{"id":754663,"date":"2018-09-18T08:24:17","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T12:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkcenter.us\/?p=754663"},"modified":"2018-09-18T08:24:17","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T12:24:17","slug":"she-heard-their-cries-and-couldnt-walk-away-so-she-helped-save-18-dogs-from-flood-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=754663","title":{"rendered":"She heard their cries and couldn\u2019t walk away, so she helped save 18 dogs from flood waters"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>They were barking and whimpering, she said, making noise befitting of their situation \u2013 some trapped inside, others in a kennel outside, while the floodwaters rose around them.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ANDREW CARTER:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;April Casey tried to take a shortcut to somewhere else on Saturday when instead she arrived at a dead end \u2013 a flood that blocked her path on Will Baker Road, a little ways south of Kinston. She\u2019d been on a mission to rescue cats for a friend who\u2019d summoned her help. Now, her path blocked, she walked out of her car and heard the cries of dogs from a nearby house. They were barking and whimpering, she said, making noise befitting of their situation \u2013 some trapped inside, others in a kennel outside, while the floodwaters rose around them.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cWe could hear them,\u201d said Casey, who lives in Seven Springs. \u201cThere was at least eight in the pen. And they were standing on the doghouse, but we couldn\u2019t leave them, at all.\u201d And so with the help of her family, a jet ski and some jon boats on loan from others who joined the effort, Casey led an impromptu dog rescue in a region of the state that is now fearing historic flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence. For about 90 minutes, people went to the flooded house and returned to safety with groups of dogs, many of whom were soaked and shaking. Some were in small pens. Some ran loose. At least one small dog collapsed, trembling&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cI love dogs. I love animals, period,\u201d Casey said. \u201c\u2026 They can\u2019t save themselves. There was some locked in the house, and the one that was hurt was locked up underneath the steps. Some of them were in kennels, some of them weren\u2019t. There was just a lot of them back there.\u201d In all, Casey said she and her crew rescued 18 dogs. 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