· across the country, 262 shelters in 42 states – including four in the philadelphia region – are dropping their adoption fees to at most $50, but the majority are charging less. · local shelters are taking a heavy hit, bernstein said, as they bear the weight of so many animals in need across the philadelphia area. From unemployment of federal workers to the potential resurgence of street violence and a crisis in special education, the region is facing tough times. Officials said that until. Philadelphia received $2. 2 billion from the federal government in the last full budget year, and a vast majority of the aid funded health and social services programs for the city’s most. · the effects of trumps budget cuts are already felt across multiple philadelphia and pennsylvania sectors. The resulting scramble to find placement has forced organizations to operate in more of a day-to- day , animal-to-animal capacity. · the pennsylvania spca is turning to the community after an hvac failure shut down its lancaster center, leaving dozens of animals in urgent need of fosters or adopters. · philadelphia (wpvi) -- the pennsylvania spca is running an adoption special this weekend after an emergency at its lancaster location brought even more animals to philadelphia.

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