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Lynchburg Humane Society also sees an impact one year into COVID-19 pandemic
314 animals in foster care, which is up compared to this time last year
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LYNCHBURG, Va. – One year into the pandemic, we’re working for you to see how COVID-19 impacted our communities, which includes our four-legged friends.
The Lynchburg Humane Society says in 2020, they did not surpass the 4,000 pet adoptions from the year before, but that’s because they took in fewer animals.
Meanwhile, foster care numbers were up last year compared to 2019.
Experts credit that to people working from home and wanting companions.
“That helped reduce a lot of stress with the current animals and let us focus heavily more on adoptions with certain pets just so it wasn’t kind of bogged down,” said Chris Luther, manager of pet help and special operations for the Lynchburg Humans Society.
Here are 202 things that happened in 2020
Do you remember them all?
WSLS 10 News Staff
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2020 in review (Getty Images / WSLS 10)
At times it felt like we got a year’s worth of news in just a month (March, we’re looking at you).
2020 certainly had its ups and downs, so before we head into 2021, take a scroll with us through the last year in news.
January
Jan. 3 - The United States killed Iran’s top general, Qassem Soleimani, in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport.
Jan. 8 - A plane with Ukraine International Airlines crashed shortly after takeoff in Tehran, Iran on January 8, killing all 176 people on board the Boeing 737-800, according to Ukrainian officials.
Kevin Bacon has backed an appeal to save a pig who shares his name
The âFootlooseâ star shared an appeal for an experienced keeper to take home a four-year-old Kunekune named Kevin Bacon, who is currently being cared for at a Scottish SPCA rehoming centre in Edinburgh as his previous owners couldnât look after him 11 December 2020
Kevin took to Twitter to share a link to an article about his namesake swine, and wrote: âHelp a fellow Kevin find a home?â
The Scottish SPCA then responded to the tweet, saying: âThanks for sharing this, Kevin we will let you know when your namesake finds his home.â