Pet-friendly rental shortage leading to shelter overcrowding

The Community Animal Services shelter has 88 per cent of its kennels filled, but over the last couple years it hasn’t been uncommon to be over capacity. “At several times over that time period we have operated over capacity for several weeks at a time,” said community animal services director of services and enforcement, Skylar Plourde. Several factors have led to this, with one of the leading factors being a lack of pet-friendly rental options available in Lethbridge. Accordin