After financial troubles forced its doors shut to new pets more than a month and a half ago, the Mae Bachur Animal Shelter has accepted five new dogs into its care.

Seann Springford, the newly-elected president of the Humane Society Yukon, said Thursday the animals are coming from the Whitehorse city pound.

"We are taking in the number of dogs that we have the staff to deal with right now,” Springford said.

The decision of how many animals to accept is being made by the shelter's administrator.

At its peak, the Tlingit Street facility has a capacity of between 20 and 22 dogs and 18 cats.

Springford was elected president of the humane society, which runs the animal shelter, on Dec. 20.

His election was part of a Yukon Supreme Court-ordered annual general meeting (AGM) that came after the territory's registrar of societies took the organization to court for failing to follow the registrar's orders.

The humane society was ordered to reinstate previously banned members, hold the AGM and present completed financial documents.

At the time of the court order, the society was in financial crisis.

Forced to layoff nine employees, it was estimated to be at least $60,000 in debt and could no longer accept new animals.

It was unclear if the 14-year-old shelter would be able to stay open past the end of the year.

Springford said that "donations seem to be up,” since then. The remaining staff have been paid and it looks like the organization will be able to make its next payroll.

Of pressing concern is the nearly $40,000 in core funding being withheld by the territorial government until the society returns to good standing with the registrar.

The last step before that money can be released is to have completed financial documents — signed and approved by an accountant — presented to the membership and the registrar, said Matt King, a spokesperson for the Department of Community Services.

Those completed, signed documents were supposed to be presented at the court-ordered AGM, but only draft versions were available.

King said it's the registrar's position that all the other work done at the AGM, including the election of the new board, is still valid even without the approved financial papers.

A special meeting will have to be held once the documents are complete so they can be viewed by the membership, King said.

Springford has been in contact with the accounting firm working on the society's books, but said some required information and documents are still missing.

He is now in contact with the registrar to try to figure out what to do next.

"To be quite honest, I'm not sure what we do,” he said.

The highly-publicized AGM which led to Springford's election saw the humane society's membership grow to more than 100 people.

Long lines of people looking to buy memberships snaked out the door on the evening of the AGM.

In the end, a board of 11 people was elected, much larger than the four-member team that ran the organization previously.

Springford said the first board meeting was held earlier this week and that everyone appears to be getting along without any conflict or animosity.