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The Trinidad and Tobago Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal is asking for help from the public and private sectors to stay open.

They say without funding, they will be forced to shut their doors.

More from Nicole M Romany.
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00:00Sarah Maynard of the TTS PCA and Animal Welfare Network says the organization
00:06helps not only animals but people as well. Maynard explains that it takes at
00:12least $70,000 per month to run the organization. She says TTS PCA is the
00:19only open admission shelter in the country and it's becoming financially
00:24difficult to keep up operations. We're doing the pickup of animals on the
00:29street we're doing the cruelty investigations and it's gotten to the
00:33point that when council sat down at the last meeting we looked at our finances
00:39and we said well we have enough running funds to last us until September if we
00:44do not get government intervention if we do not get a subvention and what we're
00:49hoping for is a subvention that every year we can rely on to take up that
00:54shortfall. Meanwhile Joshua Hosein chairman of the love company is calling
00:59for a more structured approach to dealing with animal welfare in Trinidad
01:04and Tobago. The situation as it relates to animals at this time has been
01:12unregulated it's been unstructured the response and the framework that we use
01:19to treat with street animals and delinquent owners has never been
01:25properly formalized and funded. Hosein says they want to hold a meeting with
01:31all stakeholders he stresses that proper protocols are needed for the safety of
01:37animals and accountability of owners. There are a lot of other things that
01:42require proper structure proper framework we want all animals be
01:46microchipped if you see a dog in the road you are supposed to be able to
01:51scan that dog and know whose pet this was if somebody is bitten by a dog you're
01:56supposed to be able to scan this dog and knows whose dog this is if your pet is
02:00missing and police or corporation find your animal and they scan it they're
02:05supposed to be able to see your phone number and call you and say hello say
02:08are you are you missing your companion and these are all things that will be
02:13put in the place in a structure. If you want to assist the TTSPCA call the
02:19number on your screen. Nicole M Romany TV6 News
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