Save Pets from Heatwaves & Other Extreme Weather!

Animal shelters are coping with severe heat, tornadoes, wildfires, and flooding Shelters nationwide are affected. [View this email in your browser]( A dog at Southern Pines Animal Shelter Dear Friend, Severe weather is everywhere: extreme heat, massive rains and flooding, tornadoes, wildfires ... and shelter pets can't escape. That's why our Disaster Fund helps adoption groups cope with all forms of weather events. Here are just a few of the shelters and rescue groups we're aiding right now. Southern Pines, Mississippi We're supporting emergency cooling measures at Southern Pines Animal Shelter in Mississippi during what is expected to be one of the hottest summers on record. Thanks to our grant, the shelter will install shade sails above outdoor play areas and put pools in outdoor kennels. Both upgrades will make sure the shelter dogs stay safe during playtime. Blind Spot Animal Sanctuary, N.C. North Carolina's Blind Spot Animal Sanctuary has also been facing record-setting temperatures – which is expecially dangerous for farm animals, who spend their days outdoors. The sanctuary's senior sheep, alpacas, and pigs are particularly vulnerable. Pigs can't sweat to cool themselves, and rescued research pig Skeezer (above), recently suffered from dangerous heat exhaustion. Our grant will fund three large, industrial fans to cool each of the sanctuary's barns. Animal Humane New Mexico In June, raging wildfires forced the residents of Ruidoso, N.M., to evacuate – including the local shelter. Animal Humane New Mexico in Albuquerque took in every one of the shelter's animals: 23 dogs and puppies and 36 cats and kittens (including those pictured above). Our grant will help AHNM provide veterinary care for this huge influx of pets, ensuring they are healthy and will find forever homes. Houston Humane Society In May, parts of Texas north of Houston received more than 25 inches of rain, flooding the San Jacinto and Trinity Rivers and hundreds of roads and homes. Petfinder Foundation grant funds are helping Houston Humane Society provide medical care, vaccines, and microchips for owned, lost, or displaced pets, as well as food and items like leashes and litter boxes. Partners for Pets, Illinois When tornadoes struck the Troy, IL, area, parts of the Partners for Pets animal shelter were seriously damaged – including the fences that enclose its play yards, where dogs enjoy critical enrichment time (above). Our grant will help Partners for Pets to purchase and install new fencing. We're also helping the Humane Society of Marion County, Arkansas, replace elements of its dog-walking trail that were destroyed in a recent tornado; Georgia's City of Sparta Animal Shelter purchase high-powered industrial fans to cope with a prolonged heat wave; Greenawalds Service animal shelter in Texas repair the roof and air conditioning of a building damaged in a devastating storm; Pope County Humane Society in Minnesota replace medications lost in a power outage; and APET in Texas remove two massive trees that fell on its dog play yards following days of heavy rains. These severe weather events don't seem to be slowing down. [Your gift will help keep the most vulnerable animals safe.]( From all of us at the Petfinder Foundation, thank you for all that you do to help homeless pets. Emily Fromm Chief Development Officer The Petfinder Foundation [Donate]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Follow us on Facebook]( [Petfinderfoundation.com]( [Petfinderfoundation.com]( [Share]( [Share]( [Tweet]( [Tweet]( [Forward]( [Forward]( Copyright © 2024 The Petfinder Foundation, All rights reserved. You're receiving this email because you opted in at petfinder.com or petfinderfoundation.org, or because you donated to the Petfinder Foundation (thank you!). Our mailing address is: The Petfinder Foundation 4729 East Sunrise Drive #119Tucson, AZ 85718 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list]( [Mailchimp Email Marketing](