Hurricane Harvey: Dearborn Group Aims To Help Houston-Area Pets

DEARBORN, MI — Hurricane Harvey has left thousands of victims in its wake. While there’s been an outpouring of help, the need is still there, particularly for pets of the victims.

Dearborn-based Friends for Animals of Metro Detroit is doing what it can to help. The non-profit organization is donating 50 percent of all adoption fees to local Houston animal rescue groups through the month of September. The idea is to aid animal shelters devastated by the impact of the hurricane.

“With so many animals in need of homes even before the storm hit, it’s especially urgent now to make room for all the pets in Houston that were lost in the shuffle,” said Elaine Greene, executive director of Friends for Animals Metro Detroit.

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The organization will also be working to find homes for Houston-area animals orphaned by the hurricane. Greene said the animals were in Houston shelters and ready for adoption before the storm hit, and are now being moved to make room to reunite lost pets with their owners.

Adoption fees for both cats and dogs from Friends will go to a Houston-area shelter. Half of adoption fees raised through the Dearborn organization’s “Meet Your Best Friend at the Zoo” event — Friday and Saturday at the Detroit Zoo — will also go to Houston-area shelters.

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