COLUMBIANA, Ala. —

A shelter in need of space to care for more animals got some help on Saturday. Shelby County Humane worked to clear its shelter for animals in need.

Staff with the Humane Society said the shelter was overflowing. With reduced adoption fees, 40 dogs and cats found their forever homes, which opened up space and kept staff from making tough decisions.

“We are not a no-kill,” Christin Miller with Shelby County Humane said. “We’re a low kill. We do have to euthanize sometimes for medical behavior or space reasons. The more space we have, the less we have to euthanize.”

Riley Maddox kept one of the dogs from spending the rest of its life in the shelter, or even worse. She adopted a Black Lab and Pitbull mix named Balto. He’s known as the humane society’s longest stay and h

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