La Plata Humane Society Offers Advice To Help Pets Live Their Best Life

By Makenzie O'Keefe, CBS Denver:

LA PLATA COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4)– There has been an immense increase in emergency medical cases since the beginning of 2021.

Since January, the La Plata Humane Society has seen an exponential increase of pets in need of emergency surgery or emergency medical care.

“Within the last five weeks we’ve seen a pretty severe increase in those cases,” explained Chris Nelson, the Director of Animal Services with the La Plata Humane Society. “Two cats with injured legs, a cat with a collar embedded in its neck and a dog that had such severe glaucoma that she was in an excruciating amount of pain.”

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