more than 300 pets from this Wisconsin
shelter went home to loving families in
just five days as they prepared for
whatever the corona virus pandemic may
bring what a week that was none of us
have ever seen anything like it the
Wisconsin Humane Society was deemed an
essential business and will not close as
the state announced a safer at home
order but they now only have about 40%
of their staff on-site which wouldn't
have been enough to care for all of
their animals they also anticipate
surrenders or rescues in the coming days
we realized that in order to be ready
for this what we had to do was to get as
many animals out of our shelter and into
adoption or foster homes as fast as we
possibly could so that when everything
settled we would have the most capacity
and the most ability to help animals by
the end of the week every single animal
who was up for adoption in our facility
was out in either foster or adoption and
many many animals who aren't ready for
adoption yet or out in foster 50 animals
that are still too vulnerable to leave
the shelter remain for anyone in the
area still looking to a doctor foster
shelter staff said those animals will
likely be available in the coming weeks
for Inside Edition comm I'm Johanna Lee
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