SALINAS - Salinas Animal Services is seeing more animals, and can't keep up with the demand.
"I think, unfortunately, there is an aspect of safety that is compromised," said Cindy Burnham, manager for Salinas Animal Services.
With 4,500 animals coming to Salinas Animal Services each year and only two officers, Burnham said some things have to give.
"Unfortunately, it's not weighing out. Our animal population, as far as what comes into the shelter, continues to increase," she said.
The officers patrol 24 hours a day for five days and even less than that if there's a furlough.
The other two days there is no one patrolling.
The shelter responds to 30 service calls a day with only two officers and even if that number goes up that's about all it can handle for the day.
"I don't think there's a day that goes by that we can handle every single call that comes in. There's always some waiting for the next day," she said.
That means the shelter has to prioritize its calls, so there's no guarantee it can get to everyone.
Just Monday, Salinas Police shot and killed two pitbulls that were on the loose that killed a chihuahua.
With the rash of pitbull attacks in the city, Burnham said it's hard to keep up with everything.
"We're not able to go out and do the education and the proactive approaches that we'd like to," she said.
Salinas Animal Services is asking the public to call in or bring in any animals it sees on the streets.
