Grass Valley Animal Shelter Cares For Pets During Power Crisis – CBS Sacramento

GRASS VALLEY (CBS13) — There is gentle on the finish of the tunnel for folk nonetheless in the dead of night in Nevada County, however for these charged with caring for animals, it will possibly’t come quickly sufficient. One animal shelter in Grass Valley is now at capability in the course of the energy disaster.

There are two turbines fueling operations at Sammie’s Friends — one introduced by the county and fueled by the county that runs the canine shelter, and one within the cat facility that the shelter pays for and fuels itself.

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A line {of electrical} cords serves as a life line for the shelter. The Christmas storm left the shelter with out energy for the final two weeks.

“The first thing was getting staff to the shelter because your first panic is these dogs need their medication,” shelter director Liz Taylor mentioned. “They need to be fed. They need to be watered.”

Taylor and employees scrambled when the requires service began coming in.

“I gave out my personal cell number for people to say ‘That’s my dog’ and we would send them to the shelter to come pick them up as soon as possible,” Taylor mentioned.

Downed bushes took out energy poles and fences and many individuals had been evacuated.

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“Everybody is turning their dogs in and then animal control is finding a lot of dogs that are just wandering around out there,” Taylor mentioned. “We are full to capacity, beyond capacity.”

Even some cattle are beneath the shelter’s care.

Taylor says she is lucky to have a volunteer employees of 250, a lot of whom misplaced energy themselves. They take turns strolling canine, whereas others clear the within.

It’s a take-charge group in an influence outage that’s pushed of us and this facility to their limits.

“This year, we’re clocking 400K in medical care,” Taylor mentioned.

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One of the most important wants at Sammie’s Friends is a brand new washer and dryer. They undergo them so shortly and so they put on them out with the quantity of use they get. Also, canine beds, blankets and moist meals are wanted. Those are all necessary donations for this facility.