No one wants to be out in the blistering West Texas heat a minute longer than they have to be, but for neglected pets and strays, they don’t really have a choice.
It’s a busy time for animal shelters this time of year, and the South Plains “Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals” (SPCA) is playing a large part in helping them out and getting dogs into forever homes through their foster system.
“We try to take them in also after the hold, to you know, try to help them give birth to healthy puppies, get them healthy, make sure they don’t have any diseases, get them caught up on their shots, get them spayed and then we’ll adopt them out,” said Kim Moyers, the president of the South Plains SPCA.
While the SPCA doesn’t typically hold dogs in their facility, she says in the event that they aren’t able to turn them over to a foster owner, they will keep them there so that less dogs are out in the streets this summer as much as possible.
“We try not to turn anyone away,” said Moyers.
But they can’t do it alone. They say they’re relying on the community to step up and either foster, adopt or at least take the correct approach when they see a stray animal out and about.
