Service officer Amanda Sutter leads a stray dog to a kennel during the intake process at Memphis Animal Shelter in 2020. Animal Services is going to make a greater effort to reunite pets and owners before the animal lands at the shelter. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)

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