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Animal adoption rates in Imperial County have increased

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June 4, 2020 4:17 PM
Published 12:37 PM

EL CENTRO, Calif. (KYMA, KECY) -When the pandemic hit the Humane Society of Imperial County stopped doing walk-in adoptions and their weekly adoption fair at Pet-smart came to an end.

This was an effort to keep the staff safe from the coronavirus. 

However, that didn't stop people from adopting in fact adoption rates in the county tripled.

“Remember the need is immediate when you’re sad and have anxiety that need is immediate and needs to be taken care of. So the numbers did spike  3x  which is fine but we did talk to people about this,” said Dalia Garcia, Board Member.

As the County enters phase two of re-opening the Humane society continues appointment-only adoptions.

“We tell people hey, it's better if you call and make an appointment so we know you’re coming so we don’t have the whole group of people there umm so we’re trying to enact things like that.”

The adoption process has several vetting questions. The humane society says it is looking over the welfare of the animal.

For example, they ask whether a dog will be an indoor dog or an outdoor dog?

“We have rules, and you see how hot it is today a dog can’t live outside I don’t care if you’ve got a shade for them and I don’t care if you have water for them that's inhumane dogs have fur do you know how it is for them? These are the questions we do ask."

Garcia says she's not sure when the adoption fair at local Petsmart and Petco's will resume but they do have cats there for adoption.

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