Approximately 80 dogs and cats were recently relocated from Houston to San Diego to make room for the pets that were abandoned or lost during Hurricane Harvey.
Southwest Airlines recently took dozens of dogs and cats from overcrowded shelters in Houston to San Diego shelters. The effort was done to make room for animals that have been displaced from the storm. The 1400-mile journey to California’s Helen Woodward Animal Center would help make room for the influx of displaced and stranded animals.
The rescue group filmed the entire rescue effort and shared the moments on Facebook and Twitter. Could you imagine a flight full of so many cute animals?
The people of @hwac stepped up to take in these pets that were relocated to different shelters, but they needed a ride to San Diego. pic.twitter.com/qpBjWanIN6
— Southwest Airlines (@SouthwestAir) September 6, 2017
The rescue group is hoping that the entire effort will help place all of these animals into loving homes. Giving them all a place of safety.
“There are shelters that have been devastated by Hurricane Harvey, without electricity, without supplies,” said the center’s president and CEO Mike Arms, who worked in partnership with Texas rescue group, Operation Pets Alive!”
“Operation Pets Alive! has taken in an overwhelming number of orphan dogs and cats who had inhabited those shelters before the storm and were suddenly facing euthanasia simply because they had no place to go,” he said in a statement.
Volunteers scooped up handfuls of puppies and kittens to load them onto the Southwest Airlines flight.
The Helen Woodward Center has teamed up with the airline before in 2012. During that time, they moved 60 dogs and cats to safety after Hurricane Sandy. They also helped rescue animals after Hurricane Katrina as well.“You look at all of those faces and know that their stay at the shelter was meant to be temporary,” she told Fox
“You look at all of those faces and know that their stay at the shelter was meant to be temporary,” Jennifer Shorey, the center’s director, said to a Fox affiliate. “It was supposed to lead them to forever homes, but when something as devastating as a hurricane hits, so much has to be left behind.”
There were over 700 animals that were displaced and needing assistance after the tragic path of Hurricane Harvey.
Many other shelters from across the country have banded together to help in any way they can. We hope that all of these animals soon find forever homes.
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#HarveyPetsFlight is landed, unloaded and soon on its way to the Center! ?? pic.twitter.com/7dYUvsv8PD
— Helen Woodward (@HWAC) September 5, 2017
