Dogs being euthanized due to lack of budget, not a lack of space at Visalia Animal Services

VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- Two dogs astatine the Visalia Animal Services halfway adjacent Highway 99 recovered their everlastingly location Friday.

"We had a litter of 8, which each got adopted, which was truly exciting," says the Visalia Animal Services Manager Candace Harrington.

But for galore dogs that don't spell to a location oregon a rescue shelter, the world is euthanasia.

"It could beryllium 5 oregon 6 successful the week. It could beryllium 15 if it has been a precocious intake week. It depends connected what we get successful and what we tin find placement for," Candace continues.

Harrington explained however agelong animals typically enactment astatine the shelter, "Generally, the mean magnitude of enactment is astir 7 days. But the stray clasp play is 4 days if they person nary identification, tags, oregon anything, and six if we cognize who the proprietor is."

The structure has 29 kennels that tin location ample dogs and 32 for smaller dogs.

When Action News walked done the structure connected Friday, much than fractional of the kennels were empty.

We asked Harrington what galore viewers were asking: Why are dogs being euthanized erstwhile determination appears to beryllium space?

The question was: "You person 10 positive unfastened kennels successful there, but 2 dogs were astatine hazard of being euthanized... perfectly steadfast dogs. What would you accidental to that?"

Candace responds, "I deliberation we request to decorativeness this interview."

After this interview, Action News asked to talk to Visalia City Manager Leslie Caviglia.

Cavilgia told america it conscionable comes down to cost. The metropolis doesn't person the fund to support animals longer than 7 concern days.

"Space is not 1 of the criteria successful however we process animals," Caviglia continues, "It costs $50 a time to clasp an carnal astatine the structure truthful it's a equilibrium enactment with the wide wide fund of the city."

The city's yearly fund is $100,000,000. Just implicit 1 percent is allocated for the structure and the owe for the space.

"So that's $1.8 cardinal retired of a 100 cardinal dollar wide money budget, truthful it's not an insignificant portion," says Caviglia.

Her connection to the assemblage is, delight see adoption.

"We are struggling with overpopulation. We are struggling with radical who can't support their animals for 1 crushed oregon another. It's their ain balancing enactment successful their families, whether it's their ain abstraction needs oregon their quality to header with an carnal astatine the disbursal of an animal; there's conscionable galore reasons they person that balancing act, conscionable similar we bash astatine the shelter," Caviglia says.

There are 2 dogs astatine hazard of being euthanized connected Tuesday.

People tin assistance by adopting, volunteering oregon donating.

Community members are besides urged to be metropolis assembly meetings if determination are immoderate questions, comments oregon concerns.

The adjacent 1 is Monday, August 12, and determination volition beryllium 1 connected Monday, August 19.

Meetings are held each archetypal and 3rd Monday of each month.

Details tin beryllium recovered here.

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