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Which animals are unacceptable at co-shelters and why?

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Lesa Miller
Community Outreach Coordinator, Animal Welfare League of Alexandria
703-838-4774

Past employment includes veterinary technician assistant, wildlife rehabilitator/naturalist, & animal control officer. Currently, Lesa is community outreach coordinator at the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria, where she's responsible for teaching humane education classes in schools, working with the city's emergency services office in establishing a pet evacuation plan for pets of city residents, doing presentations for scout troops, civic organizations, CFC/CVC fundraisers, collaborating with other animal-related businesses, & helping with shelter special events.

Which animals are unacceptable at co-shelters and why?

In this video Lesa Miller of the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria, Virginia discusses what to do in an emergency situation with your pets.

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Host: Which animals are unacceptable at co-shelters and why?

Lesa Miller: Animals that are difficult to handle, aggressive dogs for example, would be unacceptable, it is just putting people and other animals at risk and in a volatile, chaotic, unfamiliar environment that would be even a bigger risk. So we will not be able to accept animals that come through the door that are already biting and lashing out at people. It will be a judgment call and we dont want to turn anyone away certainly, but we also need to look out for the overall safety of everyone else who is there. Wildlife will not be accepted either, so we will just have enough space for hopefully, for all the domestic pets that we have coming through.

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