The town will eventually decide whether to approve the sanctuary on Nash Road.
WHEATFIELD, N.Y. — In 2019, Polla Milligan decided to use her knowledge about dogs and charity work to start White Whiskers Senior Dog Sanctuary.
“I used to work for the SPCA in Niagara County, and a lot of old dogs come in and don’t often adopt them,” Milligan said.
White Whiskers has been working with shelters around our region since then to get those senior dogs into good homes.
However, now the nonprofit has bought the home on 6673 Nash Road, which sits on a more than five-acre lot in Wheatfield, to not just provide a true sanctuary for older dogs but to eventually serve the community as well.
“I want to work with veterans, I want to work with kids with autism, I want to work with the disabled,” Milligan said. “I just want to make sure we’re helping humans as …