More than a dozen dogs are headed to Atlanta after catastrophic flooding displaced thousands of people and led to at least 13 deaths in Louisiana.
Ten cats and 60 dogs arrived in Atlanta Friday after the Atlanta Humane Society brought them from Tangipahoa Parish, spokeswoman Stacy Guidice said.
The Humane Society plans to rescue 13 more dogs, she said. They are expected to arrive Saturday at the nonprofit’s Howell Mill campus.
Louisiana shelters are in “total crisis mode,” said Diane Robinson, director of operations at the Humane Society’s Mansell campus. She is leading the transport to Atlanta.
“Every phone conversation is heartbreaking because you can hear the stress and exhaustion in their voices,” Robinson said. “We are doing whatever we can to help get the animals out of there and save every life we can.”
The animals will be available for adoption in Atlanta as soon as they are medically cleared.
