Why fewer cats are leaving alive at San Jose’s animal shelter

Why fewer cats are leaving alive at San Jose’s animal shelter

At first glance, nothing appears out of the ordinary at San Jose’s animal shelter. A steady stream of kittens comes through its doors, as they do every day. Dogs bark ferociously in their kennels. Rabbits sit peacefully next to leafy greens beneath the brightly lit atrium of the nearly 20-year-old city shelter. But a deeper look at the city-run San Jose Animal Care Center reveals a simmering crisis. Amid an explosion of needy animals, a culture …