So sad--15 cats died in this fire. I have to hope it was from the smoke and not the actual fire.
This is from The Berkeley East Bay Humane Society's website:
Breaking News: In the early morning of May 20, a major fire destroyed a large section of our shelter. We lost our entire cat sheltering area as well as laundry facilities and offices. We are currently without water, electricity and phone service.
We lost 15 of our beautiful cats that were ready for adoption but all the dogs survived and are being cared for in our kennels and at a veterinary emergency service.
Link to ABC News Video. For some reason it won't embed.
Our most immediate needs are:
-Monetary donations. Any amount you can donate will make a difference. You can help us three ways.
- Online, press any DONATE button on the website
By phone at (510) 8457735. Our phone system is being switched to Fliqz to help you donate.
- Mail donations to:BEBHS, 2700 9th St, Berkeley,CA 94710
Foster Homes for dogs and cats.
Please Contact: foster@berkeleyhumane.org
if you have temporary space for a dog or cat.
Volunteers: In the immediate future, we will have major cleaning and repair tasks as well as animal care. Please contact:
volunteer@berkeleyhumane.org
if you can spare some time to help once the tasks are organized.
We will post updates of our needs on the website as we assess the situation.
We want to get back to helping the community with homeless pets just as we have done since 1927. We desperately need your help in this crisis, especially with donations, to get us going again. We can only do it with your help.
This is an amateur video I found on youtube:
Of course anything you can donate will help. They will also need volunteers in to help rebuild the shelter.
I had to give up a kitten there many years ago and they were really wonderful. I know there are a lot of pootie lovers here and you'd want to know about this.