The Common Council has voted on a new budget that will keep adoptions at the animal shelter for at least another year. The budget still needs to be voted on by the control board, but the immediate future is looking brighter.

You can read about the details here:

http://www.wgrz.com/news/news_articl...?storyid=20891

During this initiative, we collected over 5,000 signatures about the closing of the shelter, generated more media exposure than any other issue before the council, and were instrumental in increasing awareness of animal welfare issues within the area. I am very proud of the work done by the people in the City of Buffalo and the surrounding suburbs for these animals.

It only gives us a year, but hopefully at that time we can work on bringing an alternative to the city for their animals. We are going to continue to fight to bring a state of the art facility into the city through grants, corporate sponsership and general fundraising.