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 aging shelter, in desperate need of an overhaul.
The County of Rockland has traditionally provided some funding to and made county facilities available to Hi Tor for animal control and care. In the 50 years Hi-Tor Animal Shelter has served the county, it’s seen thousands of pets come through its doors hoping to find a forever home. Hi Tor is the only animal care and control shelter in Rockland, taking in more than 2,500 animals each year. Now, with funding secured and plans designed, the long-awaited 8 million shelter is set to break ground this fall on the same county-owned site.
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. Hi Tor has long been plagued by difficulties, given that it’s been operating out of an outdated 1972 facility for almost 50 years and attempts to get the shelter rebuilt have lagged for nearly a decade. We take in approximately 2500 animals each year.OUR VISION We envision a place of refuge. 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. Hi Tor Animal Shelter is Rockland Countys only animal shelter.
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