Stephen Memorial Animal Shelter in Oskaloosa has closed its doors to the public.  Shelter Director Terry Gott explains why he made that call.

“We thought it would be the best decision with all this going on because we do have a lot of people that come here to adopt from some of these hotbed areas where they do have cases of coronavirus in their counties.”

Gott also told the No Coast Network that your pets can not catch COVID-19.

“I know that there’s a lot of people out there that think ‘Well, if people can get it, then animals can, too.’ But that’s not a fear.  I’ve been watching some of the reports and stuff and some of the research, and animals are not susceptible to getting this coronavirus.”