For the month of November, cats and kittens are available for adoption at two for the fee of one cats 5 years of age and older are half the usual adoption fee.

Adoption fees are normally $200 for dogs and $125 for cats. The center currently has about 60 cats and 35 dogs available for adoption. Hi-Tor Animal Care Center, Inc., the only animal shelter serving Rockland County, is celebrating Support Your Local Animal Shelter Month by lowering its adoption rates for cats and dogs in need of a home. The latest crisis began at the beginning of November when the shelter manager, Michael Santucci, announced he was leaving work to go to Rockland County Executive Ed Day's office to protest the board's actions and inactions, including work conditions.News and announcements for Rockland County: Find out what's going on in your area this month. The shelter has suffered for years from overcrowding and underfunding, in a building basically unchanged since 1972. The County of Rockland has traditionally provided some funding to and made county facilities available to Hi Tor for animal control and care, and is underwriting a plan for a new facility.

Hi Tor takes in more than 2,500 animals each year. The towns and villages in Rockland pay an annual fee to Hi Tor to house stray and rescued animals found in their municipalities. The unannounced inspection of Hi Tor Animal Care Center was meant to ensure the facility is adequately providing for the health and safety of the animals in Hi Tor’s care, they said. NANUET, NY - Town supervisors from across Rockland paid a suprise visit Wednesday to the county's troubled animal shelter.

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