AHA's Emergency Services Responds to Blizzard in New York

American Humane Association
Saturday, 29 December 2001

The American Humane Association's Emergency Animal Services responded to a request by the Erie County SPCA to deliver two Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV) to the Buffalo area which has been experiencing record amounts of snowfall.

"With the city of Buffalo and surrounding areas currently in a state of emergency, we're here to help the SPCA assist the animals in need in their community," stated AHA's director of emergency animal services, Ben Drotar.

AHA's Animal Planet Rescue responded immediately by securing and delivering two SUVs. The vehicles were immediately used to retrieve stranded pets.

The American Humane Association has been helping animals in disasters since World War I when asked by the US government to form a rescue and ambulance service for injured cavalry horses. The past five years have been among the busiest ever for AHA's emergency animal relief. AHA has rescued animals after every major recent disaster including earthquakes, hurricanes and floods. Most recently, AHA worked to support the rescue dogs involved with the recovery efforts at the World Trade Center.

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