Help Abandoned And Abused Animals
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Nov 11, 2004, PHILADELPHIA--Meteorologist Carol Erickson tells how you can help abandoned and abused animals.
At 100 pounds underweight, they call her Bones for obvious reasons. She was found starving in an abandoned Philadelphia building chained so short that she was forced to sit endlessly in her own waste. That burned holes into her skin, infected wounds that medicine will eventually cure.
The cure for the future of this friendly loving young animal and so many others like her may be you.
“We need all the owners of animals to come in and say we're going to take responsibility,” said Deputy Health Commissioner Carmen Paris.
The city health department runs PACCA, the city animal shelter. The system is swamped roughly 30,000 animals a year come through the doors, many turned in by their owners.
With just over 100 dog cages and 77 cat cages, the fate of tens of thousands of loving animals is death sometimes the same day the animals arrive.
Nobody wants it this way which is why PACCA is starting a major volunteer campaign to get people to help with these animals. Volunteers would socialize puppies, walk dogs, answer phones, donate money, adopt, and/or provide foster homes.
“Work with us. What do I need to do...what can I do to make the life easier for a puppy or cat today?” said Paris.
The faces will break your heart. Trembling and frightened, these animals need homes now and the public needs to take responsibility now for their pets so that unwanted abused animals in Philadelphia are a thing of the past.
