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Local nonprofit warns spay/neuter fund nearing exhaustion; offers three options to county
Summary
PINS president told the court that rising shelter intakes have nearly exhausted a $30,000 spay/neuter budget and proposed earmarking adoption fees, opening a resale store, or increasing county support; court discussed options but took no immediate funding vote.
Shannon Slack, president of PINS, briefed the Meade County Fiscal Court on rising animal-shelter intakes and mounting costs for spay and neuter services, saying the nonprofit’s $30,000 budgeted amount for spay/neuter from the prior year is nearly depleted.
Slack told the court that through August the shelter had processed roughly 353–357 animals year-to-date, a sharp uptick compared with prior years, and that PINS has paid for spay/neuter procedures…
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