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Amarillo Humane Society has potential new best friends up for adoption
Jessi Shores
Issue date: 4/19/07 Section: Features
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There are hundreds of dogs and cats at the Amarillo-Panhandle Humane Society looking for good homes.
"Fifty to 100 new animals come in each day," said office manager Andrea Soliz.
With so many animals being brought in, it's no surprise there isn't enough room or resources to keep them all. At the Amarillo-Panhandle Humane Society alone, about 9,000 animals were euthanized last year.
Among the hundreds of animals, Sapphire and her three puppies are waiting patiently for someone to come and take them home. Sapphire is about 2 years old, and she is a German shepherd/Siberian husky mix.
She and her puppies were seized from their owner because they were not being properly provided with food and water.
"Sapphire's wonderful," Soliz said. "She is so loving and so sweet. She would make anyone a really good companion."
Sapphire's puppies are about eight weeks old. Two of her puppies already have been adopted, but two females and one male are left. Sapphire and her puppies are black, brown and white. They have been at the Humane Society since March 31.
Chewy is a 4-year-old male purebred Lhasa Apso who was picked up by animal control and brought in with a collar and tags.
When the Amarillo-Panhandle Humane Society called his owners to come pick him up, they decided they didn't want to pay for the ticket and they just left him.
"They didn't even pay the $15 to extend his life," Soliz said.
Chewy is white, brown and black. Soliz thinks his name is derived from the fact that he resembles Chewbacca from the Star Wars movies. He has been at the Amarillo-Panhandle Humane Society since April 13.
Soliz said the main reason the pet population is so high at the Humane Society and other rescue shelters is the fact that too many people aren't responsible for their pets.
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bh
posted 2/21/08 @ 6:06 PM CST
the pet population in the shelter is so high because it's TOO EXPENSIVE TO ADOPT. idk who sets the prices but I don't have nearly a hundred dollars to spend on an animal. (Continued…)
jj
posted 4/15/08 @ 4:34 PM CST
I don't know what pet store you are shopping at, but all of the puppies at the places I've been to in Amarillo (which is just about every single one of them) are WELL over $100. (Continued…)
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