Anonymous donor to match up to $2.5 million in money given to CMHS this month
Ryan Shiner
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A Tuesday press release from the Central Missouri Humane Society says an anonymous donor will match up to $2.5 million in donations this month.
The money will be put toward its new campus it intends to build on a 17.5-acre property on East Brown School Road, according to the release. It also states that CMHS does not receive funding from national humane organizations.
“Simply put, we’ve outgrown our building—and it’s literally falling apart,” CMHS Executive Driector Julie Aber said in the release. “Our building is crumbling around us. We’re committed to saving lives every day, but we can’t keep doing it in a facility that’s unsafe for animals, staff, and the public.”
More than 50 foster families signed up to take in dogs nearly two weeks ago, when CMHS stated on its social media that space-based euthanasia was an option for the first time in more than a decade.
The total cost of the new building is estimated around $25 million.