Animal-rights advocates are organizing a demonstration outside at the old Manatee County Courthouse at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, June 16.
The demonstration was scheduled to take place just prior to a 6 p.m. Manatee County hearing on the proposed new budget, when commissioners will take public comment at the administration center.
Animal rights advocates, including those representing MoonRacer No-Kill Rescue of Holmes Beach, plan to attend the hearing — wearing green — to show their opposition to a proposal to drastically cut animal services funding.
“County commissioners discussed significant budget cuts last week for animal adoption programs,” said a statement from the Humane Society of Manatee County. “Just weeks ago, animal services division leadership expressed their goal for a ‘no-kill’ community and now commissioners are entertaining budget cuts that will result in more killing.”
For more information about the demonstration, e-mail info@humanesocietymanatee.org.