Dogs and cats are being housed and cared for at the Helen Woodward Animal Center in Rancho Santa Fe until they're ready to be adopted.
The toll from the wildfires on Maui is still being assessed, as is the toll on dogs and cats in the Lahaina area. Help for the animals is coming from San Diego County. KPBS reporter John Carroll shows us how a local animal shelter is relieving the stress in Maui.
“After the fire, we knew that adoption rates were gonna plummet," said Monica Petruzzelli, communications manager at the Helen Woodward Animal Center in Rancho Santa Fe.The front entrance of the Helen Woodward Animal Center in Rancho Santa Fe is shown on August 24, 2023. But the 10-plus dogs now at Helen Woodward are not those lost and injured pets. Petruzzelli said it was apparent from the start that the shelters in Maui would quickly be at over capacity with those animals that found themselves homeless.“What our partners needed the most when we asked them, was space. They are currently trying to build makeshift kennels because they’re out of room," she said.For now, the canine arrivals are being assessed and getting everything they need.
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