The Montgomery County Animal Services and Adoption Center (MCASAC) is issuing an urgent appeal for community support as the shelter faces an unprecedented space crisis. In a span of just three days—from March 4 to March 6—the facility took in 29 dogs, pushing the total canine population over 100 and exceeding the shelter’s capacity for care. The situation has reached a tipping point, threatening the shelter's long-standing commitment to animal welfare, and avoidance of euthanasia based solely on space limitations.
With dogs arriving faster than staff and volunteers can safely place them, available kennels have become extremely limited. MCASAC is calling on residents who are able to adopt a large dog to visit the shelter as soon as possible. Adoptions are completed on a first-come, first-served basis, and interested individuals should be prepared to take their new pet home the same day. Visitors are asked to bring a leash and collar to facilitate the process.
If you can take a big dog in for a short stay until the crisis is over, residents can join the MCASAC temporary foster program at no cost. The shelter provides all necessary supplies to those willing to open their homes to a large dog temporarily.
Visiting hours at the shelter are 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM Tuesday through Friday, and 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM on Saturdays and Sundays. The shelter is closed on Mondays. MCASAC is located at 7315 Muncaster Mill Road in Derwood.
Operated by the Office of Animal Services, MCASAC is Montgomery County’s only open-admission municipal shelter. It provides 24-hour emergency response and promotes responsible pet care through education and outreach. For more information on the adoption process or to view available animals, visit www.montgomerycountymd.gov/animalservices.
12 comments:
Pitbulls- very dangerous dogs! Responsible for over half of all deaths from dog attacks on the us. Be careful!
Good thing those basic genealogical tendencies within species don't appear among humans, or else we'd be having to deal with dangerous humans, too. Worse yet would be such humans with Pit Bulls.
Easy solution: ban pit bulls. Awful creatures
Thank you, Robert! That announcement is a real service.
Certainly an issue that will grow worse as the economy continues to degrade. 92K jobs lost just in the last month. 1 year down, 3 more to go.
8:05 - Wait for the lightweights to start crying and pulling their usual antics.
Bring back food reviews!
My 'economy' and what I see is up, up, up! Three days from tanker to gastank will return, soon enough! Gotta break eggs to make an omlette and we have a lot to fix.
Gotta break a few countries to hit $100/barrel oil to make the campaign contributors happy at the expense of everyone else. wE hAVe a LoT tO fiX!!!
Easy solution to the over crowding, just call the former Sec. for DHS, she's not busy now.
Too many pit bulls being bred. Not many people can manage a dog like that.
7:27, it will be beyond wonderful when everything isn't at the expense of (the) US. Maybe DJT for his fourth elected term would sew it up.
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