Austin Pets Alive! Rescues 1,000 At-Risk Pets After Winter Storms

Austin TX

25 March, 2021

4:08 PM

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AUSTIN, TX — An Austin no-kill animal shelter has rescued and transported 1,000 pets to safety after February's winter storms. Austin Pets Alive!, a no-kill shelter that focuses on innovative lifesaving programs to save animals most at-risk of euthanasia, announced Thursday it had transported 27 cats by plane to a Wichita, Kansas shelter early Wednesday. Wednesday's transport marked a goal for the shelter after culminating a weeks-long effort to transport 1,000 at-risk pets to safe shelters after February's winter storms. Austin Pets Alive! transported 27 cats at-risk of euthanasia by plane to a Kansas shelter Wednesday morning. The transport marked a goal for the shelter after culminating a weeks-long effort to transport 1,000 at-risk pets to safety post winter storm. (Media handout by Austin Pets Alive!)Officials said Austin Pets Alive! responded to urgent pleas for help from small, rural shelters across the state that lacked resources to care for all the pets that were suddenly arriving through their doors following the winter storms. The shelter's Town Lake facility became a central transport hub for these pets in need, while shelter partners across the country organized the next leg of transportation to reach their final destinations, authorities said. From Florida to Washington to Massachusetts, animal shelter staff across the U.S. welcomed these vulnerable pets with open arms, providing safe shelter and care to get them ready for adoption within their respective new communities. Austin Pets Alive! transported 27 cats at-risk of euthanasia by plane to a Kansas shelter Wednesday morning. The transport marked a goal for the shelter after culminating a weeks-long effort to transport 1,000 at-risk pets to safety post winter storm. (Media handout by Austin Pets Alive!)The no-kill animal shelter told Patch Thursday Charlie, a young orange tabby, was the 1,000th "passenger" in this transport journey. Charlie and the 26 other cats will be met at the receiving airport by staff members from KC Pet Project, who will then drive the cats the rest of the way to their shelter to be put up for adoption.