A rescue effort was launched Friday to save about 50 pigs stranded on a levee near Oakville where the Iowa River raged out of its banks.
About two dozen volunteers from four animal welfare agencies were attempting to reach the animals with feed, apples and Gatorade, said Colleen Cullen, a spokeswoman for the Massachusetts-based International Fund for Animal Welfare.
That group, the American Humane Association, Farm Sanctuary and the Animal Rescue League of Boston had been working in Illinois to help care for abandoned animals. They kept a small staff in Illinois and sent the volunteers to Iowa to help with the pig rescue.
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