For thousands of homeless animals in the South, the only chance for life is a move to the North. The Associated Press has documented how many animal shelters in the South, faced with falling budgets but rising numbers of cats and dogs, regularly have euthanasia rates of over fifty percent. Shelters across North Carolina spent almost $30 million dollars last year handling homeless pets. Animal rescue groups are routinely trucking dogs and cats to the North, where spaying and neutering is a more common practice. Consequently, the region has fewer homeless animals.
Many animal shelters offer low cost spaying and neutering service to families that can't afford it.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has several locations in Hampton Roads, but each has its own rules. The Norfolk SPCA, for example, is a no-kill shelter; the Virginia Beach SPCA is not.
Tell your friends who are considering a pet to contact their local animal shelter. They often have pure breeds available.
Chesapeake: www.chesapeakehumane.org
Newport News/Hampton: www.peninsulaspca.com
Norfolk: www.norfolkspca.com
Portsmouth: www.portsmouthhumanesociety.org
Suffolk: www.suffolkhumanesociety.com
Virginia Beach: www.VBSPCA.com
Virginia Beach Animal Control
Here's a link to the AP story.
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