A simpler kind of animal shelter problem, before and after.
Mike Morrison wrote for Jacksonville.com 4 August 2011,
14 dogs die from heatstroke at Waycross kennel; cooling fans pledged
The heat has killed dogs at the Waycross animal shelter because the
kennel isn’t wired to power fans, but a city official said Wednesday
that help is on the way.Okefenokee Humane Society shelter manager Ben Hood said 14 dogs have
died of heatstroke in the past three months, including a 7-month-old
black Lab that died Wednesday.“We’ve had record high temperatures this year,” Hood said, “but we
don’t have any fans in the kennel because we don’t have any electricity
out there.”
And on 10 August he wrote,