This week, as communities across the southeast U.S. were still recovering from Hurricane Helene, some are bracing for yet another extremely dangerous hurricane. Our Animal Rescue Team—having just deployed to various locations across Florida, Tennessee and North Carolina to provide emergency veterinary care and distribute pet supplies and food last week—worked quickly once again to try to prevent harm to animals in the projected path of the new storm, Hurricane Milton.
On Tuesday, we collaborated with Wings of Rescue to fly about 60 adoptable animals from Tampa-area shelters to Alaqua Animal Refuge in Florida’s panhandle. This pre-storm evacuation brought these animals to safety while increasing the capacity of local animal services to accommodate the anticipated influx of animals displaced by the storm.
As the storm approaches, our team is in frequent contact with local shelters and emergency personnel to plan how to best respond to emerging and urgent needs. We are continuing to work on these responses as we are also working in other regions hit by recent storms.
