With the holiday season approaching, ACCT Philly is over capacity and time is of the essence. They have over 100+ dogs in desperate need of adoption, ACCT Philly is forced to 'time stamp' some.
They have dropped the cost of adoption and created an incentive for animal rescues to take some dogs.
Via KWY:
PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The city’s animal care and control provider is forced to euthanize dogs because there is no room at the shelter to care for them. ACCT Philly is in desperate need of adopters and foster households, and there’s an incentive for animal rescue organizations in the region to take larger dogs.
ACCT Philly has more than 100 dogs available for adoption in the kennel space, and overflow animals are being kept in crates in staffers’ offices.
Lack of space has forced the organization to put time stamps on dogs and to euthanize them when their time runs out — not because they have behavioral problems, but simply because there is no room.