ANIMAL SHELTER UPDATE Distemper Still A Problem
Reported by: Associated Press
Web Producer: Michelle Carroll
Reported: Jun. 4, 2012 8:40 AM EDT
Updated: Jun. 5, 2012 11:14 AM EDT
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Huntington
, Cabell County
, West Virginia
The Huntington Cabell Wayne Animal Control shelter is reopening today following a distemper outbreak.
Shelter officials say that the shelter has been sanitized and the animals have been treated.
The shelter also is resuming a volunteer program that was suspended earlier this year.
Starcon International of Culloden has donated labor and material for several improvements, including new kennel spaces.
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