OKC Animal Welfare closed until further notice after strep, flu outbreak
Oklahoma City Animal Welfare will remain closed until further notice while caretakers deal with an outbreak of multiple illnesses among their dog population.
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Oklahoma City Animal Welfare will remain closed until further notice while caretakers deal with an outbreak of multiple illnesses among their dog population.
Five dogs so far have died from the infection, which animal welfare officials are waiting on lab results to identify.
An illness at an Oklahoma animal shelter has impacted other shelters across the metro.
The Oklahoma City Animal Shelter will remain closed for at least a week as a result of a respiratory illness affecting dogs, the shelter said in a release.
A fast spreading infection sickened 130 dogs and killed three, prompting the closing of the Oklahoma City Animal Shelter for "at least a week."