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2024 Animal Rescue Donations - supporting Hurricane affected areas

  Thank you for helping us support the animal rescues affected by Hurricane Helene and Milton by purchasing a Mountain or Ocean themed shirt during our October fundraiser.  According to Bestfriends.org , "more than 1,000 dogs and cats have been transported to safety: 360 following Hurricane Helene and 668 following Hurricane Milton. Additionally, the mobile vet clinic in North Carolina has assisted 816 animals from 522 families and is expected to wrap up services by November 9, depending on need." But this is not a 'one and done' type of deal. Although Hurricane Helene and Milton caused significant damage to many animal shelters and rescues in Western North Carolina and Florida, this was an added issue to an already big problem. Shelters are overcrowded with animals.  If you were wondering the difference between an animal rescue and an animal   shelter, both provide temporary housing and safe place for animals. Animal shelters are often funded by the government (town...

Animal Rescue Fundraiser - Hurricane Helene and Milton

Furry Friends Jupiter - Jupiter, FL.             Brother Wolf Rescue - Asheville, NC. Hurricane Milton                                         Hurricane Helene When a disaster strikes, it doesn’t just impact people, homes, buildings and roads. It affects our most vulnerable members of our communities - animals. The devastation of Hurricane Helene and Milton impacted many animal rescues across Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee. Thankfully, animals at most shelters were evacuated early and placed in emergency shelters and fosters ahead of the hurricanes making landfall. With shelters, sanctuaries and farms struggling due to loss of power and water, hundreds of animals have been evacuated from destroyed areas and relocated to various animal shelters across the east coast - or placed in foster homes. Shelters like Brother Wo...

Helene's Devestation

     Unity Park next to downtown Greenville Video of Unity Park after the storm. As you may have noticed, we did not send out our weekly newsletter last week. We were without power for 8 days due to the aftermath of Helene. Currently we are still without internet/cable. Being without power was a minor inconvenience when we think about the thousands of people who lost their homes and businesses, as well as the confirmed 220+ deaths that occurred because of the carnage and destruction by Hurricane Helene. We consider ourselves very lucky that we had no damage to our home and our six animals are healthy and our fish survived. Our wooden fence broke when a tree fell on it but that is the worst of it (a minor and easy-to-fix issue). We live in Greenville, SC – just outside of Traveler’s Rest. We bought our house in 2015, a year after moving to Greenville from Florida. We chose this location because of its proximity to the mountains. Like most people who trade the beach for th...