People and their pets seek shelter at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on Aug. 28. A dozen years later, Katrina is viewed as a watershed moment in planning for pets during natural disasters. The organization sent more than 100 shelter animals out of San Antonio between Monday and Wednesday. The first rescue dog is offloaded as St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center in New Jersey welcomes nearly 100 dogs displaced by the hurricane in Texas. On Tuesday night at 10 p.m., eight mixed-breed dogs — labs, hounds and pit bulls — arrived at the Somerset Regional Animal Shelter in Bridgewater, N.J.

Source: Washington Post August 31, 2017 20:43 UTC