The shelter is at capacity and is offering 50 percent-off adoption fees.
Chaka, a one-year-old pup, is up for adoption at the Humane Rescue Alliance. Photograph courtesy of the Humane Rescue Alliance.To encourage people to take on a furry friend, their two DC adoption centers near Manor Park and Ivy City areAdoption and rescue centers around the country have been overwhelmed throughout the pandemic, but adoption rates have drastically declined this year, according to HRA representatives. In the first week of April, they took in 90 dogs; only 17 were adopted.
“I think the economy has a lot to do with people being forced to give up their pets,” says Maureen Sosa, HRA’s director of pet support and adoption. She’s worked with owners who’ve been forced to surrender their pets because they had to move somewhere more affordable, and those places have breed or size restrictions. And pet-related bills aren’t immune from rising prices, either. The cost of pet food in March was 14.
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