Boehringer Ingelheim donation helps pets affected by Hurricane Florence

Donations from Boehringer Ingelheim helped pets in North Carolina and South Carolina affected by a hurricane that caused wind damage and flooding.

The company donated much-needed vaccines, parasite-control products and other medical supplies to GreaterGood.org, a nonprofit organization that is devoted to improving the health and well-being of people, pets, and the planet.

The help came after Hurricane Florence hit the Carolinas in September 2018, bringing life-threatening floods and a record-breaking storm surge. The storm downed trees and caused power outages across parts of the two states.

The hurricane also affected pets.

GreaterGood.org distributed the supplies from Boehringer Ingelheim to numerous animal-welfare organizations in both states. In each area that received supplies, one organization acted as a hub to distribute it to additional shelters, government agencies and rescue groups.

In the North Carolina capital of Raleigh, that hub was the SPCA of Wake County, which shared GreaterGood.org inventory with 12 animal-welfare organizations in nine counties. Local SPCA workers also used donated supplies to vaccinate and prevent parasites from infecting more than 100 animals in the group’s care.

“We received, used, and/or distributed 12,000 individual vaccines and 10,000 individual doses of oral or topical parasite preventive/treatment,” the SPCA told GreaterGood.org.

The SPCA also took in 15 animals displaced by Hurricane Florence, treating them and ultimately finding them adoptive homes.

Further west, in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department’s Animal Care and Control Division dispersed vaccines and heartworm and flea preventive provided by GreaterGood.org to seven animal-welfare agencies, helping an estimated 1,000 animals.

In South Carolina, animal shelters and rescues were recovering from prior storms when Hurricane Florence hit. GreaterGood.org gave the vaccines and other medical supplies from Boehringer Ingelheim to the Charleston Animal Society in North Charleston, South Carolina.

“Many shelters and rescues operate on limited budgets and were further stretched by intake from the storm and subsequent flooding,” the Charleston Animal Society told GreaterGood.org.

The organization distributed about 40,000 vaccines to 16 animal shelters and rescue groups around South Carolina. It also administered vaccines at its AAHA-accredited clinic and its mobile vet clinic, which travels throughout Charleston County.

“Vaccines are a necessary cost for the care of companion animals, and this distribution saved countless dogs and cats, making them more likely to be adopted into loving homes,” the Charleston Animal Society said.

This article is based on information supplied by GreaterGood.org