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Fayetteville shelter reports steady intake, launches free microchipping and new foster pilot
Summary
Staff reported intake down by just under 10% year‑to‑date and similar euthanasia rates to last year; the shelter is offering free microchips through September, will run half‑price adoptions for Clear the Shelters in August, and plans a sleepover pilot for 18‑plus fosters.
Speaker 1, a shelter staff member presenting monthly operations data, told the group the shelter’s intake for the first half of the year is running “a little less than 10%” below the prior year while euthanasia rates remain nearly identical. Speaker 1 said the shelter euthanized three adult cats in each of May, June and July for medical reasons and described those cases as either severely injured or testing positive for conditions that preclude community placement.
Why it matters: those counts and the shelter’s testing policy shape how staff balance placement and public‑health risks. Speaker 4 asked whether positives were FIV or FeLV; Speaker 1 replied that feline leukemia has been the more common positive and explained the…
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