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August 24, 2018

Hurricane Harvey: One Year Later

One year ago, the SPCA of Texas staff began providing relief efforts for the victims of Hurricane Harvey. It was without a doubt the biggest challenge we faced last year and we learned so much about how we can help the Texas community in the event of a disaster. 


Beginning August 24th, the SPCA of Texas helped over 600 South Texas pets affected by Hurricane Harvey. We transferred more than 200 adoptable shelter pets from groups along the gulf coast to our shelters, where we treated them and put them up for adoption; helped transport more than 200 more to other shelters; and offered long-term housing and care for more than 200 pets of evacuees at both the Jan Rees-Jones Animal Care Center and at an emergency animal shelter at the old Reunion Arena parking garage next to the Mega Shelter for evacuees in Dallas that we built and ran for one month.

And after that, we helped families reconnect with their pets as they returned home. 
Thanks to the outpouring of generosity we received from individuals, foundations and corporations across the entire nation and because of the tremendous efforts of our staff and volunteers, we were able to swiftly respond to the needs of evacuee pet owners with grace, professionalism and, as always, the highest level of care.

With our commitment to offer help to Texas pets in crisis, we have spent the last year evaluating our response to Hurricane Harvey. We are deeply proud of the assistance we provided and we are dedicated to further enhancing our disaster response protocols so that when the next crisis occurs, we can help even more pets and their people.

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