Hundreds of pets were rescued after the earthquakes in Venezuela. Now they are looking for their families

Katera Alejandra couldn’t contain her excitement when she was reunited with her family. The tail wagging, frenzied jumping and face licking marked the moment when the little dog finally saw the familiar faces she didn’t know if she’d see again.

But several days ago, Catera was bent over, head down, shaking as gloved hands examined her after being rescued in La Guaira. She was briefly renamed by rescuers and carried no information that could trace her back to the life she once knew. She was one of hundreds of pets that flooded shelters after two earthquakes devastated parts of Venezuela in June, killing thousands of people.

Since then, dozens of residents have lost loved ones, homes and the furry companions who shared their lives.

Since June 24, at least 648 pets (including dogs and cats) have been rescued in La Guaira — one of the states hardest hit by the earthquakes — and in the San Bernardino neighborhood of Caracas, according to Magildas Vargas, head of Mission Nevado, a Venezuelan government project that provides shelter for homeless animals.

Vargas’ team was able to reunite at least 18 pets rescued in La Guaira with their owners.

Vargas, a veterinary assistant, said most of the animals found were injured and had fractures, multiple traumas, deformities, abrasions or wounds. These pets receive veterinary care and shelter until they can return to their original homes.

Vargas called on people searching for their missing pets to create profiles for them and spread the word on social media.

Social media networks were filled with pictures and videos of dogs of various sizes, white cats, black cats, and striped and multi-colored cats. Each post was shared repeatedly with desperate pleas from bereaved owners and basic information about their beloved animals.

The shelter in Granja Los Corrales, in La Guaira state, is one of the centers for hundreds of rescued animals.

“We are here as a meeting point for people looking for their pets so they can come and check if they are in the facilities,” Rene Cardoso, the area’s shelter coordinator, told Venezuelan National Broadcasting Corporation (VTV).

Along with government efforts, several independent shelters have worked to reunite dogs and cats victims of the earthquakes in Venezuela with their loved ones.

María Córdova made her first animal rescue when she was 15 years old, in 2013. Since then, she has made it her mission, working out of Barquisimeto, in Lara state. Being a pastry chef who works from home has allowed her to pivot her agenda around caring for her rescues.

Days after the earthquakes, she traveled to La Guaira twice, where she and her shelter, Amor Animal, helped 22 animals.

“We are looking for the owners, and we know that many of them are still in the hospital and have not had the opportunity to look for their pets,” she told CNN.

“My mission in all of this is to find their owners,” Cordova said. “I am in no rush to put them up for adoption, because it will be my mission and my satisfaction to reunite them with their owners.”

That mission was partially accomplished a few days ago when she saw Gus, a black cat she rescued in Catia la Mar, in La Guaira state. Gus was reunited with his owner 19 days later.

“I found him by the grace of God, by the grace of you,” says his owner, Roufridpilis, crying in a video shared by the shelter.

Cordova says these reunions give meaning to all of her work. “That girl really cried,” she says.

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