PORT ANGELES — Spenser McGinty says she fell into animal welfare.

“I was working full-time, putting my former partner through school and wanted something to do when they weren’t home so I ended up fostering sick animals,” McGinty said. “My first was an underweight cat with kidney failure. We gave her a loving home for two or three months until she passed, and I just fell in love with having tiny animals to take care of.”

McGinty is the new executive director for the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society. Her first day was July 7.

“It’s been really good, honestly,” she said. “The employees and volunteers are so dedicated to the animals and everyone receiving better care. With me coming from a larger department and a larger city, I had been in the trenches that they’re in now.”

McGinty has 10

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