A cease and desist has been filed by the Christian County Board against Steve and Sherri Craggs of Fur Love in Taylorville, asking that they stop using the County’s name for advertising, fundraising, or other purposes and that Fur Love remove any and all references to the county on any advertising, Facebook page, and other documents or sources.  On Tuesday night, the Christian County board voted unanimously to authorize the County Board Chairman Bryan Sharp to send a cease and desist letter to Fur Love reflecting that. 

Steve Craggs says that he and Sherri are shocked at the cease and desist.  Craggs said in a statement to Regional Radio News, “It is with great joy and excitement that with the help and support of Christian County’s amazing and giving citizens, FurLove has raised over $250,000 to give to Christian County with one stipulation - that the money be used by the Christian County Animal Control.    On September 17, 2024, representatives of FurLove presented its proposal to renovate/expand the animal control facility to the Christian County Board.  The Board sadly declined FurLove’s offer and rejected the use of the funds for the benefit of our county’s homeless animals.  Needless to say, Fur Love is devastated.  Voters across Christian County have generously given donations and the Fur Love volunteers have worked  thousands of  hours  in hopes of renovating the existing animal shelter, given the overcrowding that exists at the current building.  After much prayer and thought, Fur Love has decided not to give up.  FurLove will hold the funds in an account for the next three months, and is asking everyone, if they have a moment, to consider calling or emailing their county board member to encourage them to accept the funds for use to renovate/expand the existing animal shelter.”

Craggs says that Fur Love will begin to accept proposals from the community on how else to use the savings fund for Christian County for animals and local civic projects.  Craggs says Fur Love is there for the community.  

The County Board says that at no point did they authorize any person to raise funds for an expansion for animal control, nor did they endorse any fundraising efforts.  The board also says they have no plans to expand the animal control building at this time and they say that Steve Craggs understood that. 

To see the full cease and desist letter click here.