OSHKOSH (NBC 26) — The City of Oshkosh is proposing paying the humane society 44% less to take in local strays, although the shelter says it is continuing to negotiate.

The City pays the Oshkosh Area Humane Society for local animal services, making up 4.5% of the shelter’s total funding.

The Oshkosh 2026 Proposed Budget would lower the tax rate, but it would also cut pay to OAHS.

OAHS Executive Director Ieva Engel says they continue to negotiate with the city.

Last year, OAHS took in 701 stray and impounded animals, according to Engel.

OAHS is the only organization that provides animal services for the City of Oshkosh. The shelter helps the Oshkosh Police Department with stray animals, animal bites, vicious animals, cruelty and neglect, abandonment, and other animal-related complaint

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