The Charlotte-Mecklenberg Animal Care & Control shelter in North Carolina is currently at capacity and may face tough choices in the future. Macy and Coco are two dogs desperate for a home.
Even though it is not a kill shelter, Charlotte-Mecklenberg Animal Services has been threatened with the prospect of euthanasia if their spaces for animals continue to be overrun.
"When we get to capacity and there are no more cages available, which has happened, then we have to make very difficult euthanasia decisions on animals that have moderate behavior issues or escalating behavior issues and there is no one willing to adopt, foster or transfer that animal to a rescue group," she said.
"But if a dog has been here for 30 to 60 days and has escalating behavior [issues], and we have to open kennels and we have 12 dogs on vans waiting to come in, then it becomes the burden on staff to make a decision," she said. Coco is among more than 200 other animals hoping to be adopted at CMPD Animal Care & Control in Charlotte.But the girls refused to be separated.
Macy, a senior Labrador retriever, is in a bonded pair with her best buddy and Pitbull terrier, Coco.
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