Midmorning With Aundrea - November 19, 2020 (Part 3) [ENCORE PRESENTATION]

(Part 3 of 4) President-Elect Joe Biden will be bringing with him the first shelter dog to live in the White House, which some hope will give a boost to other shelter animals

More history being made at the white house.

When president- elect joe biden moves in... he'll bring with him several pets including 'major' which will be the first shelter dog to live in the white house.

Lindsey ragas found out how this can benefit local shelters.

Major biden- a 2 year old german shepherd-is making history.

He'll be the first shelter dog to live in the white house.

Kelsey cler 4:29:50:07 "it' pretty "major", n to use a pun, but it's pretty awesome that there's a rescue dog because it really gets that message nationally of adopt don't shop."

Chief animal services officer don bland says adoptions have been slow because of covid-19 but thinks that may change soon.

Bland 11:21:31:23 " think that is something that hopefully other folks in the united states will see you know there's wonderful dogs available that you can get in shelters don bland hopes this will bring more attention to shelter dogs so puppies like this 2 month old hound mix won't have to stay at this animal shelter for much longer.

Nats dogs barking the austin animal center is currently caring for over 900 dogs with 500 of those in foster care.

Bland 11:19:01:01 "there's over million pets in shelters across the united states every year and only 23% of those are adopted for the overall population for the united states nearly 48% of shleter animals are adopted at the austin animal center - others remain in foster care or go to other nearby shelters bland 11:23:19:29 "hopefully we ca get people thinking that rescue animals are white house quality, they're not throw aways."

Lindsey ragas cbs austin news.

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