Austin Pets Alive! | URGENT HEAT HELP

Jun 10, 2022

The climate is forecasted to be brutally scorching this weekend, beginning at 100 levels right this moment and going as much as 104 tomorrow. Although the warmth is unhealthy sufficient, we all know that this might get a lot worse if there are any energy outages. The extra we do TODAY, the extra possible we’re to remain on high of any catastrophic adjustments that will come up with out warning. You may assist us get the assets we have to keep forward of the hazard by giving NOW.

By making a present right this moment, you instantly assist us maintain animals protected. However there are a number of extra methods you may assist. Identical to with Winter Storm Uri, we all know we have now to deal with this emergency with a three-prong method.

1. The pets in our care: A very powerful factor we’d like right this moment is to maneuver as many canine as doable to foster houses the place they’ll get out of the lethal warmth. Regardless of the work that has gone into enhancing our services with extra shade and misters, this climate continues to be extraordinarily harmful for our most weak canine.

We’d like fosters and adopters to indicate up from 12-6 p.m. and assist by taking residence a canine whereas we get by means of this triple-digit warmth wave.

2. The pets in our neighborhood: Triple-digit warmth waves like this could kill pets a lot sooner than folks. It can save you animals NOW by posting on NextDoor asking neighbors to place water out for wildlife and neighborhood cats. Should you can, supply to assist a neighbor who has an outside canine with shade, ice, numerous water and even followers, and ask people to maintain pets indoors from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. every day to keep away from unintentional heatstroke. Our Optimistic Options to Shelter Give up (P.A.S.S.) Program ([email protected]) can be standing by to attach folks to scorching climate provides and recommendation.

We’ve put up indicators alongside the paths round City Lake warning of warmth stroke in canine and we have now despatched press releases to the media virtually on daily basis this week. We’d like your assist persevering with to unfold the phrase that this 100+ diploma climate will kill.

3. The pets in Texas: Austin could be very lucky to have a lot love for pets in want, as many communities wouldn’t have the identical assets. Our American Pets Alive! staff recurrently helps shelters in these communities deal with sicknesses and get extra pets adopted as an alternative of euthanized. Proper now, these communities have requested for assist in holding pets cool. We’re getting ready giant transports of provides to those shelters tomorrow and thru the weekend to incorporate followers, misters, and kongs that may be frozen.

You may assist us assist these communities in Texas with the provides they should maintain shelter pets protected by making a present NOW.

Thanks for supporting pets throughout this climate emergency. We all know how necessary the lives of companion animals are to you and we’re so grateful on your teamwork to ensure pets are protected.