This week, the ASPCA and Texas-based Animal Investigation & Response have been working together to urgently evacuate over 100 homeless animals displaced by severe weather in North Texas that resulted in significant flooding at the All American Dogs Shelter. Staff at All American Dogs had been working to assist families and pets in their tornado zone when they were tragically hit with the flooding, resulting in their need for disaster response assistance.

More than 50 shelter dogs were safely transported to an emergency facility operated by ASPCA teams outside of the disaster zone. And tomorrow, a second transport is scheduled to fly over 50 homeless cats to the same emergency facility. All of the shelter animals relocated out of the impacted community are unowned prior to the flooding.

Working together to evacuate shelter animals out of the flood zone not only provides them with a much-needed safe haven, but it also helps free up local resources that will go toward continued relief efforts, including reuniting displaced pets with their owners. The evacuated animals will receive ongoing care from our expert medical, behavior and shelter teams until they can be made available for adoption.

Support from people like you makes this kind of critical work possible. With your donation, we are able to respond at a moment’s notice when communities, shelters and animals are in harm’s way. Please make an urgent gift today to help support our lifesaving efforts for vulnerable animals.