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Our teams are still on the ground, supporting victims affected by the recent hurricanes. We’re working hard to provide the local community with a range of resources, including establishing a distribution center for pet food and supplies. A huge thank you to the The Rachael Ray Foundation™ for their generous donation, which will greatly help impacted communities and shelters 🧡 Read more about our efforts here: https://bit.ly/3NxrBHe

⭐Pet Food Distribution in North Carolina⭐ In response to the devastating impact of Hurricane Helene on communities throughout North Carolina, we launched an animal assistance hotline for residents affected by the catastrophic storm. The hotline provides information on where residents can receive free pet food and supplies and other critical information. Our pet food distribution efforts are a lifeline for many families struggling in the aftermath of the hurricane, and they are made possible in part thanks to the incredible generosity of Hill's Pet Nutrition. Your donations are helping us reach countless pets and families in need 🧡

Happy National Farmer’s Day! Today is a day to recognize the work of higher-welfare farmers and ranchers across the country 🌾 Since 2017, the ASPCA has partnered with Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT), an organization that works to support farmers and ensure that all farm animals are raised in a more humane way, to fund a portion of their Fund-a-Farmer grants. These grants are provided to farmers who want to improve the welfare of their animals by increasing their access to pasture, achieving or maintaining a meaningful animal welfare certification, or implementing a big “systems change” project. Providing these grants is an important part of our efforts to build a more humane farming system as an alternative to cruel and unsustainable factory farming. To learn more and apply for these grants please visit: https://lnkd.in/grZ5ZSxg

Thank you, USA Today for sharing lifesaving info on how to keep pets safe during a disaster! We continue to help Helene-impacted animals in NC while assessing needs in FL in the aftermath of Milton. https://lnkd.in/eHNMXm3z

❗Announcement: Hurricane Relief Grants❗ The ASPCA will release an additional $1 MILLION in grant funding to help shelters with essential needs and hurricane recovery! Visit our grants page to apply today: aspcapro.org/helenegrants This funding will cover urgent expenses like supplies, food, transport, and vet care for animal welfare groups affected by Hurricane Helene and those helping animals in impacted communities. We recognize the devastation this disaster has caused in Western North Carolina and have boots on the ground bringing relief to impacted shelters to help move animals to safety. Thank you, animal welfare professionals, for everything that you are doing for the animals and let's work together to recover! The Hurricane Helene Disaster Response & Relief Grants are made possible in part through a generous gift from The Rachael Ray Foundation™, along with donations from other dedicated supporters ❤

We are thrilled to announce the 4 recipients of this year’s ASPCA Fund to End Factory Farming grants. These projects are improving our food system for the benefit of animals, people, and the earth. Congrats Vermont Law and Graduate School, Food & Water Watch, Friends of Family Farmers and Nebraska Communities United 🎉

🚨 BREAKING UPDATE🚨 Our disaster response team has been on the ground in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina assisting round-the-clock with critical disaster relief efforts following the catastrophic and widespread destruction left in the wake of Hurricane Helene in the Southeast. While assisting locally, we are also working to ensure the safety of the ASPCA Behavioral Rehabilitation Center (BRC) staff and animals in North Carolina, and yesterday we urgently evacuated more than 30 dogs from the BRC to the ASPCA Cruelty Recovery Center in Ohio. As we remain on the ground in North Carolina, we are working at the Emergency Operations Center to coordinate with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture to establish a statewide pet supply distribution plan to support impacted communities. Our teams are also supporting the North Carolina Department of Agriculture with help coordinating with partners in Western North Carolina to determine how we can best support additional needs, including evacuating displaced homeless animals out of the disaster zone. In Georgia, our teams are also on the ground assisting with impact and needs assessments in the storm's aftermath. During emergencies like this, it’s critical that we have support from compassionate people like you. While our response to this disaster continues to evolve, we hope we can count on you. Please make an urgent gift today to support our lifesaving efforts for communities, people and pets in need 🧡 aspca.org/HurricaneHelene

This October, as part of the Subaru Loves Pets initiative, Subaru of America and its retailers will provide more than $3 million in direct funding through grants administered by the ASPCA to their local animal welfare partners to help cover costs for preparing animals for adoption, veterinary expenses, and more. Many Subaru retailers will also host adoption, microchipping, or other types of events in their stores to help ensure more pets can find loving homes in their communities. Learn more about our partnership here: aspca.org/subarulovespets #SubaruLovesPets

🚨 URGENT: HURRICANE HELENE RESPONSE 🚨 Our team is currently on the ground in the Southeast with multiple response efforts following the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina. In Florida, at the request of Citrus County Animal Services and Franklin County Humane Society, we have been conducting water and land search-and-rescue assessments, providing support for animal evacuation and supporting impacted communities with pet food and other critical supplies for animals and pet owners. Escambia County Department of Animal Welfare has also been assisting us with emergency relief efforts in Citrus County. After FCHS shelter experienced flooding, we worked quickly to transport over three dozen shelter cats from Eastpoint to Sarasota, Florida. Shelter staff from Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League and Cat Depot were on-site to receive the 37 cats, and are providing medical and behavioral care until they're made available for adoption in the coming weeks. This emergency transport is just a slim part of our wider disaster relief in the Southeast. Hurricane Helene has also impacted our teams at the ASPCA Behavioral Rehabilitation Center (BRC) in Asheville, North Carolina. While our response efforts continue, we are also urgently relocating dogs from the BRC to our Cruelty Recovery Center in Ohio. We will continue to update our relief efforts and assess needs in the affected communities! Read more here 🧡 https://bit.ly/3ZJjONC

The Industrial Agriculture Conversion Act is the FIRST stand-alone federal legislation focused on supporting contract farmers who want to get out of the cruel, unfair factory farming system as they transition to higher-welfare, more resilient animal and crop production! The IACA is endorsed by over 100 farm, animal welfare, environmental and public health groups including the ASPCA 🧡 Read more from Reuters here: https://lnkd.in/eApbZ54J