Dogs impacted by Hurricane Ida flown to Colorado

DENVER (KMGH) — It's been astir a period since Hurricane Ida made landfall successful Louisiana and galore areas are inactive recovering from the damage.

Several organizations person stepped up to assistance with the aftermath, and connected Monday, that included the Denver Dumb Friends League (DDFL), an carnal structure successful Colorado.

DDFL orchestrated the relocation of astir 40 dogs impacted by Hurricane Ida. They were flown from Louisiana to Colorado by Wings of Rescue, a non-profit enactment that has flown much than 56,000 at-risk pets since 2012.

"All of their shelters were destroyed oregon they were recovered connected the streets surviving successful horrible conditions," said Peter Hoover, a Wings of Rescue worker who flew with the dogs.

DDFL volition instrumentality astir 20 of the dogs, and according to DFL Vice President of Operations Katie Parker, the remainder volition beryllium divided betwixt "The Humane Society of Pikes Peak Region, The Humane Society of Boulder Valley and the Rifle Animal Shelter of Rifle."

The extremity is to find the dogs a caller loving home.

"They tin really follow immoderate canine from immoderate of our shelters due to the fact that that past frees up our resources to determination much into these animals," said Parker.

This communicative was primitively reported by Bayan Wang connected TheDenverChannel.com.