Port Washington, NY, USA: North Shore Animal League is sending their large mobile unit packed with donated supplies south to Florida and the Carolinas. They intend to return to Long Island with rescue dogs and cats to free up valuable space in the shelters in the path of Hurricane Dorian. CBSNewYork reports that shelters …
The Wisconsin Humane Society welcomed 33 cats who have been evacuated from some of Florida’s animal shelters to make room for companion animals that might be made homeless as a result of Hurricane Dorian’s landfall which is predicted to occur shortly (but may not). Apparently it has been difficult to predict the path of …
The earthquake triggered limited power cuts but there were no immediate reports of significant damage or casualties. I don’t know what the facility is. It is rather strange. Perhaps it is a cat rescue facility of some sort. Update: no, the BBC tell me it is someone’s home! And the home security cameras caught …
The video shows a reporter in an animal shelter discussing the placement of 20 cats rescued from the devastating Camp Fire in California. Some are in very small cages. I don’t want to be critical, I just want to be observant. These small cages are too small by quite a margin. The major point …
There are many webpages on Facebook and one website dedicated to the reunification of pet and person after the Camp Fire at the date of this post. The first is the San Francisco SPCA. They have a great page on Facebook showing a gallery of photos. You can click this link to see the …
The amount raised went up $300 during the time it took me to write this post. The target was $100,000. This is awesome and demonstrates the generosity of kind hearted people concerned with the welfare of companion animals lost and injured in the Camp Fire, California. I am sure I will have to adjust …
Firefighter Ryan finds a cat among the wreckage of the Paradise fire and she sticks to him like glue. Ryan Coleman was drafted in from Madoc County to fight the infamous Camp Fire of California which has been so devastating to the communities. His first shift was on 10th Nov and he was naturally …
This is a cute picture of Peaches riding ‘shotgun’ in the words of the San Francisco Chronicle journalist, Sarah Ravani. It was taken by Santiago Mejia of The Chronicle. Peaches is on the shoulder of her human companion,Richard Tafalla, as he drives back to his home in his RV. He’s on Highway 32 and …
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