For the last year, there has been a crisis nationally for animal shelters due to various factors, including higher prices, the lack of spaying or neutering during COVID, and a surge of regretful adoption owners not wanting their dogs.
“It’s just been a terrible overpopulation problem,” said Great Lakes Humane Society nonprofi t director Linda Gottwald.
“People have just got to try spaying and neutering and stop breeding and I’m begging people, please don’t ever buy a dog online.”
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