Austin Animal Center

After Austin police busted a cockfighting ring, the city's no-kill animal shelter took in the birds. Now it needs to find them homes.

The city-owned shelter began restricting intake this week because its kennels are overcrowded. Austin Animal Center is now at 110% capacity, with some dogs living in temporary pop-up crates.

The shelter currently has more than 700 animals, including 67 dogs that are staying in popup wire crates because all other kennels are full. To help with the problem, the shelter is waiving adoption fees and hosting a “Clear the Crates” event on Saturday.

The city-run shelter has struggled to fill open positions during the pandemic.

The nonprofit animal shelter says its current space is falling apart, and it wants the city to take another look at its contract before it expires in November.

In a memo last week, the city-owned shelter said its intake far exceeded its adoptions, which has led to doubling up dogs in kennels.

El Austin Animal Center se ha quedado sin espacio para albergar más perros y dice que necesita, con urgencia, hogares dispuestos a adoptar un número “abrumador” de mascotas.

Austin Animal Center has run out of kennel space and says it urgently needs homes for an “overwhelming” number of dogs. In order to help get animals adopted, the center opened at 100% capacity for the first time in over a year Friday.

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