Nationwide, pet adoption rates are slowing, which has prompted the Dane County Humane Society to accept more animals from other states, according to a report from WMTV NBC-15.
In addition to the animals from Wisconsin that DCHS takes in, the shelter is now also accepting pets from seven other states, particularly in the southern U.S.
Southern states tend to have higher pet overpopulation rates, according to DCHS, largely due to higher poverty rates leading to fewer pets being spayed or neutered and a veterinarian shortage in those areas.
According to DCHS, the shelter has had years where it has taken in about 2,000 animals from other communities.
