Learn How to Help Pets Affected by the Fires
In response to the tragic fires that have swept through Los Angeles, Woods Humane Society continues to work with Los Angeles County Animal Care & Control to provide and facilitate emergency assistance with their pet rescue efforts.
As of this Tuesday, Woods has completed two transports, transferring adoptable pets from LA (who were available for adoption prior to the disaster) to SLO to make room in those shelters for animals displaced by the fires. Woods has transported 32 dogs and cats, many of whom are now available for adoption at the Woods SLO location.
Woods says they have been touched to see an outpouring of interest from the community to provide support for the fire response efforts. “At this point, the shelters in Los Angeles have communicated that they cannot accept physical donations of pet care items,” says Woods CEO Emily L’Heureux. “Instead, what they need is to transfer their unowned, adoptable pets to make room in their shelters for their emergency response for owned pets. Monetary donations to their shelters will also help them to be able to purchase specific goods and medications to treat injuries, provide advanced medical care, etc.”
Woods says one of the best things locals can do is to help LA’s adoptable animals find loving homes. “The more space we can make in our shelter at Woods, the more adoptable animals we can pull from LA. This allows those shelters more room to serve the hundreds of pets that have come in after being separated from their owners due to these devastating fires.”
Currently, the following animals from LA shelters are available for adoption at Woods SLO: dogs Bear, Bento, Chase, Fenway, Gus Gus, Hansel, Layla, Lola (pictured), Scotty, Troy, and Xavier, and cats Arthur (pictured), Eric, Jill, Karl, Larry, Lucy, Octave, Sanderson, and Tootie.
If unable to adopt, L’Heureux says locals can also support Woods’ relief effort by joining the Circle of Compassion, which is a monthly giving program that allows Woods to respond without hesitation to save animals when emergencies such as this arise and animals’ lives are at stake.
Woods Humane Society SLO is located at 875 Oklahoma Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93405 and is open to the public daily from 12-5 p.m., with adoption hours from 12-4 p.m. For more information about Woods, visit www.WoodsHumane.org or call (805) 543-9316.
