CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cleveland Animal Protective League is reducing adoption fees to prepare for a potential staff shortage during Ohio’s coronavirus threat.

Dogs will now be $50 instead $125 and cats are $10 instead of $50. The shelter is trying to clear out the shelter and will limit intake. Prioritized will be “those who are at the greatest risk and/or in the greatest need of help,” according to a press release.

Pet owners trying to surrender animals not in “immediate crisis” will be asked to postpone their surrender date. People who find stray cats will be asked to foster them, and the APL will provide supplies.

The APL also needs more fosters to help them to keep the number of shelter animals at a minimum.

The organization, located in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland, sent out a note on March 4 urging owners to have a back-up plan for their pets in case they get ill or quarantined due to coronavirus.

There are 13 cases confirmed in Ohio as of Friday afternoon. There are six in Cuyahoga County.

Learn more on the Cleveland APL website.