Man Purchases School Bus To Save Shelter Pets Left Behind Throughout The Hurricane

Man Purchases School Bus To Save Shelter Pets Left Behind Throughout The Hurricane

If I need to, I’ll pay for all the fuel, or even a boat, to obtain these dogs out of there. A man called Tony Alsup was heading towards the hurricane when residents of South Carolina were preparing to leave recently as he ventured to perform his heartwarming plan. He drove an old school bus he had actually purchased to save the lives of animals that were left in the storm.

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Tony is a volunteer with EARS Emergency Animal Rescue and Shelter and had used the school bus when before to assist evacuate pets from Texas throughout Hurricane Harvey in 2017. And when he discovered shelter animals in South Carolina would certainly require the same kind of help this year, he jumped at the chance.

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” I’m like, look, these are lives too,” Tony told The Washington Post. “Animals– especially shelter pets– they always have to take the back seat of the bus. However I’ll give them their very own bus. If I need to I’ll pay for all the fuel, or even a boat, to obtain these dogs out of there.”

Facebook/Tony Alsup

Tony visited a number of South Carolina shelters prior to the almost all of the storm hit and also loaded his bus up with canines and cats. In total, 64 animals would certainly be shuttled to safety thanks to Tony’s big heart.

Facebook/Tony Alsup

Tony drove to a rescue facility in Foley, Alabama, where the pets would certainly be secure till they might become transferred to other animal shelters throughout the country. There they will ideally get to the ultimate goal of finding their permanently homes.

Facebook/Tony Alsup

The shelters he rescued these animals from were incredibly thankful for his heroic actions.

” Tony swooped in at 4 a.m. Wednesday morning to pick up our ‘leftovers’– the canines with heavyset heads, the ones with heartworm. The ones nobody else will ever before take. And he obtained them to safety,” the Saint Frances Animal Facility in Georgetown, South Carolina, claimed online. “Not the most conventional evacuation, yet surely the one with the most heart.”

Tony and all of the shelters are looking for fosters all across America to help out with the animals until they can find forever homes. You can additionally help out by donating to EARS Emergency Animal Rescue and also Shelter.

What an incredible gesture by this man. His actions deserve to be recognized by all!