Children and pets: How shelters decide who to adopt to

Children and pets: How shelters decide who to adopt to

The Animal Clinic of Milford says they’ve helped adopt 400 animals into happy homes the past four years. But, as of this week, they’ll be prioritizing adoptions for families with kids older than 8 years old. “I’m just trying to do what’s best for the families, the dogs,” said Dr. Sasha Golovyan, a veterinarian at the Animal Clinic of Milford. She says they’ve had 10 dogs surrendered in the past 10 months, eight of which were from young families,…