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C-J Coronavirus Watch: Abiding the stay-at-home order, people look for animal shelters and pets for company

Berry Craig
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Thanks to Jeff Wiggins for sending us this.

By DAVID J. KIM
Louisville Courier-Journal

The thought of adopting a dog has been on Kasey Mand’s mind for a while, but she’s been putting it off. Her family already has a dog and there wasn’t much free time to give attention to a second one.

But when her daughter brought up the idea of adopting a dog during the coronavirus pandemic, there wasn’t a better time to do it.

A few weeks later, Mand applied to adopt a dog at Southern Indiana Animal Rescue and got approved in late April. Now, the family enjoys the company of two dogs.

Read more here.