‘Potential contagious disease outbreak’ at Animal Shelter, police say
The Wichita Animal Shelter is closed until 1 Thursday afternoon as police deal with “a potential contagious disease outbreak,” according to a tweet from the Wichita Police Department Twitter account.
“There was a potential Parvo outbreak,” Wichita police Officer Charley Davidson said in an email.
“Staff are doing a thorough cleaning and the shelter will open at 1 p.m. today,” Davidson said Thursday morning.
Dogs possibly affected by the outbreak were removed by rescuers as a precaution, Davidson said. Beauties and Beasts Inc. and K-9 Karma Animal Advocates Inc. said on Facebook that they had rescued 12 dogs total.
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This story was originally published August 23, 2018 at 11:47 AM.