Pa. Nonprofit Joins Post-Tornado Animal Rescue Effort in Tupelo

A Pennsylvania animal welfare organization is in Mississippi helping to rescue pets impacted by last week’s devastating tornados.

Animal Lifeline, located in Bucks County, was selected by International Fund for Animal Welfare to help in an animal rescue effort in Tupelo, where an F3 tornado touched down last week.

The Pennsylvania nonprofit organization will transport approximately 90 pets to adoption partners in Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C. and Northern New Jersey, it announced Monday. Animal Lifeline will be supporting the Tupelo-Lee Humane Society.

“We are honored to be chosen as one of the organizations to be deployed to Tupelo to work in partnership with IFAW. We are trained to perform these rescue missions, but moreover we love what we do,” said Denise Bash, executive director of Animal Lifeline.  “When natural disasters strike like this, we are always ready and prepared to deploy on a moment’s notice”.

The receiving shelters, where the dogs will be placed up for adoption, include Last Chance Ranch in Quakertown, Lancaster SPCA in Lancaster, Women’s Humane Society in Bensalem, Wet Nose Rescue in Feasterville and Animal Alliance in Lambertville, N.J.

A second transport of approximately 35 dogs is scheduled later this week and will head to the Washington Animal Rescue League in Washington, D.C., and St. Hubert’s in Madison, NJ.

Animal Lifeline, an emergency Relief Network partner of The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), was founded in 2006. The organization strives to create humane solutions for animals locally and nationally. 

Click here to learn more about Animal Lifeline.