Our local animal shelter was destroyed by a school bus :(

[runforrest]

This makes me so sad

We plan on adopting our next pup from here, and they do great work, but a school bus crashed into their building earlier this month and now they have no place to take in new animals.  I think the existing pups/dogs/kitties/cats are in fosters, but they take in almost 100 new animals a month (which is CRAZY, right?  I had no idea that many animals were homeless or close to being euthanized), and can't do so until they have a new location.  Luckily, nobody was hurt, but how scary.

My heart breaks for these poor animals.  They have a fundraising page set up, but I don't know how long it will take them to raise the needed money.  So sad

[justemily]

Oh no, that's awful. I volunteer at a rescue and I can't imagine that happening there!

[runforrest]

Yeah, it breaks my heart. I wish we could foster right now, but it isn't possible.

[Deleted]

Shouldn't insurance or the school bus company pay for this?

[bonquiqui]

You must live in my area.  So sad

[bonquiqui]

Oct 29, 2013 13:17:47 GMT -5 aeg511 said:

I just thought, holy shit - this happened again?!?!

I can't even watch the news about this anymore, because I want to rescue all of the animals.  

[bonquiqui]

Oct 29, 2013 13:20:31 GMT -5 carrotsmakemefat said:

Can you link to the page? I'd like to donate. If that isn't weird...

wgntv.com/2013/10/03/pets-need-foster-homes-after-school-bus-hits-animal-shelter/

[pixelpassion]

That's terrible. Hopefully the bus company's insurance will cover some of the damages. At least none of the animals were injured in the crash

[firedancer49]

That is sad, but I also would have thought insurance would cover the cost of a rebuilding?

[purrbox]

Damn, that bus did some serious damage!

That's sad, but I'm glad no one was injured.

[runforrest]

Thanks for posting the links!

They were leasing the building, so the owner of the building will get the insurance money to rebuild, I imagine. In the meantime, the shelter needs to find a new home.