If you are given the chance to save animals on the streets or the ones that are difficult to get adopted, would you do so? It takes a huge load of responsibility and love for animals to be able to take these animals under your care. It is not for the faint-hearted. But this man from Tennessee is up for that challenge!

Tony Alsup is known as the modern-day ‘Noah.’ Here’s the reason why.

Alsup cannot stand seeing anybody getting left behind during natural disasters, especially if they are animals. For him, humans and animals needed all the help that they can get and this is what he was willing to give. This is why he transformed a bus into a mobile animal shelter!

The Greenback, Tennesse man used this modern-day Noah’s ark/bus to pick up all of the ‘leftover’ pets and animals that shelters are unable to take in before they all evacuated for hurricanes, like the ones in Florence and Harvey. In fact, he traveled from his Tennessee home to South Carolina just to save over 60 animals during Hurricane Florence.

Washington Post shared that in total, Alsup saved 53 dogs and 11 cats last September 16th. When asked why he is saving these animals, he said, “I’m like, look, these are lives too.” He added, “Animals — especially shelter pets — they always have to take the back seat of the bus. But I’ll give them their own bus. If I have to I’ll pay for all the fuel, or even a boat, to get these dogs out of there.”

Alsup started this animal rescue mission during Hurricane Harvey in Texas. He saw reports of animal shelters overflowing with rescued animals. He thought that he needed to do something to help. So he decided to buy a bus!

This way, he will not only be able to transport these animals to shelters that are vacant or still have enough space. Alsup also went to rescue animals during the hurricanes Irma and Maria. In the most recent hurricane incident, he had a Facebook post asking people to point him to the direction where pets needed help, mostly in South Carolina.

The Saint Frances Animal Center wrote on their Facebook page saying:
“It’s all true. Tony swooped in at 4 a.m. Wednesday morning to pick up our ‘leftovers’ — the dogs with blocky heads, the ones with heartworm. The ones no one else will ever take. And he got them to safety. Not the most conventional evacuation, but surely the one with the most heart.”

Tony says ‘no one left behind’ and that means no one should be left out there. During his interview with Greenville News, he said, “It’s so easy for people to adopt the small pets and the cuties and the cuddly. We take on the ones that deserve a chance even though they are big and a little ugly. But I love big dogs, and we find places for them.”

During Hurricane Florence, he drove all of the rescued animals to his friends’ shelter in Foley, Alabama. Angela Eib-Maddux gave them all the much-needed baths and made sure everyone got a fluffy and warm blanket. All of these animals will temporarily stay with her until she could find shelter for them.