The tragic flood occurred in Marche in the night between Thursday 15 and Friday 16 September it caused 11 deaths and extensive damage to homes and infrastructures.
According to the latest data from the prefecture of Ancona, there are about 150 displaced people and about 50 injured, most of which in the municipality of Senigallia.
Unfortunately, even the animals they are paying the consequences, including the guests of kennels and catteries of the municipality in the province of Ancona.
Flood in the Marche: the “Angels of the mud” at work
Right from the start the “Mud Angels“are strenuously trying to save the animals that have been victims of the flood that hit the Marche.
Let’s talk about the zoophile guards and the volunteers of the International Animal Protection Organization (The bad ones), at work in extreme conditions in search of the missing with the help of local animal rights associations.
The shelters affected by the flood
What worries the most are the animals housed in shelters, structures that are now completely destroyed and flooded.
Several associations have decided to offer their contribution to save the animals affected by the flood.
Il Crib Door of Ancona has given its availability to accommodate dogs and cats that the Oipa zoophile guards and the volunteers of Biagio’s Group they are recovering among the debris and many people have come to help the four-legged “mud angels”.
Volunteers from the Lav (Anti-Vivisection League) of Ancona are helping facilities for dogs and cats, in particular the Association’s shelter Hairy Hearts Odv of Senigallia.
The images speak for themselves: a completely grounded and destroyed structure.
The observations of Luana Bedetti, coordinator of Oipa Ancona
The shelter Hairy Hearts of Senigallia, which rises in the flood zone, was evacuated but two cats lost their lives.
“Several dogs have died in the boxes, and, if tied up, in the grounds and gardens. We will never stop remembering that when there are weather warnings, animals must be moved from danger zones and made safe. Even cats let loose on these tragic occasions can look for places to hide and remain locked or stuck there, ”he observes Luana Bedettiregional coordinator of the Oipa zoophile guards of Ancona and its province.
“We hope that the Municipality of Senigallia will set up a new structure in a suitable place, since having a structure of that kind next to the river is already madness, but not having found a solution in almost 10 years to be able to secure the animals and thus avoid them. death, as happened in 2014, is unacceptable. There is so much to build and rebuild to help and we ask everyone to give us a hand ”, concludes Bedetti.
How to help?
The Oipa section of Ancona has activated a collection of food and material to be allocated to the animals of the families and shelters affected by the tragedy.
The collection will take place in via Caucci 4, in Ancona, and the contact details to be able to contribute are indicated on the association’s Facebook page.
In addition to shelters, there are also fears for escaped and missing animalsfor the cats of the feline colonies and for the free dogs of the territory.
The volunteers of the local animal rights organizations do not stop searching the territory to hope to bring as much as possible to safety.