Flood causes 'chaos' for Wetheral animal charity
The group's Matt Notter said "the skies just opened up" around lunchtime with staff rushing to use water pumps normally intended to fill the site's ponds.Some of the animals went to foster homes, with others being taken home by workers.
"We've not seen rain like it before," he explained. "Within 10 or 15 minutes the place was flooded."It came rushing into our reception area and tearoom building first, then it started to fill down at the kennels."We had to move the dogs in the lower kennel block, the cattery was flooding. It was chaos."We managed to keep most of the water out of our stable yard, but the kennel kitchen where food is prepared is ruined."Mr Notter, whose on-site house was also flooded, estimated it would take "a few months for everything to be as it was" with "a lot of rebuilding to do".More than 600 people have so far contributed to the fundraising appeal with donations to be used to replace supplies and repair damage.
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