Emergency Response Stories

Spotlight on people who have given their time, talents and passion to volunteer with hurricane pets in need in Houston after Hurricane Harvey.

Best Friends works with our Network partner animal shelters and rescue groups in Florida to make space in shelters for displaced Hurricane Irma pets.

The 2017 Austin Strut Your Mutt event became a dedicated fundraiser and adoption event for hurricane pets and Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.

Dog who got out of his yard during Hurricane Harvey is reunited with his owner at the Pet Reunion Pavilion in Houston. He also now has a microchip.

Spotlight on some of the animal volunteers and Best Friends staff who are helping with rescue efforts in Texas after Hurricane Harvey.

In the Hurricane Harvey aftermath, Best Friends and our Network partners are saving all pets, including special-needs and senior dogs and cats.

Heroes from the National Guard, US Department of Justice, ATF, U.S. Marshal Service, BLM and fire departments help pets affected by Hurricane Harvey.

Hound mix dog got out of his family's yard in Houston, Texas, as Hurricane Harvey hit, but he has now been reunited with his people.

In Harris County, Texas, puppies and a mother dog are saved by a caring couple after Hurricane Harvey and brought to the Rescue and Reunite Center.

After Hurricane Harvey, Best Friends is helping cats and kittens rescued from flooded areas and surrendered by flood-displaced families.

Community Animal Welfare Society, Rescue Rovers and Nuzzles & Co. move animals out of Texas shelters to Utah to make room for Hurricane Harvey pets.

Rescuers save stranded, dehydrated, thin and exhausted boxer dog from floodwaters after Hurricane Harvey in Texas and get her prompt veterinary care.

Best Friends is helping with Hurricane Harvey relief and reuniting lost pets with their families, while also focusing on making no-kill a reality.

Veterinarians and vet techs help Hurricane Harvey animals, providing checkups, vaccines and critical care, at the Rescue and Reunite Center in Texas.

After Hurricane Harvey, rescuer brings 50 homeless dogs, who were threatened by the flooding, to the Rescue and Reunite Center in Conroe, Texas.