The Hill Country flooding devastated Kerr County and the surrounding areas, leaving not only hundreds of people but also hundreds pets displaced, and North Texas is helping take them in.
On Thursday around noon, a plane landed at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport, carrying 117 cats and dogs from shelters in flooded San Angelo and San Marcos.
Wings of Rescue, an animal advocacy nonprofit organization, coordinated the flight. The nonprofit is dedicated to transporting “abandoned, homeless and at-risk pets” from disaster areas to shelters with available space, according to its website.
This is the second flight run by Wings of Rescue that brought animals displaced by the Hill Country floods to Fort Worth, bringing in a total of 242 animals…