Dog day afternoon: Everett shelter offers day trips to increase adoptions

Since July the program is showing a 70% success rate.

EVERETT, Wash — Animal shelters across the country have been over capacity since the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The situation is no different at the Everett Animal Shelter, where 127 dogs are currently in their care. 

Bruno is one of them. The 1-year-old hound/pit bull mix was lost on the streets of Snohomish County. He has been stuck in a kennel at the Everett shelter for 36 days and counting.

But those days may be numbered.

Bruno is part of the shelter’s new “Wandering Rover” campaign where volunteers take dogs for a

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