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Preparing for Hurricane Rita
Cora and her team of volunteers in Monroe are watching Hurricane Rita as it approaches the Texas and Louisiana coast . The EARS shelter in Jackson, Miss., is doing the same. They are battening down the shelters, making sure everything is secure. Some rearranging is taking place at the Monroe shelter, in preparation for any flooding that may occur.
As of noon Thursday, the path of Hurricane Rita was projected to pass well to the west of Monroe so, it looks as if they are safe, for now. The Jackson shelter is about 2 hours east of Monroe.
Alexis Raymond, Communications Director for United Animal Nations, based out of Sacramento, Ca., said the agency is monitoring the situation in the Gulf and will access the situation to see if they can offer assistance in any way.
“Currently, there are no plans to open other shelters,” Raymond said. “We are hoping that people are heeding the warnings and are taking their animals with them.”
Cora currently has 133 dogs at the shelter in Monroe, all from Gonzales, and she may be getting 100 more, soon. She is preparing as quickly as she can for any new arrivals.
“This is hard work,” she said, as she was eating her breakfast of Cool Ranch Doritos, Thursday morning. “I don’t ever want another summer like this.”
900 Animals in Hattiesburg shelter
In Hattiesburg, where Michele Whaley is working with the North Carolina State Animal Response Team, more than 1,500 animals have been taken in and cared for in the shelter set up by Mississippi’s Animal Response Team (MART). There are approximately 900 animals at the shelter that are being cared for, now. The team from North Carolina is help in the efforts to reunite these animals with their families.
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