AFTER A BOUT WITH SUSPECTED CANINE PARVO VIRUS… AND A MAJOR CLEANUP… THE WALKER COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER IS EXPECTED TO RE-OPEN WEDNESDAY, JULY 11.  STATE INSPECTORS GAVE THE SHELTER AN INSPECTION… AND CLEARED THE FACILITY TO RESUME NORMAL OPERATIONS.

A COUPLE OF PUPPIES DIED SUDDENLY… FORCING THE QUARANTINE LAST WEEK.  DIRECTOR ALISON SMITH SAID THE PUPPIES THEY TOOK IN SHOULD HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED VACCINATION SHOTS AGAINST PARVO… BUT THEY HAD NOT.   SINCE THEN, NO OTHER ANIMALS HAVE DIED.  THE SHELTER HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY CLEANED WITH PRESSURE WASHERS AND CHEMICALS, TO KNOCK OUT ANY REMAINING VIRUS. 

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