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Animal Shelters May Be Closing
May 12, 2011
Animal shelters in Atmore and Brewton may be closing. According to an announcement on their Facebook page Wednesday, The Humane Society of Escambia County (Ala.) plan to terminate their municipal contracts with both cities and close the shelters by the end of the month.
The Humane Society said that 60-percent of their funding has dissolved and funding from their contracts with Atmore and Brewton is “simply not enough to operate”. Last year, the group lost significant portion of their funding from the Neal Trust.
Shelter employees will lose their jobs, according to the humane society. And they currently seeking homes for about 50 adult dogs, 20 puppies and 25 felines housed at both shelters.
The Humane Society of Escambia County (Ala.) is not affiliated with the Escambia County, Fla., Animal Shelter in Pensacola. The Pensacola Shelter is operated by Escambia County, Fla.
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8 Responses to “Animal Shelters May Be Closing”
North Escambia should post photos of the animals. That might peak interest and sympathy. I know I just looked for the photos.
The solution is to be a responsible pet owner.
Please
Spay
and
Neuter
Your
Pets…………
T H A N K Y O U ! ! ! ! ! !
These are kill shelters. The animals will be killed if not adopted even if the shelters stay open and the cost to adopt is so high few can afford to anyway.
What can we do to change this??????
These folks want to stay open, they just no longer have the funds. The shelter in Brewton just had a fund drive, along with asking for pet materials from the community but it just didn’t do well.
It is true that simply neutering the animals would take care of much of the issue but the culture in our area is to just leave ‘em natural and let ‘em run free or chain ‘em to a clothesline. It has changed a bit over the last decade or so but not enough. Sad.
We will see more animals on the streets in our communities. Watch out for rabies.
Great! Now there will be more sick/injured/starving animals dropped at people’s houses and wondering the streets, getting hit by cars! Way to go Atmore and Brewton! Let’s over-load whatever shelters are left in other Counties! This is the DUMBEST thing I’ve seen so far!
I hate this, but it’s just another reason you should spade and neuter ur pets! We can get a hold of the pet population, it takes the owners doing it though.
Will they be euthenized if not adopted?