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Photos: Owners Urged To Claim Displaced Hurricane Sandy Pets ASAP
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Published Jan 3, 2013
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In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, there were hundreds of animals displaced across the five boroughs. Plenty of those adorable pets were rescued by various city agencies and reunited with their owners. But there are still over a hundred more (see photos above) in temporary housing at an ASPCA boarding facility in Bedford-Stuyvesant—but not for much longer!
“We are still caring for the displaced pets at our emergency boarding facility, but we’re also planning the next step, which is to find homes for unclaimed animals as we start to demobilize our operation,” said Tim Rickey, senior director of ASPCA Field Investigations and Response. “While many pets have been reunited with their families, we still have animals that are waiting to be claimed, and we want to give residents every opportunity to be reunited with their pets. We urge anyone who is missing their pet to visit our emergency shelter as soon as possible or contact the Hurricane Sandy pet hotline.”
Altogether, in the two months since Sandy hit, ASPCA has rescued more than 300 pets from flooded homes in NY and NJ, and sheltered nearly 280 animals. But there are still nearly 140 displaced animals at the emergency shelter waiting to be claimed. If you're still missing a pet, you can visit 1508 Herkimer Street in Brooklyn, call the Hurricane Sandy Pet Hotline at 347-537-9935, or check out the Animal Care & Control of NYC’s (AC&C’s) lost pets website.
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