FORT WORTH Some animal shelters are seeing a decline in the number of animals being adopted. This "adoption anxiety," as some are calling it, may be due to the recent pet food recall.The Altchel's are looking for a playmate for Rags. They say after Menu Foods recalled more than 50 kinds of wet pet food, they were worried about the health of a shelter dog."We did think about pets being here and eating wet food," said Rosely Altchel. "We don't know what they feed them."The Humane Society of North Texas' manager says there is no need to worry. They only feed their animals dry food. They say it's cheaper and better for them."Animals' teeth remain much healthier if they're fed dry food, that helps keep their teeth cleaner," said Peggy Brown-Aguilar, HSNT. "The canned food leads to gum and teeth problems for dogs and cats that are fed nothing but canned food long term."The Humane Society wants people to feel good about adopting dogs and cats. They say they've gone to great lengths to make sure their animals didn't get a hold of any of the contaminated pet food."We're checking all the food that's been donated, and we're checking all the food that's been stored here," Brown-Aguilar said. "We've gone through everything. We've pulled out anything that was suspect or that was on the list of recalled food that could be suspect."With that peace of mind, Dan Altchel says he's gonna focus on what's important."We have to find one that fits into the family, and Rags is part of the family too. If she doesn't like her, we gotta start looking again," he said.
Kimberly Ball
(CBS 11 News)