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Train Pet
More Free Time? How About Using it to Train an Adopted Pet BY IVAN ROCHA Pets are in high demand across the nation as the quarantine leaves people craving a COVID-companion. The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter is quieter than it has likely ever been thanks to locals that have opened their homes to the animals in the shelter. Erika Anderson, the program and development manager at the Shelter, said there have been more people in search of pet-partners through this pandemic. “It seems that people feel that maybe now is a really good time to get a pet because they’re home a lot and have the time to spend…
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Pet Adoption
Pet Adoption Frenzy Since Shelter in Place Order People Who Put off Getting a Pet are Picking Them up Now BY NATALYA DRESZER There has been a frenzy of animal adoptions since the Shelter in Place Order in March, according to animal shelters in Santa Cruz County. Erika Anderson, 27, is the Program and Development Manager at the Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter. She said there hasn’t been an influx in animals available for adoption, but animals are being adopted as soon as they’re available. “It’s crazy, because as soon as we put them on the website available for adoption they’re pretty much adopted,” Anderson said, “Especially with dogs.” Even…
