Tacoma Humane Society Sets Record for Adoptions During Capacity Crisis
Animal shelter overcrowding is a pressing and widespread issue in the United States. Annually, an astonishing number of approximately 6.3 million companion animals find their way into shelters across the country. One shelter that had a problem with having too many animals and not enough help or resources was the Humane Society of Tacoma, Washington.
Watch the following amazing clip posted by the TikTok account for @Tacomahumane to see how the community banned together with this wonderful shelter to find animals homes.
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The shelter was running out of kennel space so they put a crisis message out into the community and 287 pets found new forever homes, and donations came pouring in.
People are so thrilled and touched by this fantastic news and @Melissa comments, "I’m severely bawling! This is unheard of! I work in rescue and it’s so hard but this is beautiful!"@Audra adds, "Rockstar community for this!" Another user said, "Adopted our family cat from here and lived with us for an amazing 19 years. Y’all are amazing!" @Cheryl responds, "Amazing - wish this could happen for more shelters." @MamaT replies, "Thank you to each and every one of you that donated, fostered and adopted! Y’all are amazing!"
Such a wonderful outcome for this incredible animal shelter. If you're interested in learning more about the Tacoma Humane Society and ways you can help, including all of the adorable animals they have looking for forever homes, you can visit their website here.
If you don't live in the area, please visit your local animal shelter or Humane Society to find out how you can help by volunteering, making a donation, or giving a cat or dog a loving forever home.
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