SPCA Cincinnati SAVES Animals

Dozens of organizations SPCA Cincinnati have responded to a distress call when New Orleans was broken by Hurricane Strain in September. It was one of the first, Ohio, is well known in Ohio and Kentucky for their relief efforts in disaster and the association of willingness to help other shelters in the region place adoptable animals in new homes. SPCA Cincinnati sent field supervisor Todd Manses to New Orleans to help organize the immense temporary shelters set up in Gonzales, Louisiana. Manses went south in a house rented by the Humane Society and used as unofficial headquarters of a dozen volunteers who worked long hours to take care of animals brought to the engine installation.

Manses helped design a system for trapping and SPCA Cincinnati makes it a success. Many incoming dogs were identified as pit bulls, Manses knowledge in handling these dogs as animal control officer in Ohio, a state where dogs are considered vicious by law, was of particular interest in this work. While Manses worked in the south, Cincinnati SPEC officials prepared to receive 150 animals that must be controlled and placed in foster homes until SPCA Cincinnati they can be reunited with their families or adopted by new homes. SPEC Director Harold Dates and shelter director Andy Mailman worked tirelessly for donations of equipment, veterinary care, and transportation of animals. Dates were determined to provide an effective and smooth to minimize stress in the SPCA Cincinnati animals and provide the best opportunity to get pets at home if possible tension.

About 400 people have volunteered to foster dogs. Department Hamilton County Sheriff out background checks on applicants, and 150 were selected to receive the animals. The American Kennel Club companion Animal Recovery has provided funds for SPCA Cincinnati each animal. Dry. Kevin Kettering, a veterinarian who is a member of the Board organized local SPEC to provide immediate veterinary care to animals when they arrived. A donor paid for the cargo plane to bring dogs and cats to Cincinnati, and Delta Airlines donated the use of a conveyor belt to take away animals freighters.

Dozens of SPCA Cincinnati volunteers were in Greater Cincinnati Airport when the cargo plane arrived on 16 September. Each animal was briefly checked before being transported to the new facility from the Humane Society in suburban Cincinnati. The animals that were sick were sent to veterinary clinics. The rest received the largest medical examinations before being placed in foster homes. Sixty percent of the dogs were positive heart worm, Mailman said SPCA Cincinnati, and were treated for the parasitic disease. Other medical problems include skin problems and ringworm.