Does Cheyenne Animal Shelter Charge For Taking Animals

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By Ellen Fike, Cowboy State Daily

A flood of "behemothic" dogs and a flock of xxx to 40 birds, the result of animals seized from a "hoarding" case, has inundated the Cheyenne Animal Shelter in contempo days, a shelter spokeswoman told Cowboy State Daily on Wednesday.

Shelter branding Director Niki Harrison told Cowboy State Daily that this week, 58 "giant" dogs and 30 to 40 birds have arrived at the eye since the owner willingly surrendered the animals.

"Nosotros're working through vetting and getting everybody checked out, but these dogs came at a time when nosotros already had 40 dogs available for adoption and we're in the centre of kitten season kick off," Harrison said.

In an email sent to Cheyenne Fauna Shelter supporters, CEO Britney Tennant called the hoarding instance "i of the biggest challenges [she has] e'er faced."

"I'm not going to sugarcoat it – these animals have a rough road ahead," Tennant wrote. "The dogs are undersocialized, unaccustomed to living every bit business firm pets, filthy, and generally unwilling or unable to walk on leashes."

The surrendered dogs included St. Bernards, Great Pyrenees, Catahoula Leopard dogs and bullmastiffs.

As of Wed, there were around xxx dogs available for adoption or fostering at the fauna shelter, non including the dogs from the hoarding case. Those animals will still need to be checked by staff veterinarians to ensure they are healthy enough to be around other dogs or people.

However, Harrison did note that none of the animals from the hoarding instance have had to be killed due to illness. The animals are are timid and muddied, just overall, seem sweet, she said.

The shelter has also slashed its adoption fees for all adult dogs to $99 in social club to drum up interest in potential new owners.

"Nosotros are also opening the shelter up and letting people come on past, walk through and if they're interested in one of the animals, y'all can do a meet and greet so with their pets," Harrison said. "Nosotros've had a really bully response so far. We've had a lot of people bear witness up and support us."

There are also at least four dogs in the shelter that are pregnant and Harrison said it would be not bad if they could be fostered in a home that would let them to have their puppies in a warm, safe firm.

Harrison said that the shelter is working with some of its partners, including Cheyenne's Black Domestic dog Animal Rescue, to transfer some of the dogs out to costless up infinite, but called on anyone interested in helping animals to consider adopting, fostering or donating to help the creatures in need.

"Our hope is we're a safe identify to land on a long route for these animals, as far as finding a home and attention they deserve," she said.