Florida no-kill shelter goes up in flames, six birds and cats were killed
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A week before Christmas, a Florida no-kill shelter went up in flames, killing six animals. Recovering from its loss, they ask for help.
It was late Thursday night when the fire started at Ayla Acre’s No-Kill Animal Rescue in Greenville in the Panhandle. The main house was consumed by the flames.
The sanctuary houses about 150 not adoptable animals.
Workers jumped into action and quickly tried to evacuate as many animals as they could. When fire rescue later arrived they battled the flames and ran into the fire helping pull out animals.
Although the flames were put out, it destroyed the shelter and killed six animals.
Staff at sanctuary told First Coast News that they believe the fire started from a heat lamp inside a tortoise enclosure. It is believed that the animals killed were birds and cats.
Now, the sanctuary is calling for the public in their time of need.
“We need your help. We will need to bring in temporary housing as soon as possible. We also need to pay for vet care for those animals that were injured in the fire,” the sanctuary posted on its Facebook.
Along with the pictures of the main house torn by flames, the rescue posted an image of a cat battled injured by the flames.
As the rescue faces a somber holiday, it asks for donations to be made at aylasacres.org. Within an hour of its posting, more than 70 people have donated $3,143.
This story was originally published December 20, 2019 at 11:22 AM.
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