Each year, North Carolina shelters take in over 120,000 animals. Shelters around the Triangle are fighting to lower the state’s euthanasia rate and send more animals to their forever-homes. Taylor Holbrooks has more from Carolina Connection, student radio from the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media.

Photo: Huckleberry, a two-year- old German shepherd mix, is among the dogs awaiting adoption at the Orange County Animal Shelter. (Credit: Taylor Holbrooks / Carolina Connection)