MANSFIELD, Ohio (WJW) – The Richland County Canine Shelter is operating low on dry pet food and is trying to the group for assist.

The canine shelter was constructed to comfortably maintain anyplace from 45 to 50 canine. Proper now, they’ve greater than 80.

“We would not have sufficient room to accommodate them. We’ve taken one in all our isolation rooms and turned it right into a adoption room and yesterday they needed to deliver out a financial institution of rolling canine cages as a result of we didn’t have sufficient area to maintain out canine that have been popping out of quarantine,”  Richland County Canine Warden Missy Houghton mentioned.

When you will have so many canine coming into the shelter, the necessity for meals and other people to undertake them is essential.

What would usually be greater than a month provide of pet food final now solely about two weeks or much less.

Houghton only in the near past put out the plea and the group up to now has responded, however with all of the canine readily available, this received’t be sufficient.

Nonetheless, increasingly persons are stepping as much as the plate. Fred Antrican heard concerning the shelters and introduced over as a lot pet food as his pickup might carry to assist out.

“I like animals, so it’s what it’s,”  Antrican mentioned. “It’s all Purina. The vet at all times advised me you possibly can’t go improper with Purina.”

Along with meals, the warden says they will at all times use issues like towels, blankets and laundry provides. It additionally simply wants volunteers.

She says all shelters proper now are seeing a rise in canine and something the group can do to assist will go alongside method to getting these animals new houses.

If you need extra details about how one can donate or assist out the Richland County Canine Warden, go right here.