COLLINSVILLE, Okla. — Concerned citizens from Collinsville stopped by the 2 News Listening booth at the Tulsa State Fair with concerns about their city's no-kill animal shelter.
They said the city sent Collinsville's no-kill shelter a letter saying it was not renewing its lease. The shelter sits on city property but funding to build and run the shelter came from private donations. The city also pays for the facility's utilities.
Ward Wiseman's Founder Susan Bobbitt explained how the shelter partners with the city's animal control operations.
"When their animals have been with them their allotted time and they're gonna euthanize we take the animals and we find homes for them," said Bobbitt.
Ward-Wiseman's Board Chair, Coza Huffman told 2 News it had a lease with the city for 17 years.
The original lease only involved dogs, but now they also take cats, so it was negotiating both dog and cat kennel numbers with the city.
Hearing the lease is not being renewed came as a surprise and stirred up a lot of concern on social media.
Now, both sides told 2 News they are working on an agreement but are not willing to make the specifics public yet.
Each side expressed hope things can be resolved in a matter of days.
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