PSPCA Helps Save 7 Dogs From West Virginia After Devastating Floods

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – The PSPCA is helping out its fellow four-legged friends at the Kanawha Charlestown Human Association, an animal shelter hit hard by devastating floods in West Virginia.

The PSCPA has taken in seven dogs from the shelter. They arrived on Saturday, July 9.

Twenty-three people died and more than 1,000 homes were ravaged in the flooding.

The storm's aftermath has also had a disastrous impact on the lives of animals, the PSPCA says, therefore they along with organizations across the country are responding to the call for help from the American Humane Association.

The PSPCA has accepted seven dogs from Kanawha County, which was among the areas hardest hit by the storms.

The dogs will be housed in quarantine for two weeks prior to being available for adoption.

"The Pennsylvania SPCA has always been dedicated to using all of our resources in order to save the lives of animals in need," said Julie Klim, PSPCA Interim CEO.

"When we have the opportunity to make an impact on an area in great distress, we take action. With both people and animals in West Virginia struggling to survive and reclaim normalcy after a terrible natural disaster, anything we can to do relieve that burden, we will do."