Kingston Humane society overrun with animals and facing rising costs – Kingston | 24CA News

The Kingston Humane Society is in dire straights and seeking to the general public for assist.

“It’s a tsunami of things that have coalesced to create a situation,” mentioned Gord Hunter, the Kingston Humane Society’s Executive Director.

Hunter says the animal shelter has been overcapacity for greater than a 12 months and he can’t keep in mind a time when the variety of animals underneath its care has been increased.

“Our capacity is 144 animals and we’ve had no less than 230 animals in care,” mentioned Hunter referring to the previous 12 months. “Today, when I ran our numbers we’re at 266 animals — 122 animals over our capacity.”

Another issue growing the Humane Society’s value is inflation.

“If I look at our numbers from 2019 compared to 2023 our expenses have gone up by $200k, just for animal care,” mentioned Hunter.

Many animals are underneath the care of the Humane Society longer than they was once.

“Four years ago, our number of animal care days was about 50k animal care days,” mentioned Hunter. “Right now, we’re at about 84,000 animal care days. We’ve gone up by 34,000 days and each animal per day is $12.”

Hunter says each he and workers are grateful for each donation that comes by way of their doorways however it hasn’t stored up with the dramatic improve in prices the Humane Society is going through and he’s hoping space residents may help just a bit bit extra.

“We’re saturating our community with events trying to raise money, but at some point, we just have to reach out and say we need your help, can you donate $10, $25, $50 to help us out.”

70% of the Kingston Humane Society’s funding comes from public donations.