Since the 2019-20 season, Nnadi has paid adoption fees for more than 500 dogs, and will do more this season.
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"I just didn't want to leave that place without him," Trester said."I wanted to bring him home and take care of him." Four years and one pandemic later, the KC Pet Project is overflowing with shelter animals and posted last week on its Facebook page that it was in a space crisis"bursting at the seams with dogs in need." Difficult meetings are held about at-risk dogs, kennel space and euthanasia.
Adding to Lita's placement issues, she was"reactive" to female dogs. Zager has an American bulldog named Charlie, and he brought him to Kansas City for a meet and greet with Lita. Walk into the KC Pet Project, a sprawling 54,000-square foot facility with"catios" and music pumping through the animal holding centers, and Nnadi's presence is everywhere.
"The whole reason I started the foundation is really because of Rocky," he said."It made me feel bad for him, but it also made me feel empathetic for a lot of the animals that are in shelters. "He likes to lead the pack because he wants to see everything. So I'm like, 'Go ahead, get your energy out. This is your time.'"Overland Park, Kansas, just over the state line, the Great Plains SPCA took in a pair of Great Danes found abandoned in a hotel room. Overland Park doesn't deal with the housing constraints of many Kansas Citians, but area shelters are still often jammed.
Shelter Animals Count says 6.5 million cats and dogs entered shelters in 2023. According to the database, of the animals in shelters and rescues last year, 4.8 million were adopted. Stephanie Filer, executive director of Shelter Animals Count, said cats have been somewhat easier to adopt because they are lower maintenance and less expensive to care for.
If more athletes and celebrities served as a voice for animals in their community, Filer said, the results would be profound. Still, he adopted the Nnadi dog, a mixed breed that has fit in seamlessly with his family. They named her after the late Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez. Pet names often morph into a dozen nicknames that are used in various situations, and Selena is now known mostly as Nina.
"Am I a Chiefs fan because of Derrick Nnadi? No. I'm a Derrick Nnadi fan and wish him the best. ... So when I see Derrick have success, or when his name gets mentioned in a broadcast ... I kind of perk up a little bit because he seems like a great guy with a great head on his shoulders."to owning a three-legged dog. The Trester family cannot move into a multilevel house because Nnadi the dog can't do stairs.
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