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Ala. Humane Society Requests Emergency Funding

Some Alabama lawmakers want to make sure that nonprofit spay and neuter clinics can keep their doors open.
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Some Alabama lawmakers want to make sure that nonprofit spay and neuter clinics can keep their doors open.

Officials at an Alabama humane society say their agency needs emergency funding to continue operations.

The Montgomery Advertiser (http://on.mgmadv.com/UQRQnW ) reports that the Montgomery Humane Society has roughly $2,000 in the bank.

Humane society representatives told the newspaper in a story published Monday the agency won't be able to pay employees after the next pay period without additional funding.

The newspaper reports that the humane society absorbed a 12.5 percent funding cut in 2011, and that donations decreased significantly.

County commissioners will discuss the possibility of allocating $50,000 to the agency next week.

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.

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