Greater Birmingham Humane Society Helps Canines In The Crosshairs Of Hurricanes

By Karim Shamsi-Basha

When Hurricane Harvey hit Houston and the surrounding area, Allison Black Cornelius knew life would immediately change. Shelters in and around the stricken areas were going to need room for pets stranded or separated from their owners by the storm.

For that to happen, those pets already in the shelters needed to go somewhere else.

Birmingham was one of those “somewhere elses.”“After Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, there were a lot of displaced animals,” Cornelius said. “What people don’t realize is that these animals are lost and you can’t move them too far away from home. So one strategy is to move the existing animals to other shelters in safer areas to make room for the influx of other animals.”

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