NONPROFIT SPOTLIGHT
PET RESQ TO THE RESCUE ROBYN URMAN PUTS ANIMALS FIRST By Melinda Flynn
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t takes a certain type of person to put the needs of an animal at the top of their priority list. That is exactly the person at the head of Pet ResQ Inc., Robyn Urman. Urman, who began volunteering at the age of 18, started Pet ResQ Inc. after witnessing the devastation of pets and their humans during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. “I realized just how much I could help,” she said. Not only did she realize how much she could help, she realized how much she felt the need to help with something that a lot of people don’t consider when they are looking at the remnants of a crisis.
“No one is at fault when they must choose their child over their pet in the wake of a catastrophe, but that animal still deserves help,” she said. That’s when Urman and her team at Pet ResQ. Inc. step in to do what they can to help. Pet ResQ. Inc. not only shows up after a natural disaster, but in many other situations as well. For example, they also save animals from high-kill shelters and foster pets for women who are in shelters until they can be placed back with their families. Succinctly, if they’re called on for help, they show up to help. Currently, they do not have a physical building to house all the animals (though that is a goal for the future), so they rely on the kindness of volunteers to
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