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Planning to “Adopt” a dog? Animal Shelter Has Them At Bargain Prices for Those Not Too Particular. (1949)

In 1949, The Dayton Daily News did a feature on their local animal shelter and their “bargain” dogs.

Audrey Lodato

March 27, 2026

1940s

Adoption, animal control, animal control officers, animal shelters, Animal Welfare, animals, Cats, dogs, Euthanasia, history, Humane Movement, Humanely destroyed, Licensing, Pet adoption, pets, put to sleep, Rabies

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