"The rescues are drowning": Manitoba ranch sounds alarm on animal overpopulation crisis

Animals like horses, pigs, sheep, chickens and dogs live their best life at Wild Willow Ranch & Rescue, a rehabilitation farm in Manitoba. It is one of 45 other animal welfare organizations that released a letter on Monday declaring a state of emergency in animal overpopulation in the province.

"We have been rescuing for years, but on our own dollar. There was just so much need for it," the ranch's founder Candice Cronin said. "The rescues are drowning. There's no funding, adoptions are low. We are at a crisis point."

The groups are asking the government for three demands: $2.5 million annually for province-wide spay and neuter programs, funding to send resources to isolated communities, and an action plan to restrict backyard breeders.

As for volunteers like Cronin, she says she will keep doing whatever they can to save more of their furry friends. "I have been around animals my whole life. That's just what I do," Cronin said.

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