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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Animal fans’ worries in Medley endured on Saturday regardless of earlier assurances that the whole lot used to be below keep watch over.
Protesters declare that Miami-Dade Animal Services has 124 dogs at the Medley location living in deplorable conditions.
They had been calling for Miami-Dade County officers to take away the animals from being housed in the previous Miami-Dade Animal Services construction, or make critical efforts to mend the ability.
“The old shelter was deemed deplorable seven years ago. That’s why we have a new shelter in Doral. This old shelter in Medley, there’s no air conditioning, It’s 100 degrees (and) these animals are outside in kennels,” mentioned Rita Schwartz, Co-Founder of The Pets Trust.
Back in July, MDAS let Local 10 News within the Medley facility and mentioned they’re the use of each and every to be had useful resource to accommodate the homeless pets for the reason that more moderen shelter in Doral is at complete capability.
“As you can see, the facility here is really clean. They have food, they have water that they can drink,” mentioned Flora Beal, a consultant of Miami-Dade Animal Services instructed Local 10 News final month.
As a long way as warmth issues cross inside the ability, MDAS says it’s no longer as easy as simply striking at the A/C because it’s most commonly an open-air facility.
“There are fans all around and when you walk through there, you can feel the breeze and the dogs feel that breeze throughout the day,” mentioned Beal.
Local 10 News spoke with animal advocates who weren’t inspired with the excursion and mentioned they consider the realm used to be wiped clean up for tv functions.
“This is animal abuse to the highest degree and Mayor Daniela Cava is the one responsible for this,” mentioned Schwartz.
According to MDAS, the ability homes canine that wish to be quarantined for scientific causes, are below remedy, or provide conduct issues, and an enrichment group visits the ability two times per week. They additionally mentioned that all of the canine on the facility are to be had for adoption.
The advocates have endured to proportion movies pronouncing they want Levine Cava to peer the situation of the shelter the place the county is conserving canine with out air conditioners.
They additionally mentioned MDAS is going through an overpopulation factor and that the county isn’t doing sufficient to spay and neuter homeless pets.
On Saturday, MDAS launched the next remark in reaction to the allegations, which you’ll be able to learn beneath.
“No one is more concerned about the state of animal welfare in our County than the Miami-Dade County Animal Services Department (Animal Services), and we are committed to addressing the surge in shelter population with every available resource. Animal Services has always worked with our community to serve our pets and needs your help now more than ever. Animal Services is fortunate to have launched a number of innovative programs and in 2015 reached the industry standard animal save rate of 90% or more. In 2016, Animal Services opened the industry leading Pet Adoption and Protection Center in Doral at which time all pets and public operations were transferred to the Doral facility. Although the Medley facility no longer provided services to the public, it continued to serve as a secondary location for Animal Services dogs and cats in need of quarantine due to disease or in preparation for out of state transports. Today, as the dog population continues to rise, Animal Services has had to use every available resource to adequately care for shelter pets including housing more pets at the Medley facility. The community and rescue organizations can arrange to visit the shelter and help the Medley pets find their forever loving homes.
We are pleading with the community, rescue organizations and all animal lovers to work with us as we continue to find solutions for our community’s homeless pets!”
Miami-Dade Animal Services
Anyone that’s in fostering a puppy from the shelter is requested to e-mail: ASDFOSTER@Miamidade.gov.
If you’re ready to undertake, all pets are featured on-line here. You too can talk over with the MDAS’s Pet Adoption and Protection Center in Doral to prepare a meet and greet.
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