Animal Shelter Reacts To Distemper Outbreak

{Charleston, West Virginia}…Assistant state veterinarian Dr. Koren Moore Custer says cases of distemper have been increasing in West Virginia and across the nation in recent months although it can be controlled by vaccinations. Eighty animals at the Kanawha-Charleston Animal Shelter were scheduled to being euthanized after the Kanawha-County Humane Association confirmed two cases of distemper and spoke with several veterinarians and the Kanawha County Commission. By early Thursday afternoon, 40 dogs had been cleared to be put up for adoption as soon as possible, 52 more will be held for the next two weeks and four will be euthanized.