Jefferson County, Montana Needs an Animal Shelter

Jefferson County, Montana, needs an animal shelter.

Sixteen years ago, Montana State University conducted a study on what was needed in Jefferson County, and an animal shelter was high on the list. From that study, the nonprofit organization Animal Shelter and Care of Jefferson County was formed to promote "humane treatment of animals through shelter, education and spay/neuter endeavors."

Since then, the nonprofit, known as AS&C for short, has been hard at work raising funds to build a shelter. Along the way, it has also offered spay and neuter clinics, vaccination clinics, animal fostering, a...