INGRAM, Texas – As catastrophic flooding tears through Kerr County, a wildlife rescue in Ingram is once again facing heartbreaking losses after rebuilding from last year’s flood.

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Buck Wild Animal Rescue and Wildlife Rehab suffered extensive damage as floodwaters surged through the property, forcing staff to focus on getting animals to safety while watching the facility they worked so hard to rebuild flood again.

“Our damage is worse than the flood last year,” said General Manager Haley Caswell.

Officials this morning issued an urgent warning for residents living along the Guadalupe River, urging them to seek higher ground immediately. The Guadalupe River rose 16 feet in the last 30 minutes.

The rescue had spent the past year recovering from devastating flooding that damaged the facility, but Caswell said this latest disaster has been even more destructive.

We are losing everything for a second time after just having rebuilt from the catastrophic flooding a year ago,” Caswell said. “We were still trying to recover from the damages and this time it’s even worse.

Video from the rescue shows owner Katie Buck wading through floodwaters as she works to protect the animals on the property.

Caswell said Buck is currently at the rescue by herself because floodwaters have made the roads between Kerrville and Ingram impassable.

“I can’t get out there to Ingram from Kerrville with the flooding currently and she’s out there alone getting the animals to safety,” Caswell said.

Caswell said the rescue will need help once conditions improve.

“Katie Buck is going to need assistance as soon as the roads are passable,” she said.

For now, the rescue’s priority remains protecting the animals and assessing the full extent of the damage once floodwaters recede. Caswell said she hopes sharing their story will help generate support, warning that without assistance, reopening the wildlife rehabilitation center could be difficult.

“We’ll need to get this story out there or we won’t be able to reopen for wildlife this time around,” Caswell said.