NEW YORK (WCBS 880) — Help is coming for shelter animals affected by Hurricane Ida courtesy of the North Shore Animal League America.
The organization is holding a drive from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday at its Port Washington campus on Lewyt Street to gather supplies for animal shelters in the storm's impact zone.
"We're all very worried about our partners in Louisiana — the people and, of course, the animals as well," Sylvia Ottaka, senior director of rescue and community outreach, told WCBS 880. "We're asking the people to come out and please donate much-needed supplies such as cleaning supplies, bottled water, dog and cat food, bleach, sponges, paper towels, things that are going to be very scarce after this hurricane."
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North Shore Animal League America's Emergency Rescue Team will head south Tuesday morning to help its partner shelters, including Paws 4 Life.
"At that point, the items will be distributed to Paws 4 Life as well as the other shelters affected by the hurricane," Ottaka said. "Then our team will be coming back up to Long Island at the end of the week with animals from the shelters so they have more space to take in displaced animals."
Ottaka said North Shore Animal League will first take in 50 animals.
"Our team will be meeting up and taking more animals in the weeks to come," Ottaka said. "A lot of times the need is to get the animals out right away but also more and more animals end up in shelters. People unfortunately due to losing everything a lot of times have to surrender pets, have to give up their animal, so we want to make sure that shelters don't get overcrowded."
The animals will later be available for adoption by North Shore Animal League America.
