An animal shelter in Delaware County, Pennsylvania is seeking help in adopting and caring for more than two dozen dogs rescued in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
Providence Animal Center in Media received the dogs on Sunday, October 6, from shelters in rural South Georgia that are currently working to rebuild and reunite pets with their families after Helene fled across the southeastern United States.
“These dogs were already homeless before the hurricane,” explains Victoria Kinden, PAC Chief Operating Officer. “What we did was open spaces for them to help in the areas where there are problems, so that they have open kennels to help the displaced dogs, so that someone can come and find their pet while they are there.”
The 21 rescued dogs range in size and age, from puppies to adults.
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PAC, formerly known as the Delaware County SPCA, is looking for people to help take in Hurricane Helene dogs, or any of the other animals already housed at the shelter.
“The more space we can make through foster parents and adoption, the more we can help,” Kinden said. “We help locally all the time, but during these major needs and hurricanes we want to do what we can to help all of our partners.”
According to PAC, facilitating a hurricane rescue would take about two weeks, and foster parents would have the first opportunity to adopt.
How communities in Philadelphia are helping after Helene
The need for food, supplies and support in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene continues to impact communities in Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.
In the Delaware Valley, individuals, businesses and first responders have been working to collect and transport donations to hardest-hit western North Carolina.
In Delaware County, Iacobucci Formal Wear in Havertown converted batteries, diapers and even chainsaws donate to hurricane survivorswhile a group volunteer pilots from Chester County flew to flood-ravaged North Carolina last week to deliver thousands of pounds of relief supplies.
Members of New Jersey Task Force One remain in the state to help those devastated by the storm.
“It’s surreal. It’s the truest definition of a flash flood that came down through the mountains and brought up enormous amounts of debris and dirt, you know, a force that I’ve never seen before,” said NJ- TF1 Program Director Kevin Morrissey.
