{"id":156618,"date":"2026-01-30T14:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T14:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/156618\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T14:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T14:48:13","slug":"front-street-animal-shelter-pauses-intake-of-healthy-stray-dogs-after-strep-zoo-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/156618\/","title":{"rendered":"Front Street Animal Shelter pauses intake of healthy stray dogs after Strep Zoo cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Front Street Animal Shelter has paused intake of healthy stray dogs for 7\u201314 days after two Strep Zoo cases.<\/p>\n<p>SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofsacramento.gov\/community-development\/animal-care.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Front Street Animal Shelter<\/a> has temporarily paused the intake of healthy stray dogs for approximately 7 to 14 days as it works to control the spread of a serious, contagious disease.<\/p>\n<p>Shelter officials said the decision follows two confirmed cases of <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC7110628\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Streptococcus zooepidemicus<\/a>, commonly known as Strep Zoo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The bacterial infection is highly contagious and can be fatal, spreading quickly in crowded, high-stress environments like animal shelters.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Sacramento shelter consulted with experts from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheltermedicine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program<\/a>, who advised that temporarily closing intake to reduce the dog population is the safest and most effective response.<\/p>\n<p>During the pause, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityofsacramento.gov\/community-development\/animal-care.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Front Street\u00a0<\/a>is asking community members who find healthy stray dogs to try to locate the owner using resources available at the city\u2019s website.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If the owner cannot be found, the shelter encourages individuals or their friends and family to foster the dog through Front Street. The shelter will provide vaccines, supplies and medical care for fostered dogs.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said they are also working with partner organizations to help place certain dogs on a case-by-case basis and are developing a program to connect people who find stray pets with foster volunteers if they are unable to foster themselves.<\/p>\n<p>To protect animals currently in the shelter, Front Street has implemented several safety measures, including preventative antibiotic injections for all dogs, deep cleaning and enhanced sanitation protocols.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Adoptions and owner redemptions continue to help safely reduce the shelter population.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Adopters and owners reclaiming their pets will receive guidance on symptoms to watch for and short-term medical support if Strep Zoo is suspected.<\/p>\n<p>According to shelter officials, dogs already in homes are considered low risk, as they are not exposed to the same levels of stress and crowding. Newly adopted dogs will have received antibiotics before leaving the shelter.<\/p>\n<p>    ABC10: Watch, Download, Read<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Front Street Animal Shelter has paused intake of healthy stray dogs for 7\u201314 days after two Strep Zoo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[121,123,122],"class_list":{"0":"post-156618","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sacramento","8":"tag-sacramento","9":"tag-sacramento-headlines","10":"tag-sacramento-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156618\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}