Riding Along with the Volunteers Rescuing Pets from the Guadalupe Flood

Hours after the Guadalupe River receded, a brown pitbull named Hulk, whose family and half their riverside house were swept away by the July 4 flooding, returned to the wreckage of his home. He settled atop a torn-up floorboard, turned up his nose, and sniffed the air. A day later, he hadn’t budged, and friends and neighbors called Kerrville Pets Alive, a local nonprofit no-kill animal shelter, concerned that the dog might be hurt. When the shelter sent its vet team to assess the situation, it found that he wasn’t injured—he was waiting for his family to return. On social media, scattered among the now-ubiquitous photos of missing persons are the faces of their best friends: dogs and cats. As Kerr County officials, along with state…

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