Open Arms Animal Shelter in Louisa, owned and operated by the Lawrence County Humane Society, is out of funding.

They rely on public donations to pay for electric bills, veterinarian bills, and the facility’s maintenance.

This location receives a contract payment from the county for taking in animals. They say it isn’t enough to cover what’s going out.

A recent roof repair caused the shelter to take out a loan to cover the expenses. The shelter takes monetary and cleaning supplies donations all year long.

“Go the store and get an extra bag of trash bags, put an extra thing of Clorox in your shopping cart. They can donate through our Paypal account, they can write a check. There is different way that’s you can help. Not everyone can give a monetary donation. But there are different things you can do that can help the shelter run . . . We have a very clean facility; the animals get treated very well. I would hate to see it closed because of funding,” Board Director Karen Salvaterra said.

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