Over 200 Animals Rescued So Far

The American Humane Association (AHA), along with Animal Planet Rescue–an 82-foot disaster relief vehicle–is continuing its efforts to help animals caught in the North Carolina flooding. Rescue teams based out of Kinston, N.C., have worked day and night to rescue over 200 animals, including dogs, cats, cows, pigs, horses, chickens, and a duck.

Yesterday, AHA led a massive operation in Craven County that included over 100 volunteers. Dick Green, Manager of Field Services and AHA’s incident commander in North Carolina, said the rescue teams have been continually working to help animals. “With the help of our trained rescuers andvolunteers, we’ve been able to pull a large number of animals from houses and from out of the water,” Green said. “We plan to continue our operations in North Carolina until we are no longer needed.”

For the second year, AHA has joined forces with the cable channel Animal Planet to send the disaster relief vehicle and a team of rescuers into areas hit by natural disasters. The vehicle is equipped with a mobile vet clinic, specialized animal rescue equipment, rescue rafts and boats, as well as water tanks, animal feed, kennels and corrals to house rescued animals. In addition, this high tech command center can house up to eight rescue personnel