.

Humane Society officials say adoption numbers are down by about a third compared to what they were before the pandemic. The number of strays and owner surrenders is up, and the length of stay for animals in the last five years has nearly doubled…

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