· acct philly is desperately trying to find homes for pets amid an overcrowding crisis. · philadelphia ’ s animal shelter system is facing a full-blown crisis. · philadelphia (wpvi) -- acct philly is desperately trying to find homes for pets amid an overcrowding crisis. · acct philly desperately needs to find forever homes for several shelter pets due to overcrowding. “a lot of people who adopted during the [beginning of the] pandemic adopted our hardest population of dogs ,” bernstein explained, “because everybody had time for a dog. ” · when covid-19 prompted citywide lockdowns in 2020, more people had the time, flexibility, and resources to adopt and foster. Acct philly has experienced an unexpected surge in the number of dogs arriving at their facility, with over a hundred dogs taken in within a short span of three days. One that grows more dire by the day. The animal shelter is holding an emergency adoption event because it has reached. Last week alone, the shelter took in over 300 animals, and about 140 were dogs. The animal shelter is holding an emergency adoption event because it has reached maximum capacity. Thousands of dogs enter acct philly and local rescues each year, overwhelming staff, draining resources, and leaving countless animals vulnerable to neglect, sickness, and abandonment.

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