Rescue Work and Field Deployments

NEW YORK—Since early November, the ASPCA^® (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals^®) has been on the ground in California working around-the-clock to assist animals impacted by the unprecedented wildfires that devastated the state. At the request of Butte County Animal Control (BCAC), the ASPCA disaster response team is helping to provide ongoing care for animals displaced by the Camp Fire in Northern California.

NEW YORK—At the request of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, the ASPCA^®(American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals^®) is supporting local agencies with emergency sheltering of approximately 150animals displaced by severe flooding caused by Hurricane Florence in Lumberton, N.C. and is assisting with animal search-and-rescue efforts in Robeson County. 

PIERCE COUNTY, WIS.—At the request of the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office, the ASPCA^® (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals^®) is assisting with evidence collection and the removal of more than 1,300 animals from a property believed to be associated with dogfighting and cockfighting in Gilman Township, Wis.

DONIPHAN COUNTY, KAN.—At the request of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI), the ASPCA^® (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals^®) is assisting with evidence collection and the removal of 45 dogs from a property believed associated with dogfighting in Bendena, Kan. Bendena is in Doniphan County, which is north of Atchison in northeast Kansas. The Great Plains SPCA and the Doniphan County Sheriff’s Office are also assisting in the case.

Lakeport, Calif.—At the request of the Lake County Animal Care & Control and its animal disaster response team Lake Evacuation & Animal Protection (LEAP), the ASPCA^®(American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals^®) is on the ground assisting local agencies with field rescues and emergency sheltering for nearly 50 animals displaced by the wildfires in Lake and Mendocino counties, including cats, dogs, birds and livestock.

Oakland, Calif. — On Thursday, Nov. 2, at the request of Oakland Animal Services (OAS), the ASPCA^® (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals^®) will be assisting with the transport of a dozen homeless cats from OAS to animal shelters in Washington.

Sonoma County, Calif.—The ASPCA^® (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals^®) and Sonoma County Animal Services partnered to remove more than 130 Koi fish displaced by the life-threatening wildfires that recently swept through Northern California. Without power, residents in impacted areas were unable to return to their homes and their Koi fish were at risk due to lack of food and functioning aeration systems.