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SPCA of Monterey County is Sheltering 41 Evacuated Pets

SPCA Monterey County is currently caring for 41 evacuated pets, including 9 dogs, 14 cats, 17 horses, and one donkey due to evacuation orders and debris flows during this major winter storm. If you are given orders to evacuate, please always take your pets with you. SPCA Monterey County will be here to shelter animals if you do not have other places to take your pets. If you need assistance with sheltering, please call the SPCA at 831-373-2631 during the day or 831-264-5424 at night. Prepare now to ensure a calm evacuation should you receive orders. We have tips available at spcamc.org. How You Can Help: Please donate to help at www.spcamc.org/disaster-donate. Thank you for your support that makes all our programs, including disaster response and preparedness, possible. We are here for you, because of you. If You Are Given Evacuation Orders: Please take your animals with you. If you need assistance, please call us at 831-373-2631 during the day or 831-264-5424 at night. Prepare now to ensure a calm evacuation should you receive orders. We have tips available at spcamc.org. Find a place for your pets now, if possible, so that we can continue to help those who have no other options. For more information, please visit spcamc.org SPCA Monterey County is not a chapter of any other agency and we don’t have a parent organization. Everything we do is made possible by the support of our compassionate donors. All of our disaster response services are offered at no charge to our community. During the 2020 wildfires, SPCA Monterey County rescued, sheltered, evacuated, and cared for over 1,400 animals. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) Monterey County is your nonprofit, independent, donor-supported humane society that has been serving the animals and people of Monterey County since 1905. The SPCA is not a chapter of any other agency and does not have a parent organization. They shelter homeless, neglected and abused pets and livestock, and provide humane education and countless other services to the community. They are the local agency you call to investigate animal cruelty, rescue and rehabilitate injured wildlife, and aid domestic animals in distress. Online: www.SPCAmc.org. Facebook: /SPCAmc Instagram: @SPCAmc Twitter: @SPCAmc # # # Beth Brookhouser, CAWA Vice President, Marketing and Communications SPCA Monterey County P.O. Box 3058 Monterey, CA 93942 Cell: (831) 760-0426 www.SPCAmc.org

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