Iowa Floods
Best Friends to the rescue.
It’s a wrap!
The Best Friends rescue team is back but the work continues.
Best Friends deploys rescue team to Iowa
Companion animals stranded on balconies, rooftops, in barns etc.
The bark that launched a rescue
Best Friends rescue team finds a well-mannered beagle: safe but thirsty.
Notes from the field - Day Eight
Final day, and we're wrapping up all the activity here. By Rich Crook.
Can you say, 'Bones'?
It's rescue-talk for a job well done ... and that's just what this barn cat rescue video shows!
Notes from the field - Day Seven
Day 7, from responder Laurel Anderson
One vet’s ‘miracle of timing’
When stranded pets start drinking murky water, a special volunteer appears just in time to help the animals.
Notes from the field - Day Six
Before the day started, I was thinking about rehydrating cats. The three cats we pulled from the rafters are OK, but they're thirsty and hungry. By Ethan Gurney
Cats everywhere!
Best Friends rescuers are finding cats in very familiar places. Read the stories.
Jeld-Wen 100: Biggest win ever for Iowa pets!
Driver Andrew Prendeville pledges race proceeds to help rescue pets in Iowa’s flood zone. See how much was raised...
Notes from the field - Day Five
The word of our being here to assist in finding animals must be spreading. By Barb Davis
Notes from the field - Day Four
Calls from all over for help in rescuing cats, by Laurel Anderson.
Danger lurks in polluted water
The rescue team needs to stay safe from contaminated floodwater. How they do it.
Up a tree with a cat named Squirrel
After a long day, the team heads back out to rescue a kitty hanging on in the flood. Read the story and watch the video.
Notes from the field - Day Three
By day's end, we'd surveyed half the town -- by Ethan Gurney
Notes from the field - Day Two
The first rescue begin at sunrise -- from Rich Crook
Notes from the field - Day One
Volunteer Barb Davis’ observations fromher first 24 hours in the flooded regionnear Oakville, Iowa.
Rigby’s family makes a smart move
With minutes to escape rising floodwaters, could Rigby and her kittens be moved to higher ground in time?
How you can help the animals in Iowa
Donate, volunteer, foster, and more. Big or small, there are lots of ways you can help.
Race car driver to the rescue
Andrew races for Best Friends rescue efforts in Iowa.
Chasing Iowa floodwaters
In southern Iowa, a Best Friends rapid response team is working to save pets stranded by flood.
