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Article: HUMANE SOCIETY: ANIMALS WILL PAY FOR GIANT CUTS ; Budget likely going from $325K to $70K
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- The Gazette
- Article date:
- December 13, 2008
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Jerry Renick is no fan of the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak
Region, largely because of its 30 percent euthanasia rate.
But as founder of a rescue agency, Renick knows how crucial
animal services are, and the idea of El Paso County sharply
curtailing the society's contract makes him cringe.
"That would be a tragedy in the county for sure. We have to turn
down 15 to 20 animals a month because we don't have a place to put
them," Renick said, referring to his group, Saving Animals in Need
Together, or SAINT.
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He said if the Humane Society services end, the county would be
"run over with strays."
Faced with a budget crisis as the economy falters, county
commissioners Thursday said that they ...