The U.S. has more natural disasters than any other country in the world. Hurricane Katrina is just one of many horrific disasters that we’ve seen. The number of pets that are left behind to fend for themselves, unfortunately, are quite high, and sometimes sadly unavoidable since many shelters were not accepting pets. In the end, over 600,000 animals were killed …
Hurricane Harvey is in a tie with Hurricane Katrina as one of the costliest cyclones on record. Harvey inflicted $125 billion dollars worth of damage, primarily from catastrophic rainfall-triggered flooding. It’s not just the people who were suffering. Pets were faced with extraordinary hardships in the aftermath of Harvey. Thousands were thought to be displaced or missing. Organizations have rushed …
Because most emergency shelters for humans are not able to help shelter animals, many loved pets are temporarily placed in animal shelters. During the California Wildfires, shelters closest to these fires were filled beyond their limitations, surrounding agencies sprung into action taking thousands of these displaced pets. Some of these shelters are still in need right now (October 2018). There …
