Photo: Helen Woodward Animal Center
After Hurricane Ida rapidly gained strength ahead of Sunday’s landfall, animal shelters and rescues across the country sprang into action to protect Louisiana’s adoptable pets, transporting the animals in the state’s shelters to facilities outside the storm’s path. These efforts served rescue animals in two ways: transporting shelter pets out of Louisana ensured those animals were safe during the storm and still able to find homes, and it made room in the shelters for animals injured or separated from their owners during Hurricane Ida.
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Helen Woodward Animal Center
“Greater Good Charities reached out to us yesterday, hoping we could help,” Helen Woodward Animal Center’s adoption services director, Hella Tyler, said in a statement on Saturday. “This is one of those moments when animal rescue really becomes a life-saving mission. Without a place to put these dogs and cats, many of these orphan pets would face a tragic end. We couldn’t say no.”
Helen Woodward is now looking for temporary foster families for the 65 Louisiana pets under their care. Once the pets are settled, vetted, spayed/neutered, and vaccinated, they will be adopted out. To learn more about fostering one of these rescue pets, log on towww.animalcenter.org/get-involved/volunteer/fosteror call 858-756-4117 x375.
Operation Kindness in Dallas is another rescue that raced to help shelter pets in Louisiana. The group drove a transport van to Louisana and safely filled it with young shelter pets waiting for families. In total,Operation Kindnesstook in 20 dogs and 31 cats, ranging in age from two months to 16 years, from their Louisana shelter partner, Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter.
Operation Kindness
Operation Kindness and Helen Woodward Animal Center are just two of the dozens of U.S. shelters that helped protect Louisiana’s shelter pets from Hurricane Ida.
source: people.com
