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OUR NEED

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katie

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TINY

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MY FAMILY HAS LIVED WITH IN HEARING DISTANCE OF THE SHELTERS DOGS WHEN THEY ARE OUT IN THE RUNS. WE HAVE LIVED HERE SINCE 1959 AND AT THE TIME IT WAS JUST SOME OUTSIDE PENS AND SOME SMALL BUILDINGS. THEN IN 1967 THE BUILDING THAT IS THERE NOW WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH DONATIONS FROM A CHURCH GROUP PROJECT, HAS BEEN ADDED ON TO HERE AND THERE
THIS SHELTER IS DIFINITELY TO SMALL FOR THE SIZE OF THE COMMUNITY. THE CITY IS GROWING AND WHEN THIS HAPPENS MORE ANIMALS COME WITH THE GROWTH, WHILE THIS BUILDING HAS NOT GROWN.
THIS SHELTER DOES A FANTASTIC JOB OF PLACING PETS IN LOVING AND CARING HOMES.
PLUS THEY GET ANIMALS HERE FROM OTHER COUNTIES THAT DON'T HAVE SHELTERS. PEOPLE JUST BRING THEIR EXTRA DOGS AND CATS.
THIS SHELTER NEEDS A UP DATED ROOM OR AREA TO HAVE A GOOD SPAY AND NEUTER PROGRAM. IF EVERY SHELTER COULD DO THEIR ANMALS THEY ADOPT IT WOULD BE ALOT LESS EXPENSE IN THE LONG RUN. RIGHT NOW THEY ARE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN WITH WHAT THEY HAVE. AT THE TIME THIS SHELYER WAS BUILT THE AREA WAS OK IT WAS IN THE COUNTY BUT IN REALITY THIS SHELTER SHOULD BE MOVED. THE SEWER SANITION DEPARTMENT EEDS THEIR PROPERTY TO EXPAND ANYWAY. SOME DAYS IT ISN'T VERY PLEASANT TO BREATH THE AROMA.
EVERY SINCE I CAN REMEMBER THEY HAVE OPERATED ON DONATIONS. ALL THE THINGS THEY NEED TO OPERATE THE SHELTER WITH LIKE REFRIGERATORS, WASHES, DRYERS, ETC, ETC. ARE ITEMS THAT ARE DONATED BY RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY. THANK GOD FOR THESE PEOPLE BUT SOME TIMES THESE ITEMS AREN'T EVEN WORTH SETTING AND HOOKING UP. THEY NEVER LAST LONG ALREADY WOREN OUT. THE SHELTER HAS NEVER HAD ANYTHING NEW WITH A GUARANTEE WITH IT.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE JUST NEED A NEW BUILDING WITH NEW A/C, HEAT, LIGHTING, CAT ROOM, DOG KENNELS AND RUNS, WATER SYSTEM, CLEANING SYSTEM, UP TO DATE SURGICAL AREA, RECEPTION AREA, RECEICING PENS, NEW OFFICE SPACE. YOU CAN TELL THAT THERE ARE ALOT OF CONCERNED PEOPLE IN THIS SMALL VILLAGE THAT WORKED HARD TO BE WERE WE ARE TODAY.
IT'S HARD TO MAKE A SILK PURSE OUT OF A SOWS EAR SO WE REALLY NEED HELP. TO DO A BETTER JOB TO HELP THE ANIMALS WELL BEING A MAKE OVER WOULD BE WONDERFUL.