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Franklin County Dog Shelter to re-open on Thursday after negative distemper tests

Noted: In a statement, the shelter said 137 dogs were cleared of distemper after all tests came back negative from the University of Wisconsin’s School of Veterinary Medicine. In total, 99 dogs were euthanized during the quarantine period after the shelter was contaminated by a dog at the end of August. Those reasons included: confirmed distemper, suspected, behavior, other.