Save SOS Animal Shelter: Urgent Help Needed

The grim reality is that SOS is at risk of closing due to the high costs of operations. Our hope is that animal lovers everywhere will see our story and help us keep our doors open. SOS Animal Shelter - a no-kill facility - has been open since 1981. A place to house the stray cats and dogs of Enterprise and the surrounding areas. In the last few years our funds have dwindled tremendously while our need to take in more animals has not slowed down. Several months ago we had to slow down our intake process because our medical bills continued to rise. We tried only taking in owner surrenders, pulling only from pounds but when the injured kitten or emaciated dog comes into our doors; how can we say no. An intake fee of $40.00 only goes so far when the animal needs so much more. We had an emergency business meeting, and we only have enough to sustain 2 more months. Then we will have to let our paid staff go. What happens to the animals? All of the area shelters are full. There is no easy answer but for some of these animals, SOS has become their home and staff their family. For example, Duke the bulldog survivor of the ALL BREEDS fire that took one of our beloved rescuer's, Ms. Jane. He has lived at SOS since then and he has become one of our most well-known dogs. Ghost is another well-known dog who has helped many of his friends become adoptable dogs who have found loving homes. Ghost is a semi feral dog, but he greets everyone with his ice blue eyes and a smile. As he has grown comfortable, SOS is his home. We have several feral cats that have taken comfort in our cattery and keep critters from coming into our cat rooms and spreading bacteria that mice carry. This is their home. This will all end if we don't get the financial help we desperately need. We spent several hours looking over some of our costs and even though we have been very fortunate that the community supplies us with much needed donations such as bleach, dog food, cat food and all the extras to make our money go to the vetting of our animals. The reality is as vetting prices and utilities have increased our monetary donations have not. Each month we hope the next month will be better but it's not and now our account has dwindled down to making us look at the cold hard truth; we may not make it to next month. We hoped we would never have to make this post, but we truly and desperately need your help to keep our shelter open.