Closed. SPA Lorraine has not escaped the rule: closed due to a pandemic. With this little nuance that inside, these are animals that are confined, that we must continue to care for. A large part of the staff is also now deactivated (out of 16 employees, 6 are on partial unemployment and 1 in childcare) and confined. Another one of those quadratures of the circle that had to be resolved urgently.
SPA Lorraine is responsible for two shelters in the department. “But most of our activity, adoption, was immediately interrupted when containment was declared,” said President Evelyne Van Damme. “We no longer had permission to place our animals, except those that were reserved before mid-March. We are completely on stand-by. “
The situation could have generated an overflow phenomenon, abandonments without adoption leading to saturation.
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Is the dog a pretext for breaking out of confinement?
“And yet not. In reality there are not so many dropouts as that, and it is the pound anyway that takes care of it. I have a little bit of the impression, frankly, that those who were considering abandoning their dog gave it up when they discovered that it offered them an excellent excuse to go for a walk during confinement … “
What is more, in Amance, the most important shelter for which SLPA is responsible, had already knowingly reduced its activity, in preparation for work which had been urgently needed for years.
The kittens will fall on us as in Gravelotte.
Évelyne Van Damme, President of SLPA
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“Finally we had to start them!” Late March-early April. There you go, it is missed. Definitely … “Only one out of three kennels on site is complete to date, with 35 dogs awaiting a return of fortune.
“In Velaine-en-Haye, our second refuge, we also had a few empty boxes, so there was not too much pressure. Except for this little adopted dog that you can’t give to your new mistress. No veterinarian wants to sterilize it right now. However, there is already a male in the household. The little dog will still have to wait.
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Dreaded deconfinement
The confinement could happen without too much pain, except that the last in position must multiply, especially to walk the canine boarders, which is what volunteers usually do. Prayed today to stay at home.
“But what I really apprehend, me, is the deconfinement, anticipates Evelyne Van Damme, especially at this time of the year already usually congested. All of a sudden we will have to face a spectacular series of abandonments, and the kittens will fall on us like in Gravelotte. “While at Amance should start the work …” There, we really have to face up. “
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