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#GoodNews: Woman Shelters 97 Stray Dogs From Hurricane Dorian

An online fundraiser set up by Phillips has already raised over USD 1,00,000.

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A woman from The Bahamas reportedly took in 97 stray dogs to protect them from Hurricane Dorian which battered the island nation.

Chella Phillips, from Nassau on the island of New Providence put up a Facebook post saying that she took the dogs into her house to weather the hurricane and soothed them by playing music and keeping the air conditioner on.

97 dogs are inside my house and 79 of them are inside my master bedroom. It has been insane since lastnight, poop and...

Posted by Chella Phillips on Sunday, September 1, 2019
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Phillips also requested financial aid for helping the animals and an online fundraiser set up by her has already raised over USD 1,00,000.

In a recent update, she confirmed that all 97 dogs made it safely through the hurricane so far.

My 97 rescue dogs and me are safe and made it through Dorian so far !! The wind sounded like a train that wouldn’t pass,...

Posted by Chella Phillips on Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Although Nassau experienced flooding and power outages, the Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama were the worst affected by Hurricane Dorian.

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