Questions are growing about the conditions in which animals are kept at the Medley Pet Shelter.
Rita Schwartz, the co-founder of the Friends of Miami Animals Foundation, says the puppies at the shelter are desperate. That pant and bark in the middle of the intense heat of the last month.
Meanwhile Daniella Levine Cava, the mayor of Miami-Dade County, explains that “with the fans that are industrial, the air circulates very well.”
The Medley shelter had been closed in 2016 but is now again serving in an open space for pets that require medical treatment and specialized training.
Flora Leal, from the Miami-Dade Animal Services, asserts: “not only do we have more pets, but they are lasting much longer” at the shelter.
“This is a national problem, not only here and they say it will continue,” says Daniella Levine Cava, county mayor, who recognizes the challenges the shelter faces when it reaches its maximum capacity and refers to the economy as the main which is why more pets are being abandoned. “We know that many people have problems with the cost” of living.
According to the organization anti cruelty.orgAlthough prices vary, the annual cost of food for a pet starts at $212, medical treatments are in the $300s, and toys, accessories, and other items go up to $225, which annually represents a figure close to $300. 700 dollars although depending on the pet it could reach up to 4 thousand dollars without counting medical insurance or specialized training.
“We have a collaboration and they are offering to do even more,” says the mayor of Miami-Dade, who raised the option of giving incentives to those who adopt.
For now, the definitive solution will come, when a family wants and can give love to the most faithful 4-legged friends.
