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Tempe Animal Shelter Closing June 30
Emergency Placement must be required for the approximately 40 existing dogs and cats, the shelter wrote on Facebook.
An animal shelter in Tempe is going to have to close its doors on June 30. Before that, they are desperately looking to find forever homes for nearly 40 cats and dogs.
The Ohana Animal Rescue announced on the organization's Facebook page that they have "been running in the red for a great time and can no longer sustain shelter operations." (Subscribe to local news alerts on Patch).
The organization says that they have been operating in Tempe for five years and have helped nearly 4000 cats, dogs, birds, guinea pigs, and a chinchilla into homes.
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"Due to tragic circumstances, the directors have stepped back and the Ohana volunteers are taking on the responsibility of getting these animals to safe placement," the volunteers wrote on Facebook.
The shelter says that many of the dogs have special home requirements.
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Photo via Ohana Animal Rescue.
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