As the Guadalupe River swelled from a wall of water heading downstream, sirens blared over the tiny river community of Comfort — a last-ditch warning to get out for those who had missed cellphone alerts and firefighters going street-to-street telling people to get out.

Since the devastating July Fourth (July 4) floods in Central Texas, countless lives have been disrupted, and many pets have been displaced, but animal welfare groups have stepped in to mitigate some of the impact of the devastation.