A Salt Lake County dog rescue was flooded last week, forcing volunteers to quickly remove the animals from the rising water.
HERRIMAN — A Salt Lake County dog rescue was flooded Thursday, forcing volunteers to quickly remove the animals from the rising water.left the dogs shaken and the shelter damaged. The shelter takes in several senior dogs and those that need medical care.
"We had that prior storm, and I didn't really have an issue, and so I look at the camera, and I see one of my dogs had gotten out and their whole paw was covered in water," Mikesell recalled. The shelter, which holds around a dozen rescue dogs, flooded with several inches of water within minutes.Mikesell runs the rescue with her daughter Brittany. The team knew they couldn't get the dogs to a dry, safe place by themselves.They posted on their Facebook page Thursday night, asking for help.
"By midnight, we had 30 people here, including Lorin , the Herriman mayor, and Teddy Hodges, the councilman for Herriman," Kim Mikesell said."The dogs were horrified. They were roughed up," she said. "It was scary to them.""It would be a little over $20,000 to repair it to stop leaking," she said.Volunteers came to the rescue at Outreach Pawsabilities in Herriman Thursday to save many pets and provide cleanup during a recent storm.
The animal advocate is touched by how her neighbors responded to help her move her small, beloved herd.Outreach Pawsibilities information on dog adoption and donations can be found
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