CULLMAN —
The Cullman County Animal Shelter will resume accepting dogs today after receiving notification from the state Tuesday afternoon that the preliminary reason for numerous deaths at the facility was related to parvovirus.
The shelter has been under quarantine since June 8. Shelter manager Candie Horsley said the decision was reached with the state, a consulting veterinarian and the shelter management to go under quarantine after several deaths occurred earlier in the month.
“There have been a lot of cases of parvo throughout the area, and we understand in other areas of the state,” Horsley said. “The preliminary finding on the dogs tested is that parvo was the cause. We expected to have a full statement from our consulting veterinarian (today).”
About 15 dogs have remained in the shelter during the quarantine. Others were in foster care across the county before the outbreak occurred and they were still up for adoption during the quarantine.
During the quarantine, the shelter continued to allow visitors to adopt cats. Dogs that were in foster care were placed with local families through an ongoing program before the quarantine was announced.
“We have about 15 people who work with us on the foster program. It gives the dogs a longer period of time to be adopted. We have a dog adoption day every Saturday at Pet Depot,” Horsley said.
With the shelter accepting roughly 600 animals per month, the foster program is important for maintaining enough room for incoming dogs and cats, Horsley said.
“We would like to have more foster families. We have the applications here for anyone who is interested in participating,” she said.
Horsley reported in The Times’ Tuesday edition that a combined 100 animals were awaiting adoption through the shelter’s foster program and the facility on Convent Road. The shelter was unable to allow the 15 dogs in the shelter to be adopted until the quarantine ended.
The initial decision to seek testing through the state Department of Agriculture of the deceased dogs was made by shelter staff, Horsley said.
* David Palmer may be contacted at 256-734-2131, ext. 213, or dpalmer@cullmantimes.com
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