The director of a Mission animal shelter said she's been told she'll have to buy the building or move out.The news leaves the abandoned pets at Unleashed animal shelter with uncertain futures.VideoDanielle Reno showed off a litter of mixed-breed puppies that had been rescued from a shelter in Kansas City, Kansas, that would have had to put them down. She said her shelter, which finds loving owners for stray or abandoned pets, may soon be homeless."I'd hate to think of it coming down to September, our lease being up and the animals not having anywhere to go," she said. "I just don't know what we'd do."She said she's been at the site for more than two years, but the building's owners want to sell it. If she can't come up with the money to buy it herself, she'll have to leave."It's our little building and we love it and we want to stay here," she said.Reno has started a crowdsourcing page that raised $1,000 in one day. She said she hopes to be able to raise $400,000. Learn more about the fundraising efforts here"We have some great supporters and every little bit counts," she said. "Hopefully, we can get there."Reno said if she is able to buy the building, she can apply for grants to do much-needed renovations.She said a home for her shelter means more happy pets and owners."It just brings us complete happiness to see it go full circle and for (the pets) to end up in a home where they're loved," she said.

The director of a Mission animal shelter said she's been told she'll have to buy the building or move out.

The news leaves the abandoned pets at Unleashed animal shelter with uncertain futures.


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Danielle Reno showed off a litter of mixed-breed puppies that had been rescued from a shelter in Kansas City, Kansas, that would have had to put them down. She said her shelter, which finds loving owners for stray or abandoned pets, may soon be homeless.

"I'd hate to think of it coming down to September, our lease being up and the animals not having anywhere to go," she said. "I just don't know what we'd do."

She said she's been at the site for more than two years, but the building's owners want to sell it. If she can't come up with the money to buy it herself, she'll have to leave.

"It's our little building and we love it and we want to stay here," she said.

Reno has started a crowdsourcing page that raised $1,000 in one day. She said she hopes to be able to raise $400,000.

Learn more about the fundraising efforts here

"We have some great supporters and every little bit counts," she said. "Hopefully, we can get there."

Reno said if she is able to buy the building, she can apply for grants to do much-needed renovations.

She said a home for her shelter means more happy pets and owners.

"It just brings us complete happiness to see it go full circle and for (the pets) to end up in a home where they're loved," she said.