CALDWELL, Idaho — "If we don't have it, we don't have it," said Nampa Mayor Debbie Kling.

"The shelter as we know it is at stake here," said West Valley Humane Society Vice President of the Board of Directors Nicole Criner.

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A decade-long partnership may come to an end.

"The lack of increase with our municipal partner has backed us into a corner, really," Criner said.

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Criner says their request for a budget increase totaling up to $1.5 million is not a want but a need.

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