Director to Step Down from Town Animal Shelter Post

The director of Brookhaven town's animal shelter is stepping down and blaming the town budget as her reason for departure, according to a report published Monday in Newsday.

Dori Scofield, who has held the position for two years, told Newsday: "The budget has kept me limited as to what I can do. If I had more staff, I could continue to save more lives." According to the report, the town's animal shelter costs $1.6 million a year to run the shelter, but its budget was set to be cut by $100,000 in the coming year as Brookhaven copes with financial woes.

In a statement to Newsday, acting Brookhaven supervisor Kathy Walsh said Scofield had done an outstanding job. "She will be missed, but we have already started the process of finding a new director and hope to have one in place very soon," Walsh said.

Scofield, who earned a salary of $91,600 from the town, said she is planning to focus her efforts on her work with Save-a-Pet Animal Rescue.

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