Oakland Animal Services is holding a special adoption event as the organization tries to alleviate overcrowding at its shelter.
"The changes we have made in the last three years, as well as the tremendous community support that we have received, has made it possible to achieve the lowest euthanasia rate for dogs in OAS's history in 2022. We're asking for people to step up in a big way to help our dogs now," Dunn said.
The shelter has 73 kennels for big dogs, which can be divided into two during an emergency. The shelter currently has 98 big dogs which are considered those over 25 pounds. Dunn said that Oakland Animal Services has not had to euthanize a dog for space since 2019 but called the need to place 50 dogs in homes by Monday urgent. She said staff was making a nine-point criteria for ranking each dog to assess which would be euthanized if the event fails to place enough dogs.
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