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Denver Animal Shelter overcrowded with more than double number of small animals
The Denver Animal Shelter is overcrowded with small animals, housing more than double the number of rabbits, guinea pigs, mice and turtles this year than before the COVID-19 pandemic. The shelter announced the overcrowding in a release Wednesday, urging residents to consider adopting some of its small animals. “Before you buy a small animal from…
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Denver Dumb Friends League hits highest capacity in a decade
The Denver Dumb Friends League said it hit full capacity Wednesday, reaching its highest level of animal occupants in at least a decade. This comes as other animal shelters in the Denver metro area and nationwide are reporting an increase in owners returning pets adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the past few months, the…
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Aurora lifts pit bull ban in final City Council vote
In a 7-3 vote, the Aurora City Council lifted the city’s Restricted Breed Ordinance on Monday, allowing residents to own pit bull terriers, American Staffordshire terriers and Staffordshire bull terriers within city limits. The final vote for the ordinance was led by council member Allison Hiltz and will go into effect immediately. The Council chose…
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Contest opens to name rescued Commerce City kitten
The Denver Dumb Friends League is hosting a contest to name the 5-week-old kitten who was rescued last week after being found frozen to the tire of a semitruck in Commerce City. Entries and voting opened Monday and will close Wednesday at 5 p.m. A good Samaritan saved the kitten’s life, spending 20 minutes splashing…