NEW YORK—The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®), at the request of Central Oklahoma Humane Society (OK Humane) in Oklahoma City, Okla., has dispatched its disaster response team to assist with shelter operations as the facility experiences an influx of animals affected by the devastating tornado that hit Moore, Okla. on May 20. The ASPCA and OK Humane are also coordinating the distribution of pet food to impacted areas.
NEW YORK—The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®), at the request of Central Oklahoma Humane Society (OK Humane) in Oklahoma City, Okla., has initiated a cat trapping program for the families impacted by the tornado in the Oklahoma City areas. Code 3 Associates Animal Disaster Response (Longmont, Colo.) is also assisting with this effort.
New York, N.Y.— June 1 marks the official start of what experts predict will be an extremely active Atlantic Hurricane Season and the ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) urges pet owners in hurricane-prone areas to develop an emergency plan in advance to keep their families and pets safe.
NEW YORK—The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) announced that it has issued an emergency grant for $30,000 to Front Range Equine Rescue (FRER) in Larkspur, Co.
NEW YORKThe ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) has appointed Tim Rickey as Senior Director of its newly created Field Investigations and Response team, effective January 4, 2010.
Rickey was formerly the Director of the Animal Cruelty Task Force and Disaster Response team for the Humane Society of Missouri (HSMO), where he recently led the largest dog fighting raid in U.S. history, covering eight states and seizing more than 500 dogs in one day.
New Orleans, LAThe Louisiana SPCA (LA/SPCA) along with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), the lead sponsor, the Best Friends Animal Society, and several local organizations have begun the Gulf Coast Companion Animal Relief Program to provide services to pet owners suffering economic hardship as a result of the April 20, 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil rig explosion.
NEW YORK – The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®), under the authority and request of the Dyersburg-Dyer County Humane Society in Dyersburg, Tenn., has dispatched its field investigations and response team to assist in the recovery and sheltering of animals displaced by recent flooding.
NEW YORK, July 5, 2007 The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) was among the first of agencies to help provide rescue and relief efforts to animals stranded or left behind in homes after major flooding this week in the Midwest.
NEW YORKThe ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®), at the request of the Pike County Animal Shelter in Pikeville, Ky., has dispatched its field investigations and response team to assist in the emergency transport and placement of nearly 100 animals living in the municipal shelter. The animals will be permanently relocated to various shelters in nearby states and allow the Pike County Animal Shelter the capacity to accept displaced animals by the recent flooding.
