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Article: Humane Society may close its doors
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- July 10, 2003
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THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION
Humane Society of Northwest Indiana Director Betty Clayton holds two German shepherd mixed-breed puppies Wednesday at the shelter.(PHOTO) (CHRISTOPHER SMITH/POST-TRIBUNE)
It took nine years to make Gary's only animal shelter acceptable for animals and humans again.
But now the Humane Society of Northwest Indiana is in peril again.
"We have a lovely shelter," said Betty Clayton, the Humane Society's executive director. "Everyone who's been here says what a nice facility it is."
But since it reopened last fall, the shelter's income has been only a fraction of its costs.
And unless donations pick up, she said, the Humane Society ...