Animal Shelter Overcapacity
Summary
Buffalo's city-owned animal shelter is totally packed, forcing them to freeze cat intake while desperately looking for adopters and volunteers. If you've been thinking about getting a pet, now is the absolute best time to step up and help out.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 4
- Last 30 days
- 4
Impact analysis
Overcrowded shelters drive up operational costs for the city, stretching taxpayer-funded resources thin.
Local families and individuals looking to adopt a loyal companion get a new furry best friend.
Local cats are currently locked out of shelter intake, and shelter staff are facing extreme burnout.
Mentions & discussions (4)
City of Buffalo Animal Shelter offers an adoption fee discount to combat shelter overcrowding
A reduced-fee adoption event and donation drive runs through Saturday as overcrowding takes a toll on shelter animals ahead of colder weather and the holiday season.
Buffalo Animal Shelter, facing overcrowding, hosting reduced-fee adoption event
The City of Buffalo is holding a reduced-fee adoption event this week to help alleviate the overcrowding concerns at its animal shelter.
'Decades in the making': Location of new Buffalo Animal Shelter unveiled
The site of a vacant police precinct in Buffalo's Old First Ward will now become the city's brand-new animal shelter.
Buffalo Animal Shelter is overcapacity, asking public to adopt
The City of Buffalo-owned animal shelter is facing a "crisis" of too many animals in its small downtown building. It has paused taking in cats, but under state law must continue receiving stray and surrendered dogs. Shelter officials are asking the p...
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