Katrina Relief For Animals

Don't forget the animal victims of the hurricane!

Hurray, the governor of Louisiana has allowed the American Humane Society to start rescuing animals. You can donate money to them or other animal organizations by going to Network For Good to find their recommendations.

Thanks for posting this, Patricia. I saw a clip of a dog left on a roof when his/her owners were rescued. I know that they have to save the humans first, but it was heartbreaking to see. Today, they took a 94 year old woman out of her home that did not want to leave her dogs, but again, no choice. So sad.

Oh, I heard the saddest story. I live here in Texas not far from Shrevesport LA and we are getting a lot of refugees. So glad to hear about the pets being rescued, cause so many people had to leave them behind and could not take them on the buses and helicopters with them. A policeman said one little boy cried till he threw up yelling "snowball" his pet's name, cause he could not take him with him on the bus. The policeman held the dog, but told the reporter he did not know what would happen to the dog.

He should have gotten the little boy's name or something and brought the dog to him later, I mean the boy would be on the Red Cross register eventually. I could not have left that dog alone or left him knowing that little boy was so sick over it.

:(

My heart broke reading the accounts of people forced to leave their beloved pets behind....Consider donating to the rescue efforts of the humane society at this terrible time...

http://www.hsus.org/

or

Petfinder.org that is trying to set up a way to reunite pets with their owners...

http://katrina.petfinder.com

And don't forget prayers for both human and animal kind at this time of need!

Sandie

Thanks for those links, Sandie.

Yesterday, I saw a couple of rescues where people were allowed to take their pets. However, today I heard about a woman who refused to leave New Orleans because they wouldn't let her take her pet! It makes me furious that they are allowing people back in to pick up their household belongings, but won't rescue stranded pets. I, myself, would not leave without my pet.

On TV now, they are showing an animal shelter at LSU and asking for donations to:

http://www.lvma.org/

They will start adopting out pets from the Baton Rouge Humane Society tomorrow, I believe, to make room for the animal refugees.

Here is a shelter in San Antonio, TX, needing people to foster and adopt:

http://www.humanesocietyspca.org/

Here is a news page from the American Humane Society:

http://www.americanhumane.org/site/PageServer

I got this link off foxnews.com

It is all kinds of places to help at, but past the large print words, all the way to almost the bottom, you will see the rescue efforts for animals. They have a website now set up for people who had to leave their pets behind, and they will find them for you!! if they can.

So if you know of anyone, please share this with them. Wish I knew where that little boys' dog was.

I cant bare looking at the animals being left behind, being alone, desperately waiting, not knowing whats happening :(
It brakes my heart. :(
Thank god many orginazations now are rescuing them.
I have seen a lady yesterday on CNN with her son and she wont leave New-Orleans. She is taking in the animals she finds around her. I dont agree she stays there but I think they should just take the animals out of there as well.
Hopefully they did by now.
It angers me that they allow to leave animals behind :mad:

...about people having to leave their small pets behind consider visiting this website and signing the petition...

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/840979272?ltl=1126154944

Many people consider their pets to be family members...there's no reason in this country with civilization so close at hand that anyone be forced to abandon their beloved family members. We're talking about a few hours of bus rides NOT endless days of it....pets can fit on laps, etc. What has our country come to?

...about people having to leave their small pets behind consider visiting this website and signing the petition...

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/840979272?ltl=1126154944

Many people consider their pets to be family members...there's no reason in this country with civilization so close at hand that anyone be forced to abandon their beloved family members. We're talking about a few hours of bus rides NOT endless days of it....pets can fit on laps, etc. What has our country come to?


Thank you!!!

On the front page of the Sun-Sentinel, there is a picture of a big, burly man in his late 50's or 60's crying like a baby as he holds his little dog that rescuers reunited with him.

WHY CAN'T WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS???? In Florida, there are only two emergency shelters where you can take your caged pet and you have to be from those towns. With every hurricane threat, I have to decide if I will stay in my home or leave my dog and cat to face the storm alone. I stay.

Also, they are shipping these animals to other states for adoption! WHY? Why so soon? Can't they give the people some time? If they're shipping them down here to Florida, can't they spend some time with internet hookups trying to find the owners, at least those in the Houston Astrodome and ship them to them instead? The newscaster referred to them as "abandoned pets" which just burned me up. I am going to check out these websites and find one that is trying to unite these pets with their owners.

Another tragic story: A man was in his home watching T.V. and feeling lucky that Katrina had not been a direct hit. Without warning, the floodwaters came rushing in, and he found himself bobbing in water, hitting his head on the ceiling, and trying to keep his nose and mouth in the two inches of air space. He knew he had to get out, so he took a deep breath, dived into the water, kicked out a window and a screen and swam back up to the service. "That first breath was like honey," he said. The current took him to a broken tree which he grabbed onto. After he had rested for a moment, he dove back into the water, through the window, and up to the ceiling to save his little poodle who he found still swimming with his nose up in the little space of air. He grabbed the poodle, sway down again, out through the window, and up to the surface. He put the poodle on the roof, but he couldn't get on roof himself, so he drifted with the current back to the tree. When rescurers came, he begged them to take his poodle, but they wouldn't, saying, "We're not in the pet rescue business," and drove away, leaving the little poodle barking on the roof.

The man was 72 years old, a diabetic, and a double-leg mid-thigh amputee. He has no hope of finding his little dog.

On the front page of the Sun-Sentinel, there is a picture of a big, burly man in his late 50's or 60's crying like a baby as he holds his little dog that rescuers reunited with him.

WHY CAN'T WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS???? In Florida, there are only two emergency shelters where you can take your caged pet and you have to be from those towns. With every hurricane threat, I have to decide if I will stay in my home or leave my dog and cat to face the storm alone. I stay.

Also, they are shipping these animals to other states for adoption! WHY? Why so soon? Can't they give the people some time? If they're shipping them down here to Florida, can't they spend some time with internet hookups trying to find the owners, at least those in the Houston Astrodome and ship them to them instead? The newscaster referred to them as "abandoned pets" which just burned me up. I am going to check out these websites and find one that is trying to unite these pets with their owners.

Another tragic story: A man was in his home watching T.V. and feeling lucky that Katrina had not been a direct hit. Without warning, the floodwaters came rushing in, and he found himself bobbing in water, hitting his head on the ceiling, and trying to keep his nose and mouth in the two inches of air space. He knew he had to get out, so he took a deep breath, dived into the water, kicked out a window and a screen and swam back up to the service. "That first breath was like honey," he said. The current took him to a broken tree which he grabbed onto. After he had rested for a moment, he dove back into the water, through the window, and up to the ceiling to save his little poodle who he found still swimming with his nose up in the little space of air. He grabbed the poodle, sway down again, out through the window, and up to the surface. He put the poodle on the roof, but he couldn't get on roof himself, so he drifted with the current back to the tree. When rescurers came, he begged them to take his poodle, but they wouldn't, saying, "We're not in the pet rescue business," and drove away, leaving the little poodle barking on the roof.

The man was 72 years old, a diabetic, and a double-leg mid-thigh amputee. He has no hope of finding his little dog.


That story makes my stomach turned upside down :(
Where's compassion for crying out loud?!
Someone would tell me that about Sam (my cat) and I would NOT leave him.
I'll probably scream, raise hell, whatever. I dont know, just rambling right now cause that really upsets me. :mad:

I agree, Faith. I know that human beings are important, I know the rescuers were only following orders, I know this is the way it is, but I wish we could do something to change it.

One of the pet rescuers said, "Pets are important to people. They are ALWAYS important, but now, they're even more important because in most cases, their pet is the ONLY thing they still have."

I agree, Faith. I know that human beings are important, I know the rescuers were only following orders, I know this is the way it is, but I wish we could do something to change it.

One of the pet rescuers said, "Pets are important to people. They are ALWAYS important, but now, they're even more important because in most cases, their pet is the ONLY thing they still have."

Thats right! And pets are not "things"! The idea of leaving a pet behind starving of thirst and hunger, I cant even get my mind around it. :(
Gosh...thats so inhuman.
Oh yesterday on Anderson Cooper at CNN (i love this man!), he was visiting the superdome with a doctor. Now that everyone is gone just to see how it was like, what condition people were living in. There was 2 dogs still there :(
Well, CNN took it upon themselves to have someone get them to a shelter. We actually saw it. I was sooooooo relieved!
One little example that there is people doing something about it. Ok, not enough I so agree but there is good souls out there. Thank god for those and those are the heroes.

It's so moving to see all the people that have gone into a hell-hole to help, and all of the New Orleaners (police, firefighters, rescue workers, and ordinary citizens), that have lost thier homes, some have lost family members, some have lost entire families, and they work day after day, taking only a few hours to sleep.

I've said it before about the members of Agelesslove.com, I'll say it again about human beings in general: When we are good, we are very, very good; but when we are bad, we are horrid.

When we are good, we transcend the expectations of all other humans and are closer to gods than humans, and when these heroic acts are done to save animals, it goes beyond even that.

Reach into your pockets, people! Help the people that are helping the people and reach in again to help the people that are helping the animals.

It breaks my heart.

Heres where i sent my donation...i saw a couple news stories on them that were AMAZING.

http://www.spcahouston.org/spcahouston/

Thanks, Sandie, for the petition. I have signed and sent it on to all the animal lovers I know.

Did anyone hear the story about the police shooting dogs in St. Bernard Parish? I don't know if it is true. I couldn't watch the video. The story is posted in the forum of the site below:

http://www.petfinder.com/disaster/

I want to go down to N.O. to rescue animals, but it appears that you have to be specially trained in animal handling. Looks like FEMA's bureaucratic ineptitude is affecting animal rescue as well. I think that is ridiculous and would just like to wander around calling any animals I encounter and take them out.

Thank you, Rosalynde! When I signed the petition (that was hoping for 1,000 signatures) I was signer number 61,927!!!!!!!

NOW, how do we go about getting evacuation sites for families and their pets? There are too many of us that put ourselves in harm's way rather than leave our animals behind.

Wow, Chat, I signed the petition just a couple of hours ago and I was number 61,751! It looks like people are signing up like crazy.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/366281507

This petition is in response to the rumored order that animals in the New Orleans area are being shot. I've read several different sites and there seems to be some conflicting news about whether this is true or not.

Signing the petition will at least send the message that there is outrage against such inhumane behavior.

Sandie

Thanks again, Sandie. I signed (#2,237) and sent it on.

I did see on TV today a live rescue of a stranded dog by three Coast Guards. I think that is what they were. Maybe the public outcry is having an effect! Let's keep it up.

It really irks me that there is so much blah-blah on the news stations, now. I would rather see live searches and rescues of people and animals. Imagine how the victims feel when they see pets rescued on TV. If they left one behind, it would be so encouraging to see those rescues and would give them hope that theirs will be too. They also could maybe see their house and the condition it is in. But, there seem to be too many interviews with politicians in fresh, clean clothing who are all playing the blame game and business people (already itching to profit) planning the reconstruction.

Here are a couple of organizations that are currently in Louisiana, Mississippi, etc picking up and housing any animals that they can find. You can also go to www.wwltv.com and look at a slide show of the animals being rescued. Both animal sites need donations of cash if anyone wants to contribute.

Noah's wish: www.noahswish.org

ARNI foundation: www.arnifoundation.org

God bless these people for what they are doing with little or no public praise or knowledge. All I've seen on the news lately is the negative - nothing about how many animals are being rescued and the people who are putting in long hours taking care of the animals. Also LSU's agricultural students are housing alot of displaced animals.

I've also heard those stories that they are shooting stranded pets in New Orleans and I was horrified :eek: :mad: . However- according to the ASPCA those stories are just rumors. I hope to God thats the truth! Please continue to do what you can. The ASPCA has a wonderful site detailing the various rescue operations in the hurricane stricken area and the reunion stories are uplifting. :)

A bunch of dedicated animal rescue workers are posting first hand accounts on www.snowballschance.org The site is named in honor of the little boy whose dog was ripped from his arms when he getting on an evacuation bus at the Superdome.

It's heartening to see all the people who care so much about the animals. Keep spreading the word!

Sandie

I understand about wanting to save human life...

But to some people, their pet is a member of the family. I dont see how i could EVER leave my dog behind...she really is all i have...its me - n- her...

I would try to make arrangements ahead of time, or leave with her before the storm hit. I dont see how i could abandon my home, with her looking out the window at me...

The people who are saving these animals will be forever blessed...

Please pass this along to your family and friends:

http://www.pasadosafehaven.org/NEWS/NEWS.htm

This CNN report is so sad.

http://us.video.aol.com/video.index.adp?mode=2&guideContext=65.72&pmmsid=1411975

Thanks for posting this, Patricia. I saw a clip of a dog left on a roof when his/her owners were rescued. I know that they have to save the humans first, but it was heartbreaking to see. Today, they took a 94 year old woman out of her home that did not want to leave her dogs, but again, no choice. So sad. there is no way, let me repeat it--NO WAY somebody would tell me i couldn't take my dog with me out of there! i would punch out the person who tried to stop me from taking my dog with me. as a matter of fact, i would even take any other animals with me that i would find on the way. i love animals & always give to the humane society & other animal shelters. something about an animal that can't rescue themself & can't fend for themself that just breaks my heart.