ATHENS, Texas (KLTV) – The Athens Animal Rescue Shelter got damage from Friday night’s storm.
A twister tore down many trees in the location, ruined their fencing and blew their indication away.
” We have a lot damage in our play backyards that the animals, the pets, aren’t going to have whenever out in the backyard, which is truly challenging for animals, to remain in their kennels all day,” stated Monika Allen, the director of the Athens Animal Rescue Shelter.
Allen stated she’s happy that no animals were harmed by last night’s storm, although a tarpaulin did get detached the top of the outdoors kennels.
” We have actually had considerable damage to trees, and the trees have actually fallen on our fence lines,” stated Allen.
Much of the shelter’s next-door neighbors lack power, including their next-door neighbor throughout the street who had a tree fall in the middle of their roofing.
The good news is, nobody was house in your home throughout the street when the tree fell.
15 animals were embraced or cultivated from the shelter after Allen sent a Facebook post requesting help with looking after the animals.
The United Method of Henderson County supplied fences for the pets after hearing the shelter’s fence had actually been ruined.
” It was terrific that we had the chance to assist them with PetSmart’s charity and the United Method of Henderson County. We had the ability to create the funds to get the fencing to them immediately,” stated Mary Valentin, secretary for the United Method of Henderson County.
James Hunt, the owner of Hunt’s Tree Service, likewise pertained to the shelter’s rescue to assist eliminate the fallen trees after finding out about the damage through Facebook.
” Well, my business typically volunteers sometimes like this, therefore we published a post and asked if anyone required any aid,” stated Hunt.
Numerous animals at the shelter are kept outside in confined locations. Allen stated she was fretted about the animals being out in the storm and being afraid of the loud sounds.
The board of the Athens Animal Rescue Shelter remains in the procedure of getting their fence completely fixed, in addition to tidying up the trees and particles on their home.
KLTV’s Sariah Bonds spoke to Director of the Athens Animal Rescue Shelter Monika Allen, who was worried about the security of their felines and pets throughout the storm.
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