Muncie Animal Care & Services is an animal shelter based in Indiana. For years, they have provided animal adoption and animal control services.
Recently, the shelter is facing a slight dilemma. Currently, they already have 350 cats and kittens housed at the shelter. However, more strays are still being brought in.
The need to supply enough food and supplies for all the animals increases as there is an inflow of them. Thankfully, the Muncie Police Department made the decision to assist.
They tweeted their brilliant idea on July 15. The police force began allowing those who had unpaid parking citations to make cat food donations to the shelter rather than paying the fine in cash.
Currently, the shelter’s primary need is cat food, but people with unpaid tickets can also opt to donate cat litter or paper towels. Also, the shelter cats needed beds and blankets to sleep comfortably.
To properly pay off their fines, the donation should amount to the unpaid ticket fee. At the time, those with parking tickets could either drop off their donations at the shelter or arrange for the local police to pick up the donation.
Fortunately, all parties involved were happy to support the initiative, and officials immediately agreed to help the shelter. The cat donation campaign only lasted a few days, but it was successful.
Luckily, the donations were enough to provide for the cats. According to the Muncie Police Department’s Facebook post, people who didn’t get parking tickets made donations, too.
The police and the shelter are receiving praise from the public today for working together. Additionally, some commenters made the suggestion that this technique be adopted by other police departments.
Muncie Animal Care & Services expressed their appreciation for the assistance of the community and the Muncie Police Department. The shelter also extended an invitation to everyone to adopt and give so that the animals might find their perfect homes.
