CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Something good came out of 2020 after all.
Sarah Tolley, the Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association’s community engagement coordinator, said the shelter experienced a 40% increase in adoptions last year. That was powered by a 60% jolt at the end of June that left the shelter down with “maybe five dogs available in the kennels, no puppies at all, no kittens available and maybe a couple of adult cats.”
The majority of those animals adopted aren’t being returned to the shelter, Tolley said.
“Something that stands out more than anything is we also have fewer returns of adoptions,”