Last updated on September 24, 2018, at 2:37 p.m. ET
Here’s the big picture:
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- PETA’s Emergency Rescue Team has returned home to Norfolk, Virginia, but our work isn’t over yet.
- Our Community Animal Project fieldworkers are still checking in with residents of Virginia and North Carolina, helping animals in need whenever possible.
- Before and after Hurricane Florence hit, our Emergency Rescue Team operated a phone bank and then went door to door, dealing with feces-contaminated water that was up to stoops and inside houses, doing whatever they could to help animals.
- In the days leading up to the hurricane, PETA staff members from around the country took to the phones, calling residents in affected areas and urging them to take animals with them and not leave them chained or crated in flood zones.
- We pushed and prodded local and national media outlets to remind viewers and listeners that animals should never be left tied up or confined to crates, pens, or hutches, as they could drown if trapped and unable to flee rising waters.
- Click here to learn more about protecting animals in a hurricane.
Updates:
Posted on September 24, 2018, at 2:37 p.m. ET:
The photos and videos below show just some of the animals whose lives were saved by our Emergency Rescue Team. Click here to support this vital work.
Posted on September 20, 2018, at 5:54 p.m. ET:
https://twitter.com/peta/status/1042894419383353344
Posted on September 19, 2018, at 6:46 p.m. ET:
RIGHT NOW, PETA's Rescue Team is saving animals like Max who are trapped in the historic flooding left by #HurricaneFlorence––but time is running out for many!
Please DONATE to PETA's Animal Emergency Fund & help us reach more animals desperate for help: https://t.co/W7WyezpUgz pic.twitter.com/tD77JPjJhT
— PETA (@peta) September 19, 2018
Posted on September 19, 2018, at 5:15 p.m. ET:
RESCUED! Our rescue team found #HurricaneFlorence survivors in a flooded neighborhood who said there were cats in need of rescue. The team discovered a scared mama cat & kitten huddled behind trash cans on a back porch, surrounded by flood water.
They took the family to safety! pic.twitter.com/ZZwaYBremI
— PETA (@peta) September 19, 2018
Posted on September 19, 2018, at 4:45 p.m. ET:
PETA’s rescue team in #NorthCarolina spotted this dog swimming around his yard. They earned his trust and led him safely onto their boat, then to the veterinarian. He’s doing well! ❤️ #HurricaneFlorence pic.twitter.com/fyZ04Bs1sY
— PETA (@peta) September 19, 2018
Posted on September 19, 2018, at 4:20 p.m. ET:
https://twitter.com/peta/status/1042507388320923650
Posted on September 18, 2018, at 8:00 p.m. ET:
PETA's Rescue Team is in #NorthCarolina and found this cat trapped on a porch with nowhere to go and a dog who appears to have a skin disease abandoned in a flooded home. They were both brought swiftly to safety! #HurricaneFlorence pic.twitter.com/N5TL40Jmt7
— PETA (@peta) September 19, 2018
Posted on September 18, 2018, at 7 :58 p.m. ET:
https://twitter.com/peta/status/1042201181081067520
Posted on September 17, 2018, at 6:31 p.m. ET:
RESCUED! PETA's rescue team spotted this terrified and abandoned dog in Lumberton, North Carolina on the porch of a flooded home with no way to escape the rising #HurricaneFlorence flood waters and were able to bring him to safety ❤️ pic.twitter.com/3wN9wEqoL2
— PETA (@peta) September 17, 2018
Posted on September 17, 2018, at 5:32 p.m. ET:
https://twitter.com/peta/status/1041797745068130306
Posted on September 17, 2018, at 3:37 p.m. ET:
RETWEET! Right now, PETA’s Rescue Team is in #NorthCarolina with a boat to help evacuate people & animals in flooded areas. If you have info on those who need help, please let us know. #HurricaneFlorence
Areas we can reach: #Lumberton, #StPauls, #Pembroke, #Fayetteville. pic.twitter.com/3RhlGQuXfC
— PETA (@peta) September 17, 2018
Posted on September 17, 2018, at 7:42 a.m. ET:
And these chickens, soaked to the bone, in a partially submerged pen, water still rising. Not sure if all survived the torrent and winds. Our team dried them off, put them atop the pen with food and water. #HurricaneFlorence pic.twitter.com/ft3o28W4f5
— Ingrid Newkirk (@IngridNewkirk) September 16, 2018
Posted on September 16, 2018, at 4:56 p.m. ET:
And we found this dog. Where would she have gone next, as the water keeps rising? #HurricaneFlorence pic.twitter.com/laaeSUFHP2
— Ingrid Newkirk (@IngridNewkirk) September 16, 2018
Posted on September 16, 2018, at 1:47 p.m. ET:
Our team found this dog in North Carolina. The water hasn't stopped rising, BTW. #HurricaneFlorence pic.twitter.com/r9FTIqgA34
— Ingrid Newkirk (@IngridNewkirk) September 16, 2018
Posted on September 14, 2018, at 8:38 p.m. ET:
#HurricaneFlorence is threatening to dump far more than water on North Carolina—billions of pounds of pig feces could cover the state, too. https://t.co/gFp9Jok8sw
— PETA (@peta) September 14, 2018
Posted on September 14, 2018, at 6:11 p.m. ET:
RESCUED! A woman called PETA because this kitten was stuck in the engine compartment of her car and she was afraid the rising waters from #HurricaneFlorence would trap the cat. We were able to get her to safety ❤️ pic.twitter.com/E4dK9FvmA9
— PETA (@peta) September 14, 2018
Posted on September 13, 2018, at 8:03 p.m. ET:
https://twitter.com/peta/status/1040370790947016706
Posted on September 13, 2018, at 6:33 p.m. ET:
https://twitter.com/peta/status/1040354456678723584
UPDATE: After being chained outside 24/7 and about to be abandoned by his evacuating owner, rescued James is now relaxing safely in his foster home with a PETA staffer ❤️
PLEASE BRING YOUR ANIMALS INSIDE to protect them from #HurricaneFlorence! pic.twitter.com/Nr22fBs6vu
— PETA (@peta) September 13, 2018
Posted on September 13, 2018, at 2:10 p.m. ET:
No one will be left behind—not on our watch, at least. Claire—a goat rescued by PETA in anticipation of Hurricane Florence—spent Tuesday night at our Norfolk, Virginia, office prior to the mandatory evacuation order. Thanks to our Emergency Rescue Team, this sweet girl is now safe in her new Connecticut home.
No “kid” left behind! Evacuated from #Norfolk in anticipation of #HurricaneFlorence, meet rescued 3-legged goat Claire! She spent the night at PETA’s shelter & then we drove her to her new sanctuary home in #Connecticut ❤️ pic.twitter.com/ToBkSv5gio
— PETA (@peta) September 12, 2018
Posted at September 12, 2018, at 5:07 p.m. ET
The PETA Rescue Team has ample supplies and is in place in staging areas in North Carolina, going door to door to warn people not to leave dogs chained up or in crates.
PETA’s going door-to-door in some areas that will be affected by #HurricaneFlorence. James was chained outside 24/7 & his owner was evacuating WITHOUT HIM! He will be fostered by a PETA staffer for now, he’s a great new home prospect! pic.twitter.com/0Dw5g27rlo
— PETA (@peta) September 12, 2018
Posted at September 10, 2018, at 3:04 p.m. ET
https://twitter.com/peta/status/1039214437801111552
What You Can Do
PETA’s Animal Emergency Fund helps us respond quickly when hurricanes and other disasters put animals’ lives in danger.
ACTION NEEDED: Help animals endangered by #HurricaneFlorence.
Make an urgent donation to PETA's Animal Emergency Fund right now. https://t.co/W7WyezpUgz
— PETA (@peta) September 12, 2018
Please click the button below to support our rescue team’s critical work for animals by making a special gift right now:
