As Hurricane Ida hits the south, shelters across the country have been helping cats and dogs escape the affected areas.
Ida was downgraded to a tropical depression Monday afternoon after hitting land near Port Fourchon, Louisiana as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 hurricane on Sunday. Millions have been left without electricity and at least one person is dead, reported FOX News.
Animals are also threatened by the storm.
A large group of dogs and cats recently arrived in Delaware after being evacuated from Louisiana. Brandywine Valley SPCA officials confirmed to FOX 29 that over 100 dogs and cats were flown to a New Castle County animal shelter on Saturday. Many of the animals came from the Tangipahoa Parish Animal Shelter.
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The flight was thanks to Wings of Rescue, sponsored by Petco Love and the ASPCA. The animals are adopted in the Brandywine Valley SPCA.
Brandywine Valley SPCA Rescues Shelters from Hurricane Ida (Courtesy Brandywine Valley SPCA)
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On Facebook, the Brandywine Valley SPCA wrote: “While we keep our friends in our hearts at Tangipahoa Parish Animal Shelter and on Ida’s Walk, our community has shed some light on the homeless pets rescued from the storm on campus this weekend. Adopters brought home pets that had just been evacuated from Louisiana and made room for additional pets to take their place during the ongoing relief effort. Thank you to everyone who has been committed to adopting, donating, caring for, and sharing. “
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Brandywine Valley isn’t the only organization rescuing animals from Hurricane Ida. At least hundreds of dogs and cats have reportedly been blown out of the air. The Atlanta Humane Society helped Atlanta get 51 dogs and cats in Gulfport, Mississippi, and New Orleans out of harm’s way, according to FOX 5.
And in Dallas, FOX 44 reported that Operation Kindness was working with the Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter in Louisiana to house evacuated dogs and cats.
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On Saturday, the Houston SPCA shared on Twitter how it got 150 dogs and cats out of Ida’s path from the Louisiana SPCA. In Buffalo, New York, the Ten Lives Club shelter took in 40 cats, the organization wrote on a GoFundMe page
In a statement received from FOX 29, Susan Anderson, Director of Disaster Response for the ASPCA National Field Response Team said, “Evacuating animals en route from disasters is a life-saving aspect of emergency response because it gives homeless animals a second chance while freeing them will provide resources for potentially displaced pets in affected communities. “
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