PIKE COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) - The Pike County Animal Shelter has been able to reduce their euthanasia rates to eight percent.

"It took a lot of burden off the people that have to do the bad thing. And now we don't have to hardly do it anymore," Jason Burke, animal control officer, said.

The Appalachian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and the Pike County Fiscal Court are covering each animal's expenses.

"That means that you'll get an animal that's spayed and neutered, vaccine, I mean, de-wormed, and everything," Burke said.

92 percent of animals that come to the shelter are released to adoption and rescues.

James and Whitney Whaley adopted their puppy, Dobby, on Valentine's Day.

"When you adopt from a shelter, it's kind of good you already have a dog that's established and you get to take them out of a bad situation and put them in a better situation," Whitney Whaley, owner of an adopted dog, said.

For the Whaley's, adopting their dog was one of the best decisions they made.

"It's now the three of us, while he's still definitely a dog, I mean, he's still kind of a part of the family," Whitney Whaley said.

Officials at the shelter, shared about 10 to 12 animals are adopted each and every day.

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Pike County animal shelter reduces euthanasia rates - WYMT News (press release)