AUSTIN, Texas — The Austin Animal Center is so overrun with animals that it had to cancel one of it's adoption events this weekend, Desperate Housecats.
Jennifer Olohan, Communications and Media Manager for the AAC, believes that hasn't ever happened before.
"We are so overcrowded. It is some of the highest numbers we've seen," said Olohan.
Since July 1, AAC has taken in more than 1,400 animals -- for several reasons.
"Summer is usually a high intake time for us anyway and it starts around the 4th of July because of the fireworks, particularly, because of the big storm, which did not help, and then people have summer parties. They leave the gates open," said Olohan.
It's the same story at the Williamson County Regional Animal Shelter: too many animals.
However, that shelter's influx is due to a different reason.
On Tuesday, Williamson County authorities seized nearly 40 animals after a call from a home on Private Road 914 in Georgetown.
Authorities discovered more than a dozen dead animals and others in deplorable living conditions.
"This might be the largest number of sized birds that we've received. We have 14 chickens and roosters, plus a peacock and three cockatiels," said Misty Vallenta, Williamson County Regional Shelter's Community Program Coordinator.
Both facilities are asking the public to adopt or foster.
"So, we've got animals in pop-up crates, crates meant for temporary use for maybe eight and they've been in there for days for some of them. They're lining hallways. They're lining meeting rooms. They're everywhere we can put animals, we're doing it," said Olohan.
Olohan said if you can't adopt or foster, perhaps you could take pictures of the animals and share them to your social media sites -- any way to increase exposure and adoptions.