Joseph “Tony” Bennett, who passed away last summer, left almost $200,000 to a local animal shelter in his will. The money will help fund the Bennett Saves Initiative, which will collaborate with local veterinarians to spay and neuter animals coming into the shelters. Prior to Bennett’s generous donation, the shelter did not have the resources to spay and neuter all of its animals. The best they could do was to provide new owners with a $75 voucher to help mitigate the cost. Madison County Judge Executive Reagan Taylor said of the donation: “Obviously we were ecstatic. Through his gift in the county, we’re going to try and increase our spay and neuter program with these funds.”
See Madeline Farber, Kentucky Man Leaves $190G in Will for Local Animal Shelter: ‘We Were Ecstatic’, Fox News, April 11, 2018.
