Tag: animal shelter

This Emotional Video Shows A Woman Reuniting With Her Cat Who Ran Off During The California Wildfires
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This Emotional Video Shows A Woman Reuniting With Her Cat Who Ran Off During The California Wildfires

Fires have been raging in California since Nov. 8, and thousands of people have lost their homes and even loved ones to these devastating wildfires. Many families have lost their pets, too. In the case of Laci Ping and her husband, Curtis Mullins, their cat got free from his carrier and ran away as they were evacuating the Camp Fire. The couple thought they may never see their cat again, but thankfully, their kitty, Mayson, was rescued along with 22 other cats and taken to the University of California-Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. UC Davis has been posting photos of the rescued pets they’ve treated to Facebook and diligently working to pair these animals back with their owners. And for Mayson and his owners, their efforts were successful! Ping and Mullins traveled to UC...
This Truck Driver Saved 64 Dogs And Cats From Hurricane Florence On His Rescue School Bus
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This Truck Driver Saved 64 Dogs And Cats From Hurricane Florence On His Rescue School Bus

He's also rescued animals from storms in Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico over the past year. When it rains like cats and dogs, a lot of cats and dogs need help seeking shelter from the storm. In the wake of Hurricane Florence, many pets were left stranded at shelters across the southern U.S., and Tony Alsup, a truck driver from Greenback, Tennessee, decided to do his part to rescue these animals before the storm hit. Alsup drove a school bus to South Carolina to save pets living in shelters there. He loaded up his bus with 53 dogs and 11 cats from four towns across the state: North Myrtle Beach, Dillon, Georgetown and Orangeburg. Here is one of the cats he rescued from the Humane Society of North Myrtle Beach: “It’s so easy for people to adopt the small pets and the cuties and th...