Aside from the intense rainfall, natural disasters like hurricanes often bring devastating aftermath. One of the aftermaths can be observed in animal shelters, where overflowing number of abandoned pet animals is found. In Puerto Rico, animal shelters are overflowing with hundreds of abandoned dogs, cats, and even the occasional pet pig and fighting cock, three months after the Hurricane Maria struck. In the aftermath of the Category 4 storm that devastated Puerto Rico, fleeing residents toss pets over fences, tie them to gates, or even leave $20 under their collars as they find they can no longer care for their pets as they try to recover and rebuild their lives. These animals are often left on the streets to fend for themselves. “We previously picked animals on the streets, but now I found them at my doorstep,” Carmen Cintron, founder and administrator of Santuario Canita in Guayama, told Puerto Rican newspaper El Vocero. Santuario Canita, which provides shelter to 740 dogs and 12 cats, is unable to receive more pets after Hurricane Maria’s aftermath. “We lost at least 20 animals, not because they were physically injured but because they felt anxiety and fear from the hurricane,” Cintron added, “We could have moved 200 animals to a school or another refuge, but that could have been even more dangerous.” Claribel Pizarro, executive assistant at the Humane Society of Puerto Rico said that the situation was horrible. Pizarro added that people turn in pets