AUSTIN (KXAN) — Charlie Crenshaw has earned the nickname “The Dog Whisperer of Balcones” after finding three puppies at a golf course in the past month.
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Crenshaw, who works as a golf instructor at the Balcones Country Club, said the puppies were found on or near the country club property.
Austin Animal Center, the city’s no-kill shelter, said abandoned animals XXX. The shelter previously told KXAN it cannot track the number of “dumped” animals unless there is a witness. But it does track animals as “demonstrably abandoned.”
The shelter has taken in 268 abandoned animals so far in 2023, including 192 dogs. The shelter took in over 300 animals in the past two years.
These include “demonstrably abandoned” animals, including animals left tied up, witnessed to be dumped out of a car or similar situations. An AAC spokesperson said many people make assumptions that an animal is “dumped” but usually the animal is lose from its home.
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The Austin Animal Center is restricting intake to emergencies only due to overcapacity issues. The shelter said abandoned animals are taken in until they are reunited with an owner, fostered, adopted or transferred to a rescue partner.
“We’re seeing that the environment has changed for pet owners and the economy has made it more difficult to provide the necessary care for pets,” Mary Brown, the shelter’s manager who oversees the Pet Resource Center, said in a statement. “We have these hard conversations with the public at our Pet Resource Center daily and try to avoid dumping of animals at all costs, but there are times when people feel they have no other option.”
Pet Resource Center staff members speak with customers to discuss their situation and provide resources to keep the pet in their home whenever possible, Brown said. These situations include helping people through tough times or helping someone keep a stray until the animal is reunited with its owner.
What to do if you see an abandoned animal?
People should call 311 to report a found animal in Austin.
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