I live 8 miles from the Columbiana Shelter and it is unfortunate that this area has an overabundance of strays and unwanted cats/dogs. The Columbiana shelter has a van that makes monthly trips primarily to New Hampshire.

In this area there are no laws to help keep animal populations under control. The shelters in this area do a great job of finding homes both locally and in other states. There are special segments on a local news shows that brings several pets every day to be talked about and put up for adoption. Several shelters work with Petco and Petsmart where certain days pets from the shelters are available at their stores for adoption.

I have lived in my present home for about 17 years and over this time all of our pets have been strays that just show up and decide to stay. On several ocassions we have had pets show up and stay a short time until their owner can be found. We have had several pets reunited by working with our local vet.