Helping animals impacted by hurricane

C1 3 far away... but more than just rain spread from the coast to kentucky.

The state is seeing an influx of stray or abandoned pets.

As abc 36's alex king explains, a business is partnering with animal shelters to address the problem.

Alex:"in order to get the animals impacted by hurricane laura into the shelter, they have to get their current animals out and that means finding them loving homes."

The animals are being brought from texas and louisiana to shelters throughout the country.

And with limited space, the lexington humane society wants more families to open their homes and hearts to adoption.

Liz:"we definitly would encourage folks to come and do a meet and greet because you never know until you come out and visit with an animal if it's the right fit and there's so many different animals.

Cats, dogs, kittens with all different personalities looking for all different types of homes."

Nat sound - dog barking so far, 274 pets have safely settled in at 20 different animal shelters across the country, and now they're looking for forever homes.

The lexington humane society is expecting several animals to arrive at the end of the month... they'll be pets that have been in the shelter longer so families may still reconnect with their lost loved ones at shelters near their homes.

Liz:"it's a win win across the board.

We help the animals in our community, we help the animals in other communities and we're just excited and appreciative to be included in this event."

Animals included in this week's empty the shelters promotion will be microchipped and spayed or neutered.

Alex:"adoption fees will be reduced to $25 for cats, kittens and dogs from september tenth to the seventeenth.

Reporting in lexington, alex king, abc 36 news."

To learn more about the hurricane relief bissell event and for a full list of shelters the hurricane relief bissell event and for a full list of shelters helping these animals, head to our website wtvq.com.