From the front: shelter numbers, 2013

Posted on the former site on 14 February 2013.

This short post was a recap for volunteers of where things stood at the Nassau County Emergency Pet Shelter, about three and a half months after Hurricane Sandy.

• Just over five dozen cats and three dozen dogs were still there.
• A handful of owners had given up their pets for adoption.
• Foster families were wanted for pets whose owners were not ready to go home.
• The tarp curtains were down, and separate play areas had been set up for cats and dogs on their floors.
• A small crew staffed the shelter, with the Pet Safe Coalition and North Shore Animal League continuing to serve. The group said its team was the only all-volunteer staff there.

The numbers are the group's. We have no independent count for that date.