Indianapolis Animal Care Services Limits Intake After Dog's
Indianapolis Animal Care Services Limits Intake After Dog’s Sudden Death
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INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis Animal Care Services has stopped taking in most animals after a dog got sick and died suddenly on Friday; now they’re waiting for test results to figure out what happened.
“We don’t know what happened with this dog,” said Dawn Olsen, Chief Communications Officer for Indianapolis Animal Care Services. “Because of how sudden and unexpected that death was, we decided to send out samples for testing to determine why the dog would pass away so suddenly.”
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While waiting, the shelter limits new animal intake to focus on managing and treating the animals already there. Injured animals or those with a safety risk will still be accepted, but you can still adopt pets from the shelter.
The shelter currently has 162 dogs and 43 cats available for adoption. IACS encourages people to visit and adopt a pet. Every adoption helps reduce overcrowding, which lowers the risk of illness spreading among the animals.
“Our regular intake process would have folks scheduled to come in and turn in an animal,” said Olsen.
IACS will start taking in animals again for non-emergencies once the test results are clear or after a proper quarantine period.
