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Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Great Lakes Humane Society offers advice

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.
Gary Lowe (left) and Linda Gottwald (right) play with Hawthorne at the Great Lakes Humane Society near M-72. Enterprise photo by Brian Freiberger

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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