Pueblo animal shelter warns people to keep pets inside their homes or they could run away
Fireworks are legal in Pueblo County, but that doesn’t mean everyone will have a great Fourth of July.
Paws for Life will not do pet adoptions until after the holiday weekend. The group is afraid fireworks could scare the new pets.
Jean Engel’s dog Boo ran away when she heard fireworks on Wednesday.
Her dog was found, but not in the condition she expected.
“She does have a fractured pelvis. We need to take care of that, and hopefully she will heal well,” she said.
Engel is one of many pet owners whose pets ran away this week because of fireworks.
“It’s one of our least favorite weeks of the whole year. More animals are lost, scared and hurt in the first two weeks of July than any other time of the year,” Paws for Life Manager Linda Mitchell said.
She said if you don’t want your pets to run away during the Fourth of July, your best bet is to keep them inside and if you can, lock them in a bathroom or a bedroom and turn the radio or TV up loud.
“Don’t take them with you. They don’t know the environment they are in. They get scared, they run and they don’t know their way back home. Don’t leave them in the backyard and go to your friend’s barbecue until one or two in the morning, you won’t find them,” Mitchell said.
As for Engel, instead of fireworks on the Fourth of July, she will make sure Boo gets better.
The Pueblo Animal Shelter will be doing pet adoptions except on the Fourth of July.
