The nonprofit's board called it job abandonment. It started in 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. The shelter has been recovering from a self-imposed crisis. But the shelter has suffered for years from overcrowding and underfunding, in a facility 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. Hi Tor is the only animal care and control shelter in Rockland, taking in more than 2,500 animals each year. The money comes through the New York State Companion Animal Capital Fund, the first state-funded program in the nation to support critical improvement projects at animal shelters. “We were shocked to discover what happened and are aggressively working to care for these animals and to take the steps necessary to ensure this never happens again.ROCKLAND COUNTY, NY - The Rockland County Department of Health has won a $500,000 grant to help replace the current Hi-Tor Animal Care Center in Pomona. Founded in 1973, Hi Tor Animal Care Center is the only animal care and control shelter in Rockland County that takes in approximately 2,500 animals each year.
“We offer our deepest apologies to the community for this inconvenience,” said Debbie DiBernardo, President of Hi Tor's Board of Directors. The goal is to restore health to the shelter population and ensure that infected animals are not placed in adoptive homes. While an inconvenience for the public, the board’s decision was based on taking the strongest steps necessary for the health and well-being of those animals that have been infected, as well as to eradicate the infection from the shelter. The shelter will continue to care for the animals that are currently housed, but will not accept any new animals until this issue has been resolved. The shelter is currently coordinating alternative surrender services and will provide that information as soon as arrangements are confirmed. It can refer to air quality, water quality, risk of getting respiratory disease or cancer. Pet adoptions will continue, but only for those animals that have been examined and certified healthy by a veterinarian. The health of a city has many different factors.
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