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AKC Pet Disaster
Update
Relief Trailer
Dog lovers and AKC Clubs have were helped between the two You can see the national distribu-
demonstrated an AMAZING shelters. tion of trailer donations at https://
outpouring of support since La- www.akcreunite.org/map. There is
bor Day in response to the critical • Hurricane Maria - Puerto Rico: also a link summarizing each de-
need to assist pets during times of a September 20, 2017 – no trailers, ployment. What a program!
disaster, donating $582,981.87 since but donations to veterinarians Tammy Miller, Tri City Animal
Hurricane Harvey! THANK YOU, helping on the island Shelter Manager sums up the good
THANK YOU! • California Wildfires - Napa Val- that AKC Pet Disaster Relief offers:
Since Labor Day, AKC Reunite ley, Sonoma County, Mendocino, “I cannot express how grateful
provided over $310,000 in direct aid Redwood Valley, Santa Cruz: we were to have these resources
in response to the following disas- October 8 - 30, 2017 that we could share with those in
ters, plus many AKC Pet Disaster o The SoCal Animal Response such desperate need! You truly are a
Relief trailers were also deployed to Team deployed to assist both lifesaver!”
assist people and their pets:
dogs and cats during this evacu- Thanks to you and all your Clubs
• Hurricane Harvey- Houston, ation. …You made this happen –
Port Arthur, Gulf Coast of Texas: • Thomas Fire - Ventura County,
August 25 - September 3, 2017 California: December 5, 2017
o Tri-City Animal Shelter & o Ventura County Animal Ser- Pat Laurans
Adoption Center from the Dal- vices deployed their two trailers AKC Reunite Trailer Program,chair
las area, was deployed to Kay to the Ventura County Fair-
Bailey Hutchison Convention grounds to assist in the Califor-
Center, and then moved on to nia wildfire evacuations offering
assist more displaced animals shelter to 120 displaced pets.
in the Port Arthur, TX flooding
aftermath. • Lilac Fire - San Diego County,
o The City of Fort Worth Ani- California: December 7 - 10, 2017
mal Care and Control deployed o Deployed at Palomar Col-
to the Fort Worth Wilkerson lege evacuation shelter
Facility Emergency Shelter to accepting people and pets.
help the Hurricane Harvey San Diego Humane Society
evacuees care for their pets. did not have adequate pet
o Wilson County Animal supplies for the number of
Response Team traveled (from people seeking shelter.
Tennessee!) to Rockport, TX
with their AKC Pet Disaster Since the AKC Pet Disaster
Relief Trailer through a direct Relief launch four years ago:
request by the Emergency Man- • 64 trailers donations
agement Agency (FEMA).
• 7 additional trailers
• Hurricane Irma- Florida and soon to be donated
Puerto Rico: September 6 - Sep-
tember 12, 2017 • 21 deployments re-
sponding to Hurricanes,
o The Polk County Sheriff’s Tornadoes, Wildfires,
Office trailer contents were Flooding, Apart-
used at two public shelters that ment Fire
were pet-friendly. 619 animals
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