Miami-Dade Animal Services urges public to help alleviate shelter overcrowding through volunteer and foster homes

Miami-Dade Animal Services is urging the constituents to help alleviate overcrowding at their shelters with temporary volunteer and foster homes The facility is dealing with an crisis they have too countless animals and too little space and hope animal lovers can hear their message This is a challenge and it s a challenge that requires so multiple people to cooperate and collaborate the director for Miami-Dade Animal Services Annette Jose announced We ve been over quota for over two years With dogs and only space for Miami-Dade uses its own facility in Medley as overflow but largest part dogs are doubled up in a kennel and separated by an opaque divider However Jose is hoping more members of the general will open their doors even as a temporary shelter with participants and foster homes Teachers are home for the summer kids are back from college Come and take a dog for the summer let him spend chosen time in a nice cool home and maybe get adopted reported Jose She declared helpers and fosters don t even have to commit to housing them for several months Committing to a weekend or just taking one of their dogs for a walk can be helpful for the shelter You can take them to the park to Starbucks to the beach but while you re doing that they re wearing an adopt me vest revealed Jose We are removing every barrier there is to taking a dog out of the shelter Miami-Dade Animal Services already provides low cost spay and neuter operations and vaccines to help reduce the number of potentially homeless animals but it s still an uphill battle Among the animals staying at the shelter is a dog named Logan who has been at the shelter for one-and-a-half years He requires eyedrops daily but shelter officers revealed he s very good with other dogs and is just looking for a family Miami-Dade Animal Services joins Broward County Animal Care in searching for solutions to alleviate their overcrowded shelters This is not a place where a pet should be living They should be living in a home The shelter isn t a good place for a pet it should be the last resort announced Jose For more information on adopting a pet or to become a volunteer click here