After back-to-back hurricanes, many families lost everything. Some were forced to move into new or temporary housing. In those moves, many made the difficult decision to surrender their pets.
It’s truly a heartbreaking reality for so many in the Tampa Bay area.
ABC Action news has reported on this happening for weeks now at rescues and shelters locally. The CEO of Fluff Animal Rescue in Largo, Kimmy Chandler, said it’s hard to turn anyone away but at the same time it’s become overwhelming.
Hope sounds like a cat purring or looks like a dog learning how to sit.
“Sit, sit! Good boy!” Chandler said as she gave a dog a treat.
“If we didn’t have a spot, where does that animal go? They end up back in the system that we saved them from. It’s a vicious cycle that we’re trying to break,” Chandler said.
But even rescues and CEOs with the biggest hearts can feel overwhelmed.
“We actually had an influx of 12 cats that were living in a car with a gal,” Chandler said.
The woman lost her home during the back-to-back hurricanes and could no longer care for her pets, according to Chandler.