Denver Dumb Friends League Seeing 'Alarming' Number Of Pets Ending Up In Shelters

Denver CO

20 April, 2022

3:18 PM

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By Karen Morfitt, CBS Denver: (CBS4) – According to the Denver Dumb Friends League, an alarming number of pets are ending up in shelters right now. In March alone, the organization had more than 1,100 animals come in to their three shelters. "It's unusual because Colorado and Denver in particular, the communities love dogs. For the past decade before the pandemic we couldn't keep dogs. Dogs flew out of here," Katie Parker said. Read more at CBS Denver CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.