Credit: Photo courtesy of the Cleveland APL's 2016 Pet Calendar
With room to spare on its adoption floor, the Cleveland Animal Protective League has accepted 16 adoptable dogs from shelters in South Carolina, lately battered by Hurricane Matthew.

The APL was contacted by the Humane Society of the United States about taking dogs from shelters in the south affected by the storm. These are dogs that will remain in Cleveland permanently, not pets that were lost or displaced by the weather and who — Homeward-Bound-style — might still have owners looking for them.

The 16 dogs arrived about 1 a.m. at the APL Wednesday night, said APL’s Communications & Events coordinator Carmen Rey, so little is known about ages and breeds of the dogs. More information will be available later in the day. 

Some of the dogs will be housed at the APL’s main location, said Rey. Others will be put up for adoption at the APL’s Parma PetSmart location.

You, too, could own a #HurricanePup.

This article appears in Oct 12-18, 2016.

Sam Allard is a former senior writer at Scene.

2 replies on “Adopt a Hurricane Matthew Dog from the Cleveland APL”

  2. If you can’t take your pet to a shelter without proper tags and proof of shots, and if you have to leave it in your flooded house, does that mean the animal is considered to be a stray or an abandoned pet?

    How long does the owner have to seek (and hopefully find) his lost or displaced (and hopefully rescued) animal–before they are shipped from Loozianna or North Carolina to Ohio or some other state?

    I can see why people won’t evacuate and might possibly wind up dead. I could never imagine leaving my three kitties to starve or drown.

    Chuckles the Clown

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