Save Some Pooches in Greensboro—Hurry!

This is a shout-out to the people of Greensboro, NC. If you’re thinking about adopting a pet, now would be a great time to do so—and the Guilford County Animal Shelter is the place to go. Here’s why:

The Greensboro shelter may have to euthanize healthy, adoptable dogs because it must care for 15 pit bulls seized from the property of a man charged with dog fighting and animal cruelty.

"They're taking up 15 cages—that's 15 adoptable animals we can't hold," said Marsha Williams, Guilford County Animal Shelter's executive director. "We have doubled up on some animals."

Since the pit bulls were seized Friday, August 17th, the shelter has euthanized two other dogs with medical conditions because they didn't have cages for them, Williams said. Healthy, adoptable animals also may have to be euthanized, she said, though how many was impossible to predict.

"I couldn't even begin to imagine," she said Thursday. "Every day we have to make that decision based on how many animals come in.”

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Guilford County Animal Shelter
4525 West Wendover Ave.
Greensboro, North Carolina 27409
Phone: (336) 297-5020

Remember—this is your chance to be a Greensboro Hero!