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Troisdorf -
Shepherd dog Petty (9) has a liver damage. It is not dying. However, it may be their death sentence.
For their shelter is nearly broke. Whether a bankruptcy, all animals find a new home questionable – the old and sick threatens the lethal injection.
The Troisdorf animal shelter with its 450 inhabitants radioed SOS. 700 000 €, the annual maintenance costs of the house, only 300.000 € to pay the municipalities in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis.
The newly elected treasurer Deinet Christian: "Our reserves are almost depleted. The money goes until early 2010. "
Since autumn 2008, the situation has worsened. give because of the economic crisis, more and more animal friends from their pets, which they have become too expensive. Only 300 cats now inhabit the body of the seven mountain avenue – the boxes are completely full.
Another problem: The buildings are strong renovation. Water by drip, mold grows on the walls, doors can not close properly. "An urgent need to two millions are invested in a renovation," says the new chairman Rolf Keilus. He was confronted immediately after his election to the financial disaster.
When should really go out in a few months the money comes to bankruptcy. Keilus: "The administrator would try to spread the animals to the shelters in the area." But the burst – such as the Bonn shelter – at the seams.
And even if most of the animals find a new home: the "serious cases" the journey would not compete. The shelter-Boss: "It may well be that sick and old animals would be euthanized." In addition to liver disease Petty are also the 70-pound St. Bernard, Ben (9) and shepherd mix Gismo (9) in danger. The shelter hopes to donors in order to avert the catastrophe. Keilus: "Each and every € food donation will help us."
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