Conroe, Texas • They came by the dozens, friends and family members looking desperately for missing pets, hoping to find dogs and cats displaced as a result of the massive hurricane that devastated the state.
Some pets were terrified by the roaring winds brought by Hurricane Harvey and ran away as the storm rolled in. Some were rescued by the many boats that scoured the streets-turned-rivers after the floodwaters swept in.
Harvey created a vast need to care for thousands of pets that will stretch on for months. That’s why the Utah-based nonprofit Best Friends Animal Society has set up shop at the Montgomery County fairgrounds about an hour north of downtown Houston.