Animal shelters around Austin are aware of the intense cold, and are taking measures to help our fuzzy friends. Austin's Town Lake Animal Center houses 425 dogs, cats, and rabbits indoors. All are waiting to be adopted. While the shelter is heated, it tends to be drafty since the building is old, and due to the way the heating system is set up, some kennels are warmer than others. To make sure the pets do not shiver, shelter employees are giving the animals blankets and pet beds, thanks to generous donations from the public. While dogs and cats have a higher body temperature than humans, and have the advantage of fur, pets are still susceptible to cold weather, and need shelter.
“We have to do some shuffling sometimes because some of the runs tend to stay heater than the other ones, so we move the dogs around so the big husky breeds and the big double-coated dogs end up in the kennels that we can’t quite keep as warm, and we put the little more delicate ones in the warmer kennels,” said Amber Rowland, program development manager at Town Lake Animal Center. While shelter officials say they are well-stocked with blankets, donations are always welcome, and they say the best thing for these Pets animals is for people to adopt them so they can be in an even more contented setting at home.
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