CNY SPCA Over Capacity

The Central New York SPCA is over its maximum capacity. The shelter is referring people who bring in animals to other locations in Syracuse. As of July 14, the SPCA was about twenty dogs and fifty cats over their limit for the staff and volunteers to handle.

The shelter is overcrowded because for every animal adopted, it takes in two more. More animals are being turned into the shelter this summer because people are seeing it as a way to back on their expenses. CNY SPCA’s Director of Public Education, Stephanie Woyciesjes, says the rise in gas and food prices have greatly affected the large amount of animals that are brought in to the shelter. “People are coming to us and they can’t afford to keep the cat. They can’t afford to feed the cat. They can’t afford things along that line," she says.

Even though a number of animals are being turned in, it is not affecting adoptions as they have been increasing since January.