Animals Overflow in Shelters Across Colorado

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Our newsroom was alerted to an overcrowding problem at Mesa County Animal Services. They say shelters across the state of Colorado are experiencing similar problems.

Mesa County Animal Services serves 80-90 animals per day, but recently those numbers have increased to more than 150 animals. The animals in the shelter are so compacted, a waiting list has been implemented for owners who need to surrender animals. Animal officers say they don’t understand why this is happening.

“In the eight years I’ve been doing this, I’ve never seen it this full,” Said Kevin Bozarth, the Lead Animal Services Officer in Mesa County.

Workers and volunteers have developed a few theories of their own. They believe the cost of living might be to blame. When it’s hard to take care of your own necessities, the cost of your four-legged friend might be too much.

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