SONOMA COUNTY (KRON)- A spokesman from the Department of Health Services announced that the Sonoma County Animal Services is decontaminating the county animal shelter in the wake of a possible canine parvovirus outbreak. In the last 10 days five stray dogs infected with paravovirus were euthanized, and adoptions at the shelter were suspended, according to department spokesman Scott Alonso. Only stray dogs identified by their owner will be allowed to leave the shelter, and all dogs that were removed from the shelter should be seen by a veterinarian for possible exposure to the virus, Alonso said.
Fire destroys a kennel in Wasilla, Alaska, killing 46 Labrador Retrievers. Thirty-two other dogs survive the fire in the licensed shelter.