Today, we are helping to relocate 23 dogs from Terrebonne Parish Animal Shelter in Louisiana to Tri-City Animal Shelter in Texas. UPDATE: In addition to the 28 homeless cats relocated on Friday, August 27, we are now assisting local shelters along the Gulf Coast in the evacuation of more than 150 homeless animals in the path of Hurricane Ida. While we continue to care for the animals affected, the ASPCA disaster response team remains in communications with local and state emergency response agencies and will continue to provide assistance for impacted shelters and displaced animals and pet owners. Hurricane Ida made landfall on August 29 as a category 4 storm and has already caused significant destruction with major flooding, high winds and power outages. “As the work shifts from water and land rescues to operating emergency animal shelters, we will continue to do all we can to support these animals and their owners.” “The bravery and dedication of animal welfare groups and agencies collaborating to move vulnerable animals out of harm’s way has been absolutely inspiring, and we’re proud to have our specialists among them to assist Gulf Coast communities devastated by Hurricane Ida,” said Matt Bershadker, President and CEO of the ASPCA.
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The ASPCA is able to assist animals impacted by Hurricane Ida and Tropical Storm Nicholas in part thanks to support from the Alex and Elisabeth Lewyt Charitable Trust.Īt the request of the Louisiana State Animal Rescue Team (LSART), the ASPCA response team is on the ground conducting water and land rescues throughout south Louisiana for animal victims impacted by Hurricane Ida, collaborating on this joint disaster relief effort with International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and Code 3 Associates to bring animals to safety.
In addition, the ASPCA assisted with the emergency evacuation of more than 200 homeless shelter animals before the storm hit and immediately after landfall. We’ve also been on the ground in Jefferson Parish and Plaquemines Parish at the request of Jefferson Protection and Animal Welfare Services (JPAW) and Louisiana SPCA, respectively, providing additional sheltering support, conducting water and land rescues, and assisting with pet food distribution.
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