The Animal Intervention and Rescue Center sent volunteers to areas affected by the floods, where they saved more than 30 animals.
In an operation in Valencia, in which they were alerted to a peacock at risk, the team at (IRA) found that the animal was not in the marked location, but they heard meowing and found two small cats at risk. This successful rescue took place in early November, but .
During the search for the peacock, in an area inaccessible due to the total destruction of the roads, IRA operators noticed a weakened meow beneath a fiber cement tile stuck in the mud.
After removing the tile, confirmed the existence of two baby cats trapped under that tile, and they were promptly saved and transported by ambulance to the Veterinary Center created for the catastrophe.
During the period he was in the Valencia region affected by the floods, the IRA successfully rescued more than 30 animals, especially companion animals, which were trapped and in risky situations, but also horses, ducks, geese and chickens.
The IRA is a Portuguese non-governmental organization providing assistance to civil protection and animal rescue. Some of its members are active members of security forces, military personnel and firefighters. In addition to the work carried out in Portugal, they have carried out rescue operations in disaster scenarios, as happened in Valencia and in .
The latest caused by the floods in Spain points to 226, which also accounts for 13 missing.
