Large parts of Winnipeg may be shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic, but pet lovers seem to have been very active over the past few months.
Leland Gordon, chief operating officer of the City of Winnipeg’s Animal Services Agency, told 680 CJOB that adoptions have been way up since the crisis began. “We’ve been having just a constant stream of adoptions taking place,” said Gordon. “Usually, when we’re in non-pandemic times, we have 30 to 50 dogs in our building… we’re down to eight dogs right now, and only two of those are up for adoption. “The last few months have been strong and steady at Animal Services.” Gordon said that despite still taking in two or three stray dogs each day from the city’s streets, the agency is seeing fewer