'What we saw here was shelters that were desperate to get the animals out because the next wave is about to begin and we're getting ready for that, too. So next week, we're going to go back and bring back more pets.'
Nearly a week after Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida, more than 100 deaths are now blamed on the storm.
These are pets who were already living in shelters when the hurricane hit, but most shelters are expected to overflow from strays and owners who simply can't care for animals because they're going to through so much themselves, so PAWS Chicago stepped up. "What we saw here was shelters that were desperate to get the animals out because the next wave is about to begin and we're getting ready for that, too. So next week, we're going to go back and bring back more pets," said Susanna Wickham, PAWS Chicago CEO.
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