ASPCA Assists Animal Rescue Efforts During Flooding in Midwest
The ASPCA was among the first to respond to help provide rescue and relief efforts to animals stranded or left behind in homes after major flooding this week in the Midwest.
The ASPCA was deployed on Monday to Coffeyville, Kansas, at the request of Code 3 Associates, Inc., a disaster response agency, and is also working in conjunction with local animal control authorities and under the auspices of the Montgomery County, Kansas, Emergency Operations Center.
On Tuesday, ASPCA personnel helped retrieve pets that were left behind in evacuated homes, including 30 dogs and cats, birds, iguanas, several tanks of fish—even a toad. Water rescue and pet evacuation continued on July 4, with another 30 animals retrieved, many by boat, at the request of displaced owners.
Rescue efforts were complicated by a 42,000-gallon crude oil slick in the Verdigris River at Coffeyville after a nearby refinery was struck by flash flooding.
Approximately 750 residents from 200 homes were evacuated in the area being served by the ASPCA.
Tiffany Mahaffey, Disaster Preparedness Manager for the ASPCA, reported that rescue teams also set traps in areas where many dogs and cats were at large.
Other animal welfare agencies assisting in the disaster include American Humane Association and the Humane Society of the United States.
The ASPCA is a member of the National Animal Rescue and Sheltering Coalition (NARSC), which is comprised of nine national animal welfare organizations, which include the AHA (American Humane Association), ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), Best Friends Animal Society, Code 3, Humane Society of the United States, International Fund for Animal Welfare, National Animal Control Association, Society of Animal Welfare Agencies and United Animal Nations.
As waters recede, animal rescue efforts in the area expect to demobilize by the week's end.
Tiffany Mahaffey, the ASPCA's Disaster Preparedness Manager, cuddles a sweet black kitty who is happy to be alive. This kitten was washed ashore from the floodwaters of Coffeyville. Rescued by two little boys and an ASPCA team, he was dehydrated and on the brink of death. His rescuers gave him fluids and nursed him back to health--they expect him to be just fine!
The ASPCA was deployed on Monday to Coffeyville, Kansas, at the request of Code 3 Associates, Inc., a disaster response agency, and is also working in conjunction with local animal control authorities and under the auspices of the Montgomery County, Kansas, Emergency Operations Center.
On Tuesday, ASPCA personnel helped retrieve pets that were left behind in evacuated homes, including 30 dogs and cats, birds, iguanas, several tanks of fish—even a toad. Water rescue and pet evacuation continued on July 4, with another 30 animals retrieved, many by boat, at the request of displaced owners.
Rescue efforts were complicated by a 42,000-gallon crude oil slick in the Verdigris River at Coffeyville after a nearby refinery was struck by flash flooding.
Approximately 750 residents from 200 homes were evacuated in the area being served by the ASPCA.
Tiffany Mahaffey, Disaster Preparedness Manager for the ASPCA, reported that rescue teams also set traps in areas where many dogs and cats were at large.
Other animal welfare agencies assisting in the disaster include American Humane Association and the Humane Society of the United States.
The ASPCA is a member of the National Animal Rescue and Sheltering Coalition (NARSC), which is comprised of nine national animal welfare organizations, which include the AHA (American Humane Association), ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), Best Friends Animal Society, Code 3, Humane Society of the United States, International Fund for Animal Welfare, National Animal Control Association, Society of Animal Welfare Agencies and United Animal Nations.
As waters recede, animal rescue efforts in the area expect to demobilize by the week's end.
Tiffany Mahaffey, the ASPCA's Disaster Preparedness Manager, cuddles a sweet black kitty who is happy to be alive. This kitten was washed ashore from the floodwaters of Coffeyville. Rescued by two little boys and an ASPCA team, he was dehydrated and on the brink of death. His rescuers gave him fluids and nursed him back to health--they expect him to be just fine!
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11 Comments:
Aww! I think that's absoutley great!!! Way to go! Keep up the great work!
I would love to be part of the aspca. I am just a kid though. I have as much hope as you that you could save every animals life. It just breaks my heart when they do not get the life they deserve. You should be proud for what you do.
Great work, ASPCA!
Just a comment to the anonymous "kid" who posted... Being a young person does NOT mean you can't make a big difference! While we're all proud of the work the ASPCA does, you can certainly be proud of yourself for being the caring person you are.
Whoever you are, I'm proud of you!
Thank God for the ASPCA and all the animals they have rescued from the floods.
You are all wonderful people who are helping wonderful animals, keep up the good work. All my animals are recues. WE ALL THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS!!!
God bless you, ASPCA, God bless you! I admire you folks so much, and I wish I knew how to become one of you.
I am really interesting in being apart of the ASPCA. I live in Nebraska and as far as I know we don't really have anything like that here except for animal control and our local Humane Society in my town (Lincoln) There has been unfortunately not enough support for the Humane Society and they are having to put down some of the animals there. I wish that there was some way to go back to the way it used to be and also a better service for rescuing and stopping animal cruelty. If anyone knows of a program that similar to the ASPCA let me know. Thank you so much and keep up the good work ASPCA!!
I wish I could donate more money to ASPCA than I do. They do such a great job. Love, REEREE
I was born and raised in Coffeyville, KS. I applaud the rescue efforts by the ASPCA and other organizations to help the animals in Coffeyville and other flooded areas. Did anyone care enough to tell the pet owners that they were at fault to go off and leave their pets at home when they were told to evacuate their homes because the flood was coming now?
In all of my years in Coffeyville, it has never ever flooded or come close to flooding without everyone in town knowing. My question again, why did so many people just go off and leave their pets in a dangerous situation while so many other residents took their pets with them and protected them? There is no excuse for such neglectful behavior of all of the people that left their pets behind and these people should not even be allowed to own pets.
great job aspca <3
I'm a kennel assistant that works at a vet hospital in Williamsburg, VA. Sometimes the patients that come in seem to be abused or neglected. As a vet hospital we can't legally confront the owners or the people who drop these poor animals. I'm thankful for the ASPCA and other organizations that are against animal abuse and neglect and are legally able to investigate and catch those who are guilty. God bless you and keep up the great work!
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