Fireworks cause pets to go astray

ALBUQERQUE PETS ARE WAITING TO BE REUNITED WITH THEIR OWNERS... AFTER RUNNING AWAY DURING L...  More »

ALBUQERQUE PETS ARE WAITING TO BE REUNITED WITH THEIR OWNERS... AFTER RUNNING AWAY DURING LAST NIGHT'S FIREWORKS. ANIMAL SHELTER WORKERS SAY IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE THEY'VE HAD THIS MANY SCARED STRAYS. ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS UNLOAD POOCH AFTER POOCH... TYPICAL ON THE DAY AFTER THE FOURTH OF JULY. DOGS CAN'T STAND THE BANGS AND THE BOOMS OF FIREWORKS... SO THEY'LL DO ANYTHING THEY CAN TO GET AWAY. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO JEANNIE PARKER'S PET. 'i've done all the things, i called where i needed to call and left the information and she is microchipped so hopefully she just comes here and they'll call me.'ROUGHLY 100 PETS ARE WAITING FOR THEIR OWNERS AT BOTH THE EAST AND WESTSIDE ANIMAL SHELTERS. WORKERS SAY IT'S BEEN ABOUT FIVE YEARS SINCE THEY'VE SEEN THIS MANY DOGS THAT WERE SCARED AWAY BY THE FIREWORKS. ANIMAL SHELTER OFFICIALS SAY YOU CAN BLAME THE HIGH GAS PRICES THAT HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE STAYING HOME. '3 day weekend, lots of folks home, not traveling this year and a lot of the street fireworks in the neighborhoods is what caused us to have so many animals.''we had a lot of illegal fireworks up by our house last night that were louder than normal.' IT'S NOT JUST PEOPLE LOOKING FOR THEIR LOST DOGS. SOME ARE BRINGING THE STRAYS IN... HOPING TO EVENTUALLY CALL THE PUPS THEIR OWN. 'found her out at work and i just wanna make sure she doesn't have a chip in her before i fall in love and take her home.' WITH THE FIREWORKS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND... ANIMAL SHELTER WORKERS SAY TO KEEP YOUR PET IN A CLOSED ROOM WITH SOME TOYS AND TREATS AND TURN ON THE RADIO OR T-V TO DROWN OUT THE FIREWORKS.//  « Less