Hope everyone had a safe and happy New Year!! Please read below completely and contact us via messenger or heartrescue2016@gmail.com if interested. Thank you!!

Heart Animal Rescue has recently been asked to partner with Winneshiek County Emergency Management (WCEM). Winneshiek County Emergency Management (WCEM) plays many roles in our community. One role they play is helping people find appropriate temporary shelter after a large-scale disaster. An emergency disaster could be flooding, a tornado, or a chemical outbreak to name a few. This is where Heart Animal Rescue was asked to help. The communal shelter for children and adults oftentimes cannot accept family pets, so they either stay in the affected home, or the family must try and find another placement option. What is being proposed is when a disaster happens, Heart would be contacted by Winneshiek County Emergency Management and Heart would try to find a temporary home for these displaced pets. Interested in helping?

Here are some important things to note:

• If interested in helping and providing a temporary home for these displaced pets, it does not obligate you in any way to take in an animal post disaster. Every effort would be made to match an animal which best suits your home.

• A normal timeline for a person to house an animal would be approximately three days.

• This does not mean you are a foster home for Heart Animal Rescue. You would only be asked to help in the event WCEM deems something to be a disaster.

• Your point of contact would be Heart and Heart would communicate with WCEM.

• If interested in being on a list, we would ask you to submit a short application, and a Facebook page would be set up to notify people when a disaster has occurred and if any pets need help.

• While this is for Winneshiek County disasters only, anyone within 50 miles is welcome to apply to help.