Dog shelter offers incentive to find forever homes for pit bulls

Lucas County Canine Care and Control’s “Glass City Pitties” program will offer $ 150 per dog incentive to local rescues that accept more pit bulls for adoption

TOLEDO, Ohio – When it comes to being man’s best friend, pit bulls often get a bad rap and are often the dogs that fill shelters.

But a new grant is looking to help find good homes for this breed at Lucas County Canine Care & Control.

The “Glass City Pitties” program will use the $ 15,000 grant to inspire local rescues to confront LC4 pit bulls and end the stigma.

Best Friends Animal Society is a national non-profit animal rescue organization in Utah whose goal is to help shelters save as many animals as they receive and achieve a global goal not to kill the shelters.

Ridley is a 3 year old pit at LC4 who has been stuck at Toledo Central Refuge for two months.

“So many of these dogs have no behavioral issues, no medical issues,” said Dou Dibble, president of Friends of Lucas County Dogs, “we have so much pity they’re being overlooked.”

Pit bulls make up 90% or more of dogs at LC4. That’s why the new program uses local rescues to get more pit bulls adopted.

“We will pay an incentive to these rescue partners to transfer the dogs to their shelters,” Dibble said.

Local rescues must be 501c3s approved and they will receive a $ 150 incentive for each pit bull they take. The program is also reserved for dogs that have been at LC4 for more than a month.

“We’re going into the fall with a lot of dogs, so it’s a bit odd,” said Kelly Sears, director of LC4.

The shelter currently has 142 dogs; well above the normal capacity of 100. Almost all dogs are pit bulls or mixed breeds and are returned or found to be stray.

She says many are overlooked simply because of their race and get stuck in the shelter for too long.

“I just want to focus on the ones who’ve been here the longest because the longer they’re in the shelter, the more stressed they get,” Sears said, “and even the nicest shelter is still shelter and that. is not a house. “

They say the new program will give these dogs more visibility and a better chance of being adopted sooner.

Sears added that they expect matching donations to accompany the $ 15,000 grant.

In total, they believe the new program will help around 200 dogs find forever homes.

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