DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 5, 2024--
The Halifax Humane Society faces a critical challenge due to a surge of large adult dogs entering their shelter. This influx has pushed the organization to its capacity limit, prompting them to implement a three-point lifesaving plan and seek the community's urgent support through adoption and fostering.
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Open Doors, Open Hearts: Free Adoptions and Generous Foster Incentives
The plan offers significant incentives to make opening your home to a deserving dog easier than ever.
“With 572 animals currently in our care, we have absolutely no space for more dogs,” says Sean Hawkins, CAWA, CFREE, Chief Executive Officer of the Halifax Humane Society. “When our veterinary and animal care teams reach their limits, and we have no safe housing available, we need the community to step up and help us save lives.”
Keeping Pets Home is Key
The lifesaving plan also encourages potential pet surrenders to explore other options. “We'd rather support families in keeping their pets,” emphasizes Hawkins. “This includes offering financial assistance for training, one-time vet bills, crates, or even fence repairs. Our priority is preventing overcrowded shelter conditions that can compromise animal wellbeing.”
Help Halifax Humane Society Create Happy Tails!
The Halifax Humane Society is located at 2364 LPGA Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32124. The shelter telephone number is (386) 274-4703. Visit their website or social media pages to learn more about adopting, fostering, or donating to support their lifesaving work.
This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, all adult dogs are free to adopt at Halifax Humane Society. Dogs go home with a six-month supply of flea and heartworm prevention and a one-month food supply. Families who cannot adopt but can temporarily foster a homeless dog will be paid $50 a week and will be provided with all the necessary supplies to care for the dog. (Photo: Business Wire)
The dogs in the photo shoot were the longest residents at the shelter, most experiencing homelessness for over 200 days. Allowing the dogs to meet new people and experience exciting things like trucks and people in uniforms helps them build confidence and skills to adapt to a new home. (Photo: Business Wire)
Firefighters at Daytona Beach Fire Station #7 spent the morning with adoptable dogs from the Halifax Humane Society for a photo shoot with volunteer photographer Joleen Skerk. Showcasing the dogs outside the shelter allows their personalities to shine and attract potential adopters. The outing also gives the dogs a break from shelter life. (Photo: Business Wire)
DEATH VALLEY, California (AP) — After causing deaths and shattering records in the West over the weekend, a long-running heat wave will again grip the U.S. on Monday, with triple digit temperatures predicted for large parts of the East Coast.
The dangerous temperatures caused the death of a motorcyclist in Death Valley.
The U.S. heat wave came as the global temperature in June was record warm for the 13th straight month and it marked the 12th straight month that the world was 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than pre-industrial times, the European climate service Copernicus said in an early Monday announcement.
An excessive heat warning, the National Weather Service's highest alert, was in effect for about 36 million people, or about 10% of the population, weather service meteorologist Bryan Jackson said. Dozens of locations in the West and Pacific Northwest tied or broke previous heat records.
A high temperature of 128 F (53.3 C) was recorded Saturday and Sunday at Death Valley National Park in eastern California, where a visitor died Saturday from heat exposure and another person was hospitalized, officials said.
The two visitors were part of a group of six motorcyclists riding through the Badwater Basin area amid scorching weather, the park said in a statement.
The person who died was not identified. The other motorcyclist was transported to a Las Vegas hospital for “severe heat illness,” the statement said. Due to the high temperatures, emergency medical helicopters were unable to respond, as the aircraft cannot generally fly safely over 120 F (48.8 C), officials said.
The other four members of the party were treated at the scene.
“While this is a very exciting time to experience potential world record setting temperatures in Death Valley, we encourage visitors to choose their activities carefully, avoiding prolonged periods of time outside of an air-conditioned vehicle or building when temperatures are this high," park Superintendent Mike Reynolds said.
Officials warned that heat illness and injury are cumulative and can build over the course of a day or days.
"Besides not being able to cool down while riding due to high ambient air temperatures, experiencing Death Valley by motorcycle when it is this hot is further challenged by the necessary heavy safety gear worn to reduce injuries during an accident,” the park statement said.
Across the desert in Nevada, Las Vegas on Sunday set a record high of 120 F (48.8 C).
Triple-digit temperatures were common across Oregon, where several records were toppled, including in Salem, where on Sunday it hit 103 F (39.4 C), topping the 99 F (37.2 C) mark set in 1960. On the more-humid East Coast, temperatures above 100 degrees were widespread, though no excessive heat advisories were in effect for Sunday.
“Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors,” read a weather service advisory for the Baltimore area. “Young children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstances.”
Rare heat advisories were extended even into higher elevations including around Lake Tahoe, on the border of California and Nevada, with the weather service in Reno, Nevada, warning of “major heat risk impacts, even in the mountains.”
“How hot are we talking? Well, high temperatures across (western Nevada and northeastern California) won't get below 100 degrees (37.8 C) until next weekend,” the service posted online. “And unfortunately, there won't be much relief overnight either."
More extreme highs are in the near forecast, including possibly 130 F (54.4 C) around midweek at Furnace Creek, California, in Death Valley. The hottest temperature ever officially recorded on Earth was 134 F (56.67 C) in July 1913 in Death Valley, though some experts dispute that measurement and say the real record was 130 F (54.4 C), recorded there in July 2021.
Weber reported from Los Angeles. AP journalists Margery Beck in Omaha, Nebraska, and Walter Berry in Phoenix contributed to this report.
People walk in the sun along the Las Vegas Strip, Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Las Vegas. The city set an all time record high of 120 F (48.8 C) Sunday as a heat wave spread across the Western U.S. sending many residents in search of a cool haven from the dangerously high temperatures. (AP Photo/John Locher)
People walk through misters along the Las Vegas Strip, Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Las Vegas. The city set an all time record high of 120 F (48.8 C) Sunday as a heat wave spread across the Western U.S. sending many residents in search of a cool haven from the dangerously high temperatures. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Lucita Corupuz, 80, visiting from St. Louis, covers up from the sun while visiting the University of Washington campus with family Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Seattle. An excessive heat warning — the National Weather Service's highest alert — was in effect for about 36 million people. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times via AP)
People cool off in misters along the Las Vegas Strip, Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Las Vegas. A heat wave is spreading across the Western U.S., the National Weather Service said, sending many residents in search of a cool haven from the dangerously high temperatures. (AP Photo/John Locher)
A water-dropping helicopter drops on flames from the advancing Lake Fire in Los Olivos, Calif., Saturday, July 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
Thor Teigen poses in a fur jacket next to a thermometer displaying a temperature of 131 degrees Fahrenheit / 55 degrees Celsius at the Furnace Creek Visitors Center, in Death Valley National Park, Calif., Sunday, July 7, 2024. Forecasters said a heat wave could break previous records across the U.S., including at Death Valley. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)
A person cools off in a fountain at Caesars Palace along the Las Vegas Strip, Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Las Vegas. The city set an all time record high of 120 F (48.8 C) Sunday as a heat wave spread across the Western U.S. sending many residents in search of a cool haven from the dangerously high temperatures. (AP Photo/John Locher)
An egg lays in a small frying pan at the Furnace Creek Visitors Center in Death Valley National Park, Calif., Sunday, July 7, 2024. Forecasters say a heat wave could break previous records across the U.S., including in Death Valley. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)
People cool off in misters along the Las Vegas Strip, Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Las Vegas. A heat wave is spreading across the Western U.S., the National Weather Service said, sending many residents in search of a cool haven from the dangerously high temperatures. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Melissa Bolding and Bryan Bolding from Oklahoma City pose for a photo next to a thermometer displaying a temperature of 132 degrees Fahrenheit / 55 degrees Celsius at the Furnace Creek Visitors Center, in Death Valley National Park, Calif., Sunday, July 7, 2024. Forecasters said a heat wave could break previous records across the U.S., including at Death Valley. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)
A person wipes sweat from their brow at Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park, Calif., Sunday, July 7, 2024. Forecasters say a heat wave could break previous records across the U.S., including in Death Valley. (AP Photo/Ty ONeil)
