KELSEYVILLE >> SPCA of Lake County has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Lake County Animal Care and Control (LCACC) to assist Lake Evacuation and Animal Protection (LEAP) with temporary animal boarding. Through this agreement, SPCA will be housing lost or displaced animals during times of disaster on a temporary basis at our facility in Kelseyville.
On Aug. 13, even before the ink was dry on the MoU, Clayton Fire broke out and LEAP was activated to assist the animals in harms way. Mandatory evacuations were ordered for segments of Lower Lake and the Avenues in the city of Clearlake and the animals began arriving Sunday afternoon at the SPCA.
At that time, SPCA was being utilized as Spay and Neuter Clinic for Clearlake Pet Project. So as the dedicated veterinary staff finished up with the spay neuter surgeries on the right side of the building and SPCA volunteers began transporting those animals home, LEAP personnel and their volunteers began setting up on the left side of the facility and began in taking animals evacuated from the Lower Lake and Clearlake areas.
Three of the animal that had been scheduled for surgery that day were actually under evacuation as well and stayed in the facility!
Between Sunday when the SPCA opened the facility to LEAP, and Thursday, Aug. 18, when the evacuation orders had been lifted and all of the animals went home, approximate 100 cats, 40 dogs, two goats, a dozen geese, six chickens, parrots, and a rabbit had passed through the SPCA doors.
The SPCA continues to hold it’s monthly vaccination clinic on the third Sunday of each month from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at 8025 Highway 29 in Kelseyville.
SPCA of Lake County is a 501c registered non-profit organization working to promote animal well being throughout the communities it serves.
