According to the Dumb Friends League an alarming number of pets are ending up in shelters right now.
“It’s unusual because Colorado and Denver in particular, the communities love dogs for the past decade. before the pandemic we couldn’t keep dogs. Dogs flew out of here,” Katie Parker said.
“People having their lives disrupted because of COVID and because of what’s happening with the economy, what’s happening with housing, when people’s lives are disrupted it can make it harder to own a pet,” she said. “To see these numbers coming in from our local community only, you’re right it is alarming,” Parker said.
“So that we have the opportunity to help them with resources whether it’s food, training, potentially vet care so that we can keep their family together and not end up with that dog in our shelters,” Parker said.