Too many strays: Apparently, it's the same all over

 

Top headline:  New York Times

Bottom headline:  Wisconsin State Journal

Liam Stack and Olivia Bensimon for the Times:

The tipping point came last week when Rocky, an older dog, was surrendered to Animal Care Centers of New York City, which runs the public animal shelters in Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island, said Katy Hansen, the organization’s director of communications. 

He became the 1,000th animal in the system. 

“It’s nonstop and no one can keep up,” Ms. Hansen said in an interview on Sunday at the Queens facility, where animals were doubled up in some kennels and crates and the air was thick with the smell of urine and excrement. The sheer number of animals surrendered to the organization had left its employees unsure of what to do. [emphasis added]

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