St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center, an animal shelter that has locations in Central and North Jersey, will no longer provide animal control services for the 19 New Jersey municipalities it serves, come the end of the year.
The shelter currently operates animal welfare campuses in Madison and North Branch, and has provided animal control and rescue services for lost or found pets to surrounding municipalities for decades.
Due to inadequate financial support and risk of bankruptcy, on Dec. 31, St. Hubert’s will stop providing animal control services in New Jersey once its contracts end, according to St. Hubert’s Executive Director Tiffany Barrow.
“We have been trying to figure out how to sustain the level of service that we know our communities deserve without the financial support that municipalities should provide for that level of services,” Barrow said in a statement provided to NJ Advance Media.
Like many other animal shelters across the nation facing chronic underfunding, St. Hubert’s relies on private donors, grants and foundations to fulfill its mission and services. The funding that St. Hubert’s receives through contracts isn’t enough for them to continue providing contracted animal control services, said Barrow.
“We’re currently paying $2 in services for every $1 we are provided through contract funds, and this model would essentially bankrupt us long term. This is a systemic problem, as animal services have been historically underfunded,” said Barrow.
Though they will no longer provide these services, St. Hubert’s New Jersey locations will continue to operate as usual, maintaining adoption services at both campuses, a training and behavior center in Madison, and other community programs including free pet food banks, free vaccination clinics and spay or neuter assistance.
The municipalities that will be impacted once the animal control contracts conclude are: Alexandria Township, Branchburg Township, Florham Park, Frenchtown Borough, Hampton Borough, High Bridge Borough, Hillside, Holland Township, Irvington, Lambertville, Madison Borough, Maplewood, Milford Borough, Netcong Borough, Somerville, South Bound Brook, South Orange Village Township, Watchung and West Amwell Township.
Many of the impacted municipalities, including Alexandria Township, Watchung and West Amwell Township, are already seeking proposals and bids for new animal control agencies and groups to replace St. Hubert’s before the end of the year.
St. Hubert’s is working with the 19 municipalities to help them transition to new animal control contractors, said Barrow.
As for St. Hubert’s being able to find animals in need for its own shelters, it plans to do this by working more closely with its shelter partners to rescue and transfer animals in New Jersey and allocate more funding to its community programs.
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Nyah Marshall may be reached at Nmarshall@njadvancemedia.com
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