<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2xqVfb_0vi9oBXH00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2xqVfb_0vi9oBXH00" width="1320" height="743" >TROY, N.Y. (WRGB) — The city of Troy has set up a short term dog shelter as the mayor pushes for a regional shelter to house homeless animals east of the Hudson River.For years, the city had a contract with the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society, but that ended in January when MHHS chose not to renew the contract due to capacity.“We now have a temporary shelter as you know. The Mohawk Hudson Humane Society, ‘we had a contract with them, in january they told us ‘we’re full, we can’t accept dogs,’ so we were out on our own,” said Mayor Carmella Mantello in an interview on August 22nd.The mayor said that they opened the shelter earlier this year and works with other organizations to get the dogs adopted.“The big picture, we need on this side of the river a regional or county animal shelter,” said Mantello. “But what we’ve done, for at least short term, we have a temporary shelter, we’re able to house dogs, but we have a number of partnerships, one being with Saratoga County Animal Hospital, where they’ll come in, assess the dog, etc, then take the dog, put it up for adoption.”In 2023, advocates pushed for Rensselaer County to open a county-wide humane society.The proposal was backed by the county legislature’s democratic minority, but ultimately rejected by the republican majority.</div></body>

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Troy opens temporary dog shelter, mayor seeks permanent regional solution

TROY, N.Y. (WRGB) — The city of Troy has set up a short term dog shelter as the mayor pushes for a regional shelter to house homeless animals east of the Hudson River. For years, the city had a contract with the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society, but that ended in January when MHHS chose not to renew the contract due to capacity.