Got AC? Miami shelter that lost its air conditioning needs your help.
There’s never a good time or a good place to lose your air-conditioning in South Florida. But when the time is July, when temperatures are pushing into the 90s, and the place is an animal shelter, home to dogs and cats that suffer in the heat even more than we do, you have a worst case scenario.
But that’s the situation facing the Humane Society of Greater Miami, which has lost its cooling system at its Soffer and Fine Adoption Center in North Miami. So if you are able to donate to an animal welfare cause, or have been thinking about adopting an animal companion, now is the time.
Cats especially are affected by the heat. Temporary foster homes also would be welcome.
For more information, call the center at 305-696-0800. Or click here to go to the organization’s Web site for more info.
ANGIE BRENNAN, a Sun-Sentinel page designer,
lives with four dogs and one boyfriend. And has a lifetime of animal stories to share.
DIANE LADE, a reporter on the Sun-Sentinel's Help Team, has lived with cats, dogs, reptiles, fish, an iguana, and an armadillo.
CYNDI METZGER, editor of the Sun-Sentinel's Outlook section, is smitten with Bella, her poodle who regularly ignores requests to sit, stay and get off the ivory-colored sofa. 
JOHN TANASYCHUK, a Sun-Sentinel lifestyle writer, has lived with cats as long as he can remember. He and his partner currently share their home with three.
