Dozens of people in south Florida will search for animals at shelters to temporarily take home during Hurricane Milton’s passage.
The idea is to free up shelters for other dogs and cats whose owners need to be evacuated from residential areas.
Acts of solidarity free up these spaces and increase availability for pets who need a safe place to ride out the hurricane.
In Florida, it is traditional for nonprofit organizations to work to protect both wildlife, such as squirrels, owls, ducks, and opossums, and typical pets, such as dogs and cats, when a hurricane approaches. Masu.
In September 2019, days before Hurricane Dorian, the South Florida Wildlife Center in Fort Lauderdale, Broward issued an urgent plea to find homes for about 400 animals.
The organization, which treats, heals and releases injured and orphaned species into the wild, released animals in good condition during the storm, believing they were safer in the wild than in cages.
Meanwhile, after rescuing 17 dogs, the nonprofit organization Miami Animal Rescue lamented that the number of abandoned pets had increased as the storm approached Florida.
That year, Florida Republican Sen. Joe Gruters introduced a bill that would penalize anyone who “abandoned, tied up, or left their pets unattended outside the home” during a hurricane. The law deemed this a crime of “animal cruelty” and imposed a $5,000 fine.
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