Eleven years ago, we adopted our cat Linus from the Austin Humane Society, a shelter that has been a no-kill facility since 1952. Last month, the Austin Humane Society stepped up to help during the terrible Bastrop fires, a wildfire that destroyed over 1,400 homes and took a terrible toll on pets and wildlife. Throughout the disaster, the shelter helped residents with their injured pets, supplying assistance in Bastrop and filling the shelter with injured pets, many without pet parents.
This week, the Austin Humane Society received the first annual Mike Arms/Iams Hero Award. I had the chance to meet Mike Arms (photo, above) in person when I was in San Diego for BlogHer; he is a rock star in the world of rescue so this award will help shine widespread attention on the hard work the Austin Humane Society has done and continues to do. Here’s the news from the Helen Woodward Animal Center. Congratulations, Austin Humane Society!
On Monday, October 10, the Iams Company and Mike Arms, president of Helen Woodward Animal Center and founder of the Iams Home 4 the Holidays pet adoption program, will present the first annual Mike Arms/Iams Hero Award in recognition of Austin Humane Society’s extraordinary relief effort in the Austin/Bastrop wildfires in September, 2011.
Austin Humane Society took the lead in coordinating the disaster relief efforts for the animals displaced in the Austin/Bastrop counties as a result of the recent Texas wildfires. This widespread disaster destroyed over 1,400 homes in the Central Texas area. The Austin Humane Society helped create a temporary triage unit in the Austin and Bastrop areas providing food, refuge, and medical care for the displaced animals. We are grateful for their dedicated service to enhancing the quality of life for animals and their families.
Iams gives out the Mike Arms/Iams Hero Award to a person or animal organization that exemplifies the commitment and passion for the lives of orphaned animals similar to what Mike Arms has been doing for so many years.
For the past 12 years, Iams has joined forces with Mike Arms and the Helen Woodward Animal Center for the annual adoption campaign to help raise awareness of orphaned animals in shelters and rescues around the world. The program has created new ways to increase public awareness about orphaned animals, increase the number of pet adoptions, lower euthanasia rates, and set records for the number of people that are receiving humane education.
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