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Brandywine Valley SPCA takes in animals from Texas freeze

Shelter seeks donors and adopters
February 27, 2021

The Brandywine Valley SPCA received more than 100 dogs and cats Feb. 21 via two rescue flights coming from Fort Worth, Texas.

The animals were relocated to relieve shelters that have suffered power losses, limited access to water, and dangerously low temperatures.

These intakes are in addition to the BVSPCA’s previously scheduled flight arrival Feb. 20 carrying nearly 100 dogs and cats from Louisiana. That brings the BVSPCA’s intake total to more than 200 animals in two days.

The BVSPCA was expected to receive from Texas approximately 40 animals in Georgetown and 70 animals in New Castle, for an estimated total of 110 animals. They will be housed at the Animal Rescue Center in Georgetown and across the BVSPCA’s Delaware campuses in Georgetown, Dover and New Castle, where they will be evaluated and spayed/neutered as needed. The dogs and cats on the flights were all fully vetted and health certificated.

“We are one of the few shelters in the region with the rescue infrastructure to handle such large emergency intakes,” said Adam Lamb, BVSPCA CEO. “This many intakes in a weekend will require us to use every bit of our available resources, but we see it as our responsibility to help other communities during critical times of need.”

The Texas animals arrived on two flights operated by Wings of Rescue and generously funded by the ASPCA. 

Any pets lost during the cold snap were held in Texas to be reunited with their families.

The community can help in three ways. With the resources required for this large intake, the BVSPCA welcomes donations from the community at bvspca.org/texas-freeze.

The community can help these pets find adoptive families by visiting the shelter to adopt or, if they aren’t in a position to adopt, sharing news of this large intake to reach families that have been considering adoption.

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