WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Humane Society is facing a financial shortfall and hoping supporters and donors can help.
While the WHS has experienced a “dramatic increase in animal intake” according to a news release, its finances have been majorly derailed because of a broken water pipe.
The non-profit animal shelter said they received a water bill totaling $32,000 after a hidden pipe was found broken.
Add that to the growing number of animals the rescue is helping and the costs start to add up.
“We’ve done great work, but it comes at a cost,” WHS CEO Javier Schwersensky said in a press release. “More incoming animals require additional funds to care for them.”
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The WHS partners with other rescue agencies and said that is part of the reason for the influx in animals.
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“The WHS takes on other rescues’ most difficult cases because it has the veterinarian clinic to care for animals, and behaviour experts who rehabilitate dogs and help them reach full potential,” said the release.
By the end of November, it admitted 8,220 animals, 579 more compared to the first 11 months of 2014, according to the rescue shelter.
Adoptions are also on the rise. The WHS helped 4,148 animals found new homes compared to 3,915 last year. But each adoption comes with an added expense to the shelter as they subsidize them.
“Every day an animal spends in the shelter, the financial impact increases,” reads the release. “An animal’s care, and the staff time needed to work on behaviour re-training and health issues, costs more than what is recovered in adoption fees.
The WHS is hoping to raise an additional $30,000 by the end of the year to help pay for the increase in adoptions and the water bill.
Donations can be made online at winnipeghumanesociety.ca.
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