WestportNow is pleased to present more pictures from Monday’s Westport Memorial Day parade these were inadvertently delayed in transmission to our news desk. (CLICK TO ENLARGE)  Emily Laux Roche for WestportNow.com

Riding is a lot less tiring than walking for these young lacrosse players in the Memorial Day parade. (CLICK TO ENLARGE)  Emily Laux Roche for WestportNow.com

Brownies had fun marching in the Memorial Day parade Monday. (CLICK TO ENLARGE)  Emily Laux Roche for WestportNow.com

Cats and dogs are being dumped in lower Fairfield County as the Connecticut Humane Society’s Westport shelter remains closed for renovation, local animal control officials and advocates say, according to today’s The Advocate of Stamford/Norwalk.

The renovated Westport shelter will be able to hold 300 animals and offer improved veterinary facilities, said Cheryl Rice, a Humane Society spokeswoman in Newington. The Westport shelter is scheduled to reopen this summer, she said.

The Humane Society, a private nonprofit organization based in Newington, operates shelters in Newington, Bethany and Waterford, which are too distant to accept pets from Stamford and Greenwich, animal control workers said.

Several animal control officials and welfare groups in lower Fairfield County said they are struggling to keep up with increased demand to accept abandoned pets, the newspaper said.