Pets displaced by tornadoes await reunions

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.—Those leaving the Tuscaloosa Metro Animal Shelter these days are either overjoyed after finding their pets lost when tornadoes ravaged the region or heartbroken and often moved to tears when they don’t.

Reginald Jackson has felt both.

He walked up and down the rows of cages, looking for his pit bull Bolo, but the dog was nowhere to be found. About to leave, distressed that his year-old animal was still missing, Jackson looked and there was Bolo. A veterinarian was walking him from an exam.

“Someone was coming in the door with him,” said the 55-year-old Jackson, a stockroom worker. “I was glad to see him.”

Hundreds of animals have ended up at this single shelter after the storms. Some are injured, others simply scarred by fear. Read More…


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