ICYMI: LI Animal Shelter Heads To Texas To Help Pets

By: Jacqueline Sweet

In case you missed it, here's a story that appeared last week in the Patchogue Patch:

PATCHOGUE, NY —As the crisis in Texas unfolds, with freezing temperatures, lack of water and power and displaced people, pets are also in need. Rebecca Herlihy is the outreach coordinator for Almost Home Animal Rescue in Patchogue and she tells Patch local Texas shelters are "in desperate need" of assistance.

The not-for-profit no-kill shelter has an outreach program called Training Wheels that serves low-income areas on Long Island. Staff and volunteers deliver cat and dog food and medical supplies to families in need, providing no-cost spaying and neutering and medical services for pets. They also take in abandoned and surrendered pets for adoption.

The work is all funded by donations and over the years, when natural disasters like hurricanes have hit other areas, the group has sent help. After Hurricane Florence in North Carolina, volunteers headed to shelters needing assistance, and ultimately brought back ten dogs to be adopted on Long Island.

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