Outbreak Kills 50 Shelter Cats

Katie M.
3 years ago

How sad, especially at a place that is trying to help them.

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Cindy C.
4 years ago

Ahh thats sooo sad.

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Sheryl J.
4 years ago

How very sad, the shelter and it's workers and volunteers must have been heartbroken. Hopefully the community rallied to their support

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Jbobstep
4 years ago

This had to be heartbreaking for this shelter and the volunteers

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Renee M.
4 years ago

How sad! Like there isn't enough to deal with already at shelters.

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Lisa C.
4 years ago

one of a rescue shelter's worst nightmares, something we all fear. hope all came out ok for them.

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barb a.
4 years ago

This happens when you bring large amounts of animals togehter and really never know if some hav even been vacinated

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Buckking
4 years ago

this is sad, but having alot of animals together raises the risk of things like this happening

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Bonnie K.
4 years ago

this is a very sad story

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Lruder
4 years ago

Once of the risks of having to house so many animals--what a shame. Hopefully donations came through to help them recover and get the things they had to destroy.

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mike h.
4 years ago

This is sad, I wonder if there is an update on this?

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EddieWayne
4 years ago

Has this shelter recovered yet?

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Richard
4 years ago

How sad for this shelter to lose so many cats

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Kathy
4 years ago

Our shelter has an isolation room for new arrivals for this fact, so that other cats won't be contaminated with any disease. The lose of any life is horrible.

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L.H.S.
4 years ago

Sure would like a follow up on this. Sometimes the disease is not what you think it is. We had an outbreak of the new calici virus last year. We now give the vaccination that covers the new strain to all our cats. But the symptoms are similar.

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Andrea S.
4 years ago

Shouldn't cats be vaccinated upon entering the shelter, or at least tested for it??

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Wanda & Veronica ;.
4 years ago

this is so sad. too bad that we can't find cures for this. it is so hard when there are strays brought in & there is no way of knowing right away if they are infected.

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Chitown
4 years ago

I feel bad for my neighbors to the north. I didn't know about this at the time. My vet just told me that older cats can get by with a distemper vaccination every two or three years instead of annually, because they've built up immunity...so probably the poor Edmonton kitties that succumbed were young.

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Rhonda T.
4 years ago

What a sad story. Sometimes we are trying to do the right thing and save animals but it takes time and money. Some places can't vaccinate all the animals that come in. Or have areas to quarantine animals. I feel bad for this shelter and all the lovely kitties.

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HomePro
4 years ago

So very hard...but when you get so many animals in one place, it can happen.

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Jello1
4 years ago

Such a sad story, but it happens periodically in shelters.

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Ihatesnow
4 years ago

Sometimes infected strays come in, but aren't showing symptoms. Even assuming that new animals are isolated, it's still an easy disease to accidentally spread. We had a family member who was volunteering at the shelter and somehow brought it home on his clothes. It spread to a foster kitten we had who had been too young to be vaccinated. Happily he pulled thru

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VKiggins
4 years ago

Shelter staff always have to be vigilant to sickness but sometimes by the time you see the symptoms, too many others have been exposed.

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DEREKDEMANE
4 years ago

Sad story.

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Allison M.
4 years ago

This is horrible but I understand how it can happen when you have a large amount of animals in one small space. I also understand how it can impact a shelter's limited budget. What a shame.

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Missy M.
4 years ago

This is so sad. The shelter staff always work so hard and then something like this happens.

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SJL78
4 years ago

yes. very sad.

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Melissa P.
4 years ago

nooooo! poor babies. how does this happen?

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John H.
4 years ago

Geez!!!

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Michaelyn
4 years ago

Been a lot of various outbreaks lately with mass killings.

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Keri W.
4 years ago

That's awful.

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Ourstaff
4 years ago

The spread of disease is why people need to be careful when they take in animals. The last thing you want is for your act of kindness for one animal to turn in something bad for others. Don't stop trying to help but be careful.

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Carol L.
4 years ago

vaccinate, vaccinate and insure you vaccinate your animals to prevent this...

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Sarah W.
4 years ago

that's terrible.

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Diane W.
4 years ago

This happened to a Rescue here. Vaccinations are important in all animals.

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Diane
4 years ago

So sad. My heart aches.

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Amy R.
5 years ago

how sad for that shelter.

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Loosey
5 years ago

Too Sad!!

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Jholt
5 years ago

Very sad. I didn't realize it could spread so quickly. Hope they keep up on their vaccinations in the future so this doesn't happen again.

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Ourstaff
4 years ago

Things like that can spread very quickly. You can spread it by handling an inflected cat. I had a scare last year when one of my foster kittens was ill. I was very careful to wash my hands/face/etc. The problem was I forgot all about my glasses. I (and the cats) were lucky that time but it taught me a lesson

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M17
5 years ago

keep all vaccinations for your pet up to date. the poor shelter cats get vaccinated but sometimes it is too late. i also wonder how much the virus/bacteria has begun to adapt and mutate.

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Anna
5 years ago

Oh, those poor kitties.......stories like this make me so sad...

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Alex J.
5 years ago

how sad my dog had parvo and died

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Sharon S.
5 years ago

Our shelter had an outbreak of something a few weeks ago and had to really clean out the cat section. A lot of cats were really sick and some had to be put down. It seems to be under control now and they are responding to treatment.

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Kindra H.
5 years ago

How awful for this shelter. We all try to protect the cats that we have taken under our wings in the shelter and this is a fear that every shelter lives with. I hope they can get this under control before any other cats are lost.

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Kd1969
5 years ago

I hope they get a handle on this soon. What a tragedy for all involved.

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Kate
5 years ago

oh, those poor kitties!

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Ashlee S.
5 years ago

So sad!!

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D. Rene
5 years ago

this is a sad story....

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Louise P.
5 years ago

This is horrible...I feel so sorry for the cats, staff and volunteers. Diseases that spread so quickly through a shelter and kills animals is so traumatic. I hope everything is ok or at least better now.

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chris a.
5 years ago

poor cats

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Flowerhead910
5 years ago

I hope everythings allright by now.

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