Animal Management wants assist after spike in deserted pets

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – A harmful development throughout Northeast Arkansas has been overwhelming animal management officers in current weeks.

On Wednesday, Sept. 21, officers with Jonesboro Animal Management responded to a name the place a number of pets have been left outdoors for hours, taking the lifetime of a canine and a cat.

For Supervisor Larry Rodgers, that was the ultimate straw, as he stated the variety of calls they obtained are by the roof.

“Now we have had an enormous inflow of animals being surrendered, drop off, deserted and it’s gotten to the purpose that simply this previous month we have now taken in 200 canines greater than we did final 12 months,” he stated.

Rodgers stated in these instances particularly, it’s not truthful to the animal for them to be handled like that and left in nearly triple-digit temperatures.

“It was nearly 100 levels yesterday, and when animals die from the warmth, it’s a really violent demise for the animal,” he stated.

Rodgers defined many individuals don’t notice there are penalties for his or her actions, together with jail time.

“They don’t perceive in the event that they get caught, then that could be a cost proper there. That’s animal cruelty right here within the state of Arkansas, to desert an animal in a location with out offering take care of it”, he stated.

Animal cruelty comes with a high quality and could possibly be punishable by as much as a 12 months in jail.

On the finish of the day, Rodgers stated simply know in case you are able to get a pet, they aren’t one thing you’ll be able to cease caring about; it’s a lifelong dedication.

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