Millions of pet owners around the world consider their beloved animals their children, giving them all the affection and love they deserve. Many even go out of their way to provide any financial assistance or help an animal shelter may require. However, something unfortunate happened with a dog café in the USA, which had to shut down despite having good funds.
The New York Post reports that a dog café in NYC is going to shut down months after locals donated funds to prevent it from doing just that. It was reportedly the city’s first canine café in NYC. Now, the locals involved in its funding are questioning the owners about the money and what was done with it.
This week, the owners of the establishment announced that they are shutting down its Brooklyn spot. Back in February, the locals collected $2.50 lakh dollars (around Rs 2 crore) to save the dog café, known as Boris and Horton from shutting down permanently in the locations of Avenue A in East Village and Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg.
Coppy Holzman and Logan Mikhly, the co-owners of the shelter took to their Instagram to announce the permanent shutdown of Driggs Avenue café, on Tuesday. Naturally, the netizens sought answers to the funding’s utilization. A user questioned, “Will you be returning the $250,000 donated 2 months ago to keep this location open?” Another stated, “Imagine if everyone who’d donated had just supported their local animal shelter or homeless outreach program.” Some users even demanded an investigation to be carried out into the matter. A user said, “Someone should look into this.” They asked the owners to be “transparent” with the public about the sudden decision.
However, they told a media portal that those funds were used for the employment of a general manager and an event manager as well as to start monthly merchandise subscriptions at the East Village location. Around $20,000 (Rs 16 lakh) was used to pay the salaries of the 25 employees, for the period it remained closed.
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