Sho-Ban Tribes donates $100,000 to Blackfoot Animal Shelter & Rescue
Fort Hall Business Council members with Amanda Cevering, along with SBT Fish & Game officers.
By ROSELYNN YAZZIE
Office of Public Affairs
FORT HALL — The Shoshone-Bannock Tribes donated $100,000 to the Blackfoot Animal Shelter & Rescue, which will go to the building of a new facility.
Blackfoot Animal Shelter & Rescue Executive Director Amanda Cevering received the check from Fort Hall Business Council Chairman Lee Juan Tendoy on January 15, 2025. Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Fish & Game Enforcement was also in attendance. The funds will be used to purchase new kennels and flooring.
The current building is over 25 years old and is need in several areas, mainly space, which can cause distress to the animals.
Since the Tribes do not have a shelter, the generous contribution acknowledges the long-term working relationship with the Blackfoot Animal Shelter to provide a place for animals to be received from the Fort Hall Reservation.
Thomas Wadsworth, captain for the Tribes Fish & Game Department, said the building is outdated and does not have enough space to accommodate what is needed. The shelter currently has 33 kennels and the new building will have space for over 70 kennels.
Wadsworth said it’s important to continue building and strengthening relationships with the cities and counties surrounding our reservation.
“Even though we’re all different agencies, we’re one community and we should all support one another,” he said.
Cevering said this is something they’ve worked on for years.
“I think it will benefit our whole community, the Tribes and the city. I’m just ecstatic that we’ve gotten to this point,” she said.
The new Blackfoot Animal Shelter building is set to open in April or May.
In late November, the FHBC met with the Blackfoot Animal Shelter and the Mayor of Blackfoot, Marc Carroll. The city of Blackfoot donated land and funding for the new shelter. Cevering said they’ve also met with other cities they work with to contribute.
The organization is still short of its funding goal, visit https://blackfootanimalshelter.com/ to help the Blackfoot Animal Shelter and learn more about their mission.
