Article: Canine illness closes shelter: Respiratory sickness strikes Humane Society facility; dog adoptions and drop-offs are suspended.

Byline: Kenneth C. Crowe II

Jul. 24--MENANDS -- A severe upper respiratory illness has broken out among dogs at the Mohawk & Hudson River Humane Society, prompting it to alert the public and take steps to avoid a disease outbreak like last year when the agency was forced to kill 340 cats.

Until the facility gets a clean bill of health, it has suspended all dog adoptions and won't take in strays except those brought in by municipalities that have a contract with the agency.

"We're trying to protect everybody. We don't want dogs to go out of here and get others sick," Brad Shear, the society's executive director, said Monday.

"We're not ...

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