OSWEGATCHIE, New York (WWNY) – The St. Lawrence Valley SPCA near Ogdensburg is making changes so it won\u2019t have one of the highest kill rates in the state. <\/p>\n
In 2022, 90 percent of animals there were euthanized. This year, the kill rate has dropped to 80 percent.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis drop took some time,\u201d said Kevin Feuka, president of the board for the St. Lawrence Valley SPCA.<\/p>\n
Adding a new, full-time shelter manager is one change to bring that rate down. Kim Sola started this month. <\/p>\n
Not only did the board upgrade the manager\u2019s job from part-time to full-time, but it\u2019s also expanding hours of operation at the shelter.<\/p>\n
The goal is to improve adoption rates.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe work here is constant and both care of the animals and answering questions for the public,\u201d said Sola.<\/p>\n
Another change: the shelter may not be able to take in every animal that\u2019s brought there.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere we\u2019re taking a hotter stand, before we agree to take someone in, we need to understand all the conditions. But number 1: what is our capacity? Because if we bring too many in, we can\u2019t handle that,\u201d said Feuka.<\/p>\n
Feuka says their shelter will lean on other organizations if they need the help \u2014 something that may not have happened as much in the past.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe just want the animals to benefit from what we\u2019re all doing, even if it\u2019s not something any one of us can handle alone,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The shelter is located on State Route 68 just outside of Ogdensburg. Its phone number is 315-393-5191 and is currently updating its website. <\/p>\n
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