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Bradenton animal shelter takes in 55 dogs after hoarding situation
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Dozens of animals are in need of new homes and medical care at a Bradenton shelter after they were seized from a Putnam County home.
In a post on Facebook, Nate's Honor Animal Rescue says it now has 55 new animals that were "medical cases, matted, scared and needed our immediate attention."
Nate's Honor Animal Rescue said it has been working around the clock since Thursday evening when it got the sudden intake of dogs.
"This weekend was mostly organized chaos," Karissa Mayer of Nate's Honor said. "You just move into action."
Mayer explained that while they initially brought in 51 dogs, that number grew over the weekend.
"So we're up to 55 because one of these lovely dogs decided she was going to have some puppies on Saturday night," Mayer said. "The conditions of these dogs ranged in degree of neglect. They all have bad skin, they all have parasites, they all have ear infections."
The following days have been filled with extensive medical checks and treatments for the dozens of dogs, by Nate's Honor's medical team and volunteer veterinarians. Volunteer grooming teams have also stepped in to help.
"So we have full-time 11 staff members, but we have about 200 volunteers that do a variety of things, from transporting animals back and forth to surgery to dishes in laundry, dog walking," Mayer explained. "And so our volunteer-to-staff ratio is about 20 to 1. And it's because of that that we can manage a situation like this."
MORE: https://www.wtsp.com/article/life/animals/bradenton-animal-shelter-dogs-putnam-county/67-a7563075-05db-40ce-b651-85eef7cd9620
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