Without more money from the county for the shelter, Animal Welfare League volunteer Lynne Vining said Kosciusko County officials will have the shelter back by Jan.1, if not sooner. "We're just about out of money.We're about to let some of the paid employees go," Vining said Monday. In their budget, AWL has approximately only $10,000 and $10,000 in a certificate of deposit, she said.But that won't carry them to the end of the year. "It's serious.It's critical," she said."We don't want to give it up but we have 100 (cats and dogs) adopted out a month and we need seven-days-a-week employees.Sunday's mostly run by volunteers." She said paid employees don't receive any benefits or paid vacations and don't get any holiday pay.On top of that, the building itself needs repairs and there is always a need for cat litter and medication. "We've been fighting a cat virus for a year.One gets it, the next thing you know, another one's got it," she said.
DAVID SLONE, Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016