New guidelines in place for Fort Wayne animal shelter
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The fort wayne animal shelter says they're receiving more applications than ever to adopt a pet...and after two weeks off... they're putting in new guidelines if you want a pet of your own.fox 55's chris mullooly reports what you need to know before you make your decision..
?nats?its still open for adoption..?nats?but the way in... to own one of them...is a lot different"our biggest concern coming into this was the unknown"holly pasquinelli with fort wayne care and control says the stay at home order has brought a wave of potential pet owners to the shelter.we have had 91 adoption profiles filled out over the course of 2 days and typical is in the teensbut the way the application process is done has changed...and it might be for good.starting with an online application.
They fill it out you come here you get a number then you go in the order you arrive you wait and we call you pasquinelli says the shelter has wanted to do this for a while...now we were like lets do itthe more applications..
The more animals out of the shelter.what's usually hectic... is not a little more subdued,,but pasquinelli says surrenders could be on the rise.we're going into another two weeks and when ppl fall on hard times they aren't able to provide for their animalsand with the covid 19 pandemic is the questions he says the shelter gets most often...can they spread it to their pets or vice versa?..pasquinelli says the bronx zoo tiger... looks to be an anomoly.they're still saying our pets can not get us sick now if you have symptoms or are positive yo uneed to social distance yourself just like they were a personofficials say the same process is happening with shelters all across the state in fort wayne chris mullooly fox 55 news.
The shelter is open wednesdays and fridays
