A dog exhibiting unusually severe upper respiratory symptoms prompted officials with the Adams County Animal Shelter on Friday to suspend adoptions of dogs for the weekend.
“We are doing this out of an abundance of caution,” shelter director Eva McMickle-DeTolve said. “Our goal is to place healthy animals in loving homes and we want to make sure that this was an isolated case.”
Dog adoptions are scheduled to resume on Monday.
Cat adoption is not impacted. This weekend’s Home for the Holidays promotion offering free cats over the age of six months will go forward as scheduled.
The Adams County Animal Shelter, at 10705 Fulton St. in Brighton, is open from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Sunday.
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