Hurricane Ike Assistance

At 6am this morning three HSBV staff left for Texas to provide assistance with the shelter and care of animals evacuated due to Hurricane Ike.  The Dumb Friends League was contacted by the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals asking for a team to be deployed and they contacted us and the Larimer Humane Society to assemble a team of 15 people.  We do not know what city they will be assigned to yet, as the course of the storm becomes more specific and the greatest areas of need are identified they will determine their destination. 

We are honored to assist our colleagues and I am proud of the quick response from our staff when we asked for volunteers for the trip.  Throughout the country animal welfare teams are responding to this storm and will work together to meet whatever needs arise throughout the gulf coast.  As you may recall we sent teams to assist when Hurricane Katrina hit and the lessons we learned in that storm have enhanced how our agencies collaborate to assist. 

I will be sure to keep you posted on their deployment, we hope to have email updates and photos we care share with you.  Please keep our team in your thoughts as well as the people and animals affected by Ike. 

Lisa