This Couple Rescues Animals From Hurricanes

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Oct 15, 2019

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According to Bannon, the official number of farm animals that died during Florence is 3.4 million poultry birds and 5,500 pigs. “But most people I talked to said it was a lot higher than that,” he told me. “From what I’ve heard, a lot of farm animals were washed away by the hurricane, so they were not included in this number.”

The fact that many of the animals rescued were bred for consumption does not influence the couple’s perspective on the necessity of their work.

“Just because someone doesn’t have the same attachment to pigs, doesn’t mean [pigs] don’t feel the same things your dog does,” Yontz says in the film.

“They want to live, they want to love, and they want to be loved,” Hartness adds.

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