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Sheriff's Auction Set for Remaining Property at Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary

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The Safe Haven Animal Sanctuary is closed.

Now, what’s leftover including a company truck, dog crates and a chain-link fence will be sold off at a sheriff’s auction on January 29th.  

Money from the sale will to settle a debt that was not contested in court.

The sale will be held on the property on Shingle Point Road east of Georgetown.

All Aboard which took in animals from the shelter claims in a lawsuit that Safe Haven owes it around $35-thousand.

The animal shelter found itself in financial trouble even before taking on a contract with Kent County 2013 as it struggled to handle dozens of strays.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.