MORE AND MORE PETS HAVE BEEN WINDING UP AT ALBUQUERQUE ANIMAL SHELTERS IN RECENT WEEKS. ANIMAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR BARBARA BRUIN SAYS PETS … ESPECIALLY DOGS … ARE RUNNING AWAY AFTER GETTING SPOOKED BY LOUD THUNDER FROM SUMMER RAIN STORMS. SHE SAYS DOGS ARE OFTEN SO TERRIFIED BY THUNDER THAT THEY’RE ABLE TO GO UNDER, OVER, OR THROUGH A FENCE … OR EVEN THROUGH GLASS WINDOWS.
BRUIN SAYS WELL OVER 400 PETS WOUND UP AT ALBUQUERQUE ANIMAL SHELTERS LAST WEEK. SHE SAYS IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN EVERY SUMMER DURING THE MONSOON SEASON.
