Maui wildfire pets up for adoption in Bay Area
Animal rescue organizations are stepping up to help pets impacted by the wildfires in Maui. Forty dogs and cats that were already in Maui shelters before the fires were individually crated and shipped to the Bay Area in a coordinated effort by Berkeley Humane.
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00:00 Well, animal rescue organizations are stepping up to help pets impacted by the wildfires
00:06 in Maui.
00:07 Lena Halland has more in today's Positive Story.
00:11 Friday night came a special delivery from Maui.
00:14 Kind of brought a tear to your eye seeing them come off the plane and knowing they're
00:18 safe here.
00:19 Forty dogs and cats that were already in Maui shelters before the fires individually crated
00:24 and shipped to the Bay Area in a coordinated effort by Berkeley Humane.
00:29 What we did was help clear the shelters in Maui so that animals displaced by the fires
00:35 can have a place to go while their owners look for them and hopefully they can be reunited.
00:40 The Animal Rescue Foundation in Walnut Creek taking in a total of five dogs and four kittens,
00:45 one of which has already found its forever home.
00:49 CEO Susan Levick says for her it's personal after growing up in Santa Rosa.
00:55 It means more to me than I can possibly say.
00:59 Catastrophic wildfires ravaged our community twice and I know what that feels like.
01:05 I know the absolute heartbreak and confusion.
01:10 And it doesn't end there.
01:13 Marin Humane, East Bay SPCA, the Alameda Animal Shelter and the Tri-City Animal Shelter also
01:19 stepped up with Berkeley Humane and ARF to take in as many dogs as they had room for.
01:25 Animal welfare in general, we're all family, we're ohana as the Hawaiians call it, and
01:31 so we wanted to help them out.
01:33 The staff right now is overwhelmed with animals in need.
01:36 And by Monday morning, people like Beth Manganaro showed up with an open heart and an open kennel.
01:42 Because my family and I always rescue dogs and it's really important to give a dog another
01:47 chance.
01:48 And that's something that we've always enjoyed as Maui, especially Lahaina.
01:52 So I'm just trying to help out in a way that I can rescue a puppy.
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