Austin Animal Center breaks new record for lives saved

AUSTIN (KXAN) — With pet adoptions at an all time high in January, the Austin Animal Center is celebrating a record breaking number of lives saved.
Next month Austin will become the country’s largest No-Kill community. To qualify, animal shelters can not euthanize more than 10 percent of the animals they take in.
The Austin Animal Center saved 97 percent of cats and 99.2 percent of dogs admitted to the shelter in January. A total of 700 cats and dogs found new furrever homes this yea