Community Rallies for Shelter in Jacksonville

JACKSONVILLE — Heavy rains took it’s toll this week at County Roads Rescue. Our news partner KETK caught up with Stephanie Hassell on Wednesday. Hassell found help in temporary shelter for the 30 plus animals after finding at least 6 inches of water inside the shelter during the storms. “The first thing I did, I came in and I checked on all our dogs to make sure that they were ok, I ran and checked on our cats to make sure nobody was just sitting in water.”

Hassell knew they needed help protecting the 34 animals in their care. “I called a friend of mine that works at the animal shelter and asked for help transporting dogs, even if it was two or three and she put out the word and within 30 minutes I had the police chief, the city manager, a detective, her, a volunteer, all here just putting animals in crates in their cars and getting them out of the water,” said Hassell. Any animals left over were picked up by Jacksonville residents more than willing to help. If you would like to help the shelter in the clean up and restoration efforts, you can click the link for the facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/CountyRoadsRescue/.