Canada Animal Rescue Group Aims to Aid Peers in Hurricane-Hit Cabo San Lucas Jeremy Nolais - Metro
go to original September 22, 2014

This photo shows some of the damage left to the in Los Cabos Humane Society storage area in the wake of Hurricane Odile. (Los Cabos Humane Society)

Organizers with a Calgary animal rescue group say they’re doing everything they can to help a group of Mexican peers who are caught up in the aftermath of a devastating hurricane.

...Among the chaos, the shelter run by the Los Cabos Humane Society has been destroyed, according to Carmen Elaraj, president of Calgary’s Fur-ever Homes Rescue Society.

She said the shelter had been racing to foster its animals out ahead of the storm but was still caring for between 50-100 when Odile made landfall.

“It was horrific . . . they lost all of the roofs, the emergency generators have run out, they’re asking for propane, which is in short supply,” Elaraj said.

“There’s no water — the city’s turned the water off — there’s no electricity. Most of the people that work in the shelter are low-income, so they’ve lost their homes and are now staying in the shelter with their family.”

Fur-ever Homes Rescue Society has worked closely with the Los Cabos group for three years, finding new homes for about 100 of its animals, Elaraj said.

Now, she plans to hop on a plane and head down to assist Oct. 9. She also owns property in the area and has allowed staff with the shelter to stop by and take supplies as needed.

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