There is a major issue brewing in the city of Buffalo. The Mayor's new budget just came out and it calls for cutting the staff at the shelter from 17 to 12 and eliminating all adoptions. That would make the shelter an animal control facility only and would basically cause all dogs and cats not claimed within the 5 day stray hold to be euthanized automatically. The local SPCA does not have the facilities to take all the adoptable dogs and cats to their facility. He has put a deadline of July 1st for the cuts.

We have a community meeting to discuss the issues tomorrow night and we will be attending the city budget meeting on Friday. Although the city does not do the best job in the world when it comes to adoptions and animal welfare the alternative is horrifying.

Please everyone - pray that we succeed in our fight to either keep adoptions at the shelter, or find an alternative that will keep the adoption program going. The problem with the SPCA is that they routinely euthanize Pit Bulls, German Shepard and Rottweillers because they are so difficult to adopt out. I am just in tears over these recent developments and we are all fighting hard to keep it going.