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In warehouses now converted to emergency wildlife centers throughout the Gulf Coast, highly trained workers are caring for wildlife impacted by the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.
While Massachusetts residents are closely watching Hurricane Earl as it heads toward the East Coast, more than 84 small wild animal patients temporarily living at Cape Wildlife Center--a full-time emergency care and wildlife rehabilitation center in Cape Cod, Mass.—have nothing to fear: contingency plans are firmly in place.
The HSUS Disaster Center has information you need to plan for the needs of pets and livestock during an emergency.
Theresa Barbo, director of the Cape Wildlife Center on Cape Cod, reports that Hurricane Earl passed without incident, except for strong wind gusts.
Overhead, low-flung clouds shed the trademark gray patina of a coming storm, as Hurricane Earl heads towards the coast. Staff at the Cape Wildlife Center make final preparations to protect their wildlife patients before the storm hits.
In addition to HSUS emergency responders and triage equipment that is ready for immediate deployment, our animal care centers are prepared to support local, regional and national responses to the Gulf Coast oil spill threatening the region and its wildlife.
As Hurricane Sandy heads north, the Cape Wildlife Center in Barnstable, Mass., operated by The Humane Society of the United States and The Fund for Animals, is safeguarding the wildlife rehabilitation hospital to protect the facility and its wild patients against potential high winds, heavy rainfall and flooding during what AccuWeather is saying is an “extremely rare and dangerous storm.”
The Cape Wildlife Center is ready to take on Hurricane Irene. All animal patients (and their caretakers) been relocated to a safe building and will be safe (and dry) throughout the storm.
HSUS experts assess Gulf Coast oil spill and prepare recommendations to help animals impacted by the disaster.