Dogs in Stray Holding Area at the Texarkana Animal Shelter [VIDEOS]

The animal shelter in Texarkana, Ark., often faces issues of having enough space for all of the animals coming in. In recent weeks, the shelter was full and had to put animals to sleep to make room for all of the new owner surrenders and strays coming in daily. Please share these videos of the dogs at the shelter. The first video shows the dogs in the Stray Hold area.

Please help get these dogs in front of people that may be able to rescue or adopt. Simply share the videos on your Facebook and Twitter pages.

Some of these dogs are waiting for their owners to find them. Others do not have a chance of anyone coming for them. There are not nearly enough adoptions occurring daily to make room on the adoption floor for all of the dogs that are available to be moved up. What options do they have? If you see a dog that you would like to foster, find a rescue group to pull the dog. Check here for a list of the rescues. Other options for helping these dogs is to share this video on your social media pages so others will see them.

See a dog that you want? Act fast and contact the Animal Care and Adoption Center, 203 Harrison, Texarkana, Ark. 870-773-6388, Open Mon-Fri 11a-5p, Sat 11a-2p.

These two are still waiting:

If you see a dog on this adoption floor video that has been at the shelter for a long period of time, they too are in danger of being put to sleep. This is a video from last week so some of these dogs may not be available any longer.

Many dogs on the adoption floor that have been there long enough that they should have been adopted by now but just haven't. Those dogs as well as many others that you may not ever see are in jeopardy of losing their life in the coming days because so many animals are being dropped off as owner surrenders or being picked up as strays.

These new animals deserve a chance, too, and many of them have to be held for three to five days before anything can be done with them. That time period is set by rules of the shelter to allow owners time to reclaim their dogs.If you are interested in adopting, fostering or sponsoring a dog, please contact Bertha at the animal shelter by calling 870-773-6388, option 3.

If you sponsor a dog that means that you will pay the fee to have the dog fixed and get a rabies vaccination. Once that is done, the adoption fee will only be $40, which makes it much easier to get a dog adopted from the shelter.The Animal Care and Adoption Center in Texarkana, Ark., is our only animal shelter in town. They have a few hundred dogs and cats that need to be reclaimed or adopted. Room is always an issue at a city animal shelter. We feature an animal each week to help get the word out about many of these great pets.

Please visit the shelter's Facebook page to see if there is an animal there that you would be interested in adopting, fostering or sponsoring.

It is so unfortunate that there are so many dogs and cats euthanized every week in our local shelter. It is up to the community to prevent it. Spay and neuter your pets. Volunteer to help educate citizens about the need to fix their animals. Share this post on your Facebook page and Tweet about it, too.

The shelter's adoption fees range from $40 to $144, depending on the gender and size of the animal or whether they have been spayed or neutered yet. You can also have your pet microchipped for only $20 right at the shelter. That way if your pet is ever lost, he or she can be returned to you quickly.

If you would like to foster a dog contact the shelter to get information about dog rescues in our area that can help.

The Animal Care and Adoption Center is located at 203 Harrison St., Texarkana, Ark. 71854 and is open Monday through Friday from 11AM and 5PM and Saturdays from 11AM to 2PM.