RCMP are continuing to investigate a break in at the Greater Moncton SPCA that left up to 20 thousand dollars in damages.
Executive Director Dan Fryer says the main damage was to the compound gate.
The main entrance was also smashed, which Fryer says, has already cost around $700, just for a temporary replacement.
Luckily, they do have video cameras, and that is assisting in the investigation, “So, I was able to go through the footage itself, and was able to see a single individual, or what looked like a single individual in the vehicle, actually ram the gate itself and knock it right off,” Fryer says.
He adds that this comes at a difficult time, during COVID-19,”So, our funding typically comes from both fundraising efforts and visitors to the shelter and adoptions. Both are significantly decreased at this time. We’ve been burning through our reserve funds, and a cost of this is a significant burden for us.”
A Go Fund Me page has been set up, in an effort to help pay for repairs.
Fryer adds, “It’s really not a case of not having insurance, it’s just, I don’t want to make an insurance claim and have increased premiums because of it.”
If you have any information on the break in, you’re asked to report it to the RCMP.
