Floodwaters Kept Rising, But Hero Stops to Save 6 Dogs Locked in a Cage
Hurricane Florence might not have been really a hurricane, considered to be a tropical storm, but that didn’t mean that it didn’t cause any damage.
The Carolinas saw unending rain, forcing residents to leave their homes and all their belongings behind as they fled from a historic flooding.
Families were desperate, knowing that all they worked for would be destroyed, but what was more heartbreaking was that animals were lost or even abandoned.
Whether they were farm animals, pets in the backyard or at the shelter, many of them had no way of transportation to safety.
For example, volunteers heard howls from afar. As they approached a backyard, six dogs were swimming in their locked cage!
20. Leaving Pets Behind
When a man heard howling far away, he stopped what he was doing and went to investigate. As he approached a backyard, he couldn’t believe his eyes.
A locked cage filled with water was holding six dogs, who kept jumping on the fence, happy to finally see a human pass by.
Rising waters would have been a death sentence for them…
19. Take Your Loved Ones With You
The very first thing you do when disaster is on its way is to take your loved ones to safety. It doesn’t matter if it’s the family hamster, cat, dog, raccoon and so on. You take them with you and the rest of the family, just like these people did. At the end of the day, you know you’ve done a humane act.
That’s what the rescuers thought when they saw the caged dogs.
18. Leland, North Carolina
Two volunteers responded to the disaster and lent a hand to those in need. They also stopped to save the dogs from the flooded crate, and they didn’t do it for the praise or attention.
They did it to raise awareness and remember people to do the right thing, just like this man who bought a bus to save animals from drowning.
As they patrolled through LeLand, North Carolina, they heard the dogs howling. Wait and see what happens after…
17. Volunteer Work
Ryan Nichols and David Rebollar were in Leland, helping people gather some of their belongings and go to safety. They were accompanied by journalist Marcus DiPaola when they heard the dogs howling.
They went to investigate the noise and saw a cage behind a house, almost half filled with water.
Nichols said in an interview: “The dogs were almost underwater…” One of them filmed the moment as the other unlocked the cage.