An emergency rescue flight relieved critical pressure on Texas shelters after severe flooding, carrying 88 cats and dogs to Utah on July 17 and opening space for pets pulled from dangerous conditions across Central and South Texas.
What happened?
According to NTD, Best Friends Pet Adoption Center in Salt Lake City received the animals out of San Marcos. The group included 46 dogs and 42 cats, and all of them rode in the cabin with the crew.
Thirty-two of the animals were from the San Antonio-based Footbridge Foundation — 23 cats and nine dogs.
Kelsey Gardner, director of operations at the Footbridge Foundation, said those pets were not rescued directly from floodwaters, but transferring them still freed up much-needed room during the emergency response…