There is hurricane news and people out of the "danger zone" in Dallas may be able to help.
--We got a notice from the Metroplex Animal Coalition about 1 p.m. Sunday that Dallas will be getting about 400 people with pets. "We need hundreds of kennels to house them," says MAC President Elaine Munch.
This is described as a "stand-by alert." So, stand by when it comes to delivering the any-size-will-do kennels.
And, it's safe to assume, Elaine says, that you won't get the kennels back. Go to www.metroplexanimalcoalition.com and click on live blog for details regarding MAC's efforts. Extra kennels will be sent to Nacogdoches, in East Texas, which is also a hurricane refugee center, MAC says.
-- Dallas Animal Services has set up a temporary shelter in the Reunion Arena Parking Lot and can take more than 300 animals. DAS also needs donations of about 50 dog beds or blankets and may need more beds and collapsible crates. The Dallas Animal Services Adoption Center is at Westmoreland and I-30, a few miles west of downtown Dallas. Call 214-670-8246.
-- The SPCA has activated its plan to assist self-evacuees with pets. If the evacuees can't get lodging in pet-friendly hotels or with families or friends or boarding facilities, the SPCA has a foster home placement program -- Pet Haven has a 30-day limit and resources are limited, according to the SPCA.
To qualify, an evacuee must have a driver's license from a hurricane area. And, "if the animal is not spayed or neutered, vaccinated or microchipped, the self-evacuee must agree to allow the SPCA of Texas to perform those procedures at no cost to the self-evacuee." (If the animal isn't picked up with 30 days, it goes into the SPCA adoption program.)
To ask about enrolling in this program, call the SPCA at 214-742-7722.
Remember, during this hurricane period, the SPCA has reduced adoption fees by half in an effort to move animals out of the two SPCA shelters.
Under current policies, the SPCA never euthanizes animals to make room for more animals. So space is limited. If you adopt an animal, you make room for a hurricane refugee that would have, most likely, perished in a city shelter elsewhere.
No doubt there will be more hurricane-related animal news over the next week or so. We will try to keep up with hit here..
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