Animal rescue organizations in the Puget Sound are ready to help emergency shelters affected by Hurricane Ian. FOX13
assists with intense animal rescue operations in western Washington, and the organization says its members are on alert to help with disaster relief in Florida.
The Enumclaw-based non-profit says its out-of-state deployments stopped because of the pandemic, but now, between two and 100 of its members are ready to help once a national organization calls them. "We believe that by taking care of the animals of the folks that have been displaced, it allows them the opportunity to get their lives sorted out knowing their beloved pets are taken care of in a safe and caring environment," said Gretchen McCallum, co-founder of WASART.and could be doing anything from cleaning, transportation and other general animal care.
Volunteers who choose deployment would not get paid, would have to take time off from work and use their own vacation time to help these animals. "We have the capacity and training and compassion and the action to make these animals' lives better and this is why we do what we do," said McCallum.
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