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OKC Animal Shelter reopening for adoption event Friday month after latest infection outbreak
THE OKLAHOMA CITY ANIMAL SHELTER IS SET TO REOPEN FOR ADOPTIONS ONLY TOMORROW WITH WAIVED ADOPTION FEES. OFFICIALS SAY THAT ADOPTION FEES ARE WAIVED TO HELP WITH OVERCAPACITY THERE. THEY SAY ALL THEIR DOGS AND CATS ARE UP TO DATE ON VACCINATIONS, MEANS THEY’VE BEEN TREATED FOR WORMS. THEY’VE BEEN THEY’VE BEEN SPAYED AND NEUTERED. OFFICIALS SAY THAT THEY’RE EVEN MICROCHIPPED THEIR SO THE SHELTER, THEY’RE GOING TO BE OPEN FROM NOON TO FIVE TOMORROW AND SATURDAY. AGAIN, FOR ADOPTIONS ONLY. THEY WILL START TAKING IN ANIMALS ON TUESDAY. BUT, HEY, THERE’S A LOT OF ANIMALS THERE. THEY’RE LOO
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Oklahoma City Animal Shelter reopening for adoption event Friday a month after latest infection outbreak
Dog and cat adoption fees will be waived to help alleviate overcapacity at the shelter.
Updated: 6:31 PM CDT Sep 21, 2023
The Oklahoma City Animal Shelter will reopen for adoptions on Friday, a month after closing because of the latest respiratory infection outbreak.On Aug. 22, the animal shelter closed for the third time this year because of a contagious upper respiratory infection that officials said spread to about 100 dogs. Shelter staff pulled samples from infected dogs, but lab results showed that the tests came back negative for the canine flu.However, Oklahoma City Animal Welfare Superintendent Jon Gary said they were seeing the same type of virus and bacteria linked with upper respiratory infections.>> Download the KOCO 5 AppOn Thursday, the shelter announced that it was reopening Friday for an adoption event. Dog and cat adoption fees will be waived to help alleviate overcapacity at the shelter.A news release states that all adoptable dogs and cats are up to date on vaccinations, microchipped, treated for worms and spayed or neutered. Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.”We are asking the community to help us get below capacity so that we can open for intake,” Gary said in the news release.The Oklahoma City Animal Shelter will be open for adoptions from noon to 5 p.m. on Sept. 22-23. Click here to see pictures of the adoptable pets. The shelter, however, will not be available to take in animals until Sept. 26. The news release says intake will be limited to 30 days per day because the shelter is at 138% capacity for dogs and 113% capacity for cats.Top Headlines Eastbound I-40 off-ramp to I-44 in Oklahoma City closed due to rolled over semitrailer Oklahoma executes death row inmate Anthony Sanchez for 1996 murder TIMELINE: Storms with risk of hail, damaging winds and tornadoes return Thursday Officials find body in rural Pottawatomie County Suspect in quadruple Illinois murder died following crash in Oklahoma, police say
The Oklahoma City Animal Shelter will reopen for adoptions on Friday, a month after closing because of the latest respiratory infection outbreak.
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On Aug. 22, the animal shelter closed for the third time this year because of a contagious upper respiratory infection that officials said spread to about 100 dogs. Shelter staff pulled samples from infected dogs, but lab results showed that the tests came back negative for the canine flu.
However, Oklahoma City Animal Welfare Superintendent Jon Gary said they were seeing the same type of virus and bacteria linked with upper respiratory infections.
>> Download the KOCO 5 App
On Thursday, the shelter announced that it was reopening Friday for an adoption event. Dog and cat adoption fees will be waived to help alleviate overcapacity at the shelter.
A news release states that all adoptable dogs and cats are up to date on vaccinations, microchipped, treated for worms and spayed or neutered.
Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.
“We are asking the community to help us get below capacity so that we can open for intake,” Gary said in the news release.
The Oklahoma City Animal Shelter will be open for adoptions from noon to 5 p.m. on Sept. 22-23. Click here to see pictures of the adoptable pets.
The shelter, however, will not be available to take in animals until Sept. 26. The news release says intake will be limited to 30 days per day because the shelter is at 138% capacity for dogs and 113% capacity for cats.
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