Rescue Work and Field Deployments

Dick Green, the ASPCA’s Senior Director of Disaster Response, wasn’t surprised when the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services asked the ASPCA to support the Lumberton County search and rescue efforts in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.

“The ASPCA spent about nine months in Lumberton last year for a large animal cruelty case, caring for 40 horses at the county fairgrounds, which were now completely underwater,” says Dick, who also fielded requests from officials in Georgia and South Carolina.

Update 10/07: The ASPCA Disaster Response Team, along with additional response partners, deployed Thursday to the Southeast to assist animals in Hurricane Matthew’s path. With a base set up in Georgia, we are responding to requests from local animal shelters to assist in evacuation and transport efforts. We’ve already assisted more than 100 animals, and we expect more requests to come throughout the weekend as the region continues to be pummeled with rain, flooding, winds and power outages.  

The ASPCA dispatched its Disaster Response Team to Louisiana this week to conduct water rescues for animals threatened by severe flash flooding spanning East Baton Rouge and Lafayette Parish.