Helping After Harvey: 150 Animals Moved To Tennessee From Texas Shelters

LEBANON, TN — Forty-three cats and two dogs arrived in Lebanon Monday, as the Animal Rescue Corps has now relocated nearly 150 shelter animals from flood-stricken Texas to Wilson County in the days since Hurricane Harvey began to pummel the Gulf Coast.

The Washington, D.C.-based ARC responded to a call for assistance from the Humane Society of Southeast Texas and a number of other shelters as Harvey began its onslaught and enlisted the help of animal transport groups in Tennessee and Georgia to move in and relocate the animals to ARC's Rescue Operations Center in Lebanon. The relocation allows the Texas shelters to clean-up and get their facilities back up and running while also assisting newly displaced animals.

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“Getting to Beaumont was extremely difficult,” said ARC Director of Investigations, Amy Haverstick. “But we’re here to help and we’re ready to move these animals to a safe place.”

The animals will be treated and given veterinary exams and then sent to ARC's partner shelters around the country.

Donations to ARC can be made through the organization's Facebook page or web site.

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