Disaster Animal Rescue Trip to Louisiana and Mississippi (wonderful photo journal)

http://flickr.com/photos/danakay/sets/873781/ ^ | September 2 thru 19th, 05 | danakay

[Zacs Mom]

As much as communications and time will allow i will try to keep this updated with our animal rescue trip to louisiana. We havent even gotten down there and most of us havent slept in 24 hours. People from all over are calling to help them, shelters need us....we have alot of work to do.

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None of these pictures have been edited at all....nothing. We took them on the run while driving or working and to get them down i left them as was. I hope yall still feel the effect of them. I dont think i have ever cried so much, but there were some good moments too. The LSU shelter where we brought the pets was a good part of the trip. what they are doing there is absolutely amazing.

[Zacs Mom]

This is the most incredible photo journal of a rescue I think I've ever seen. For me the story of this one group of animal refugees is like something out of a Richard Adam's novel!

The story begins with the rescuers finding this poor little guy that someone had already taken under their wing but weren''t equipped to adopt;

so Ralphie, scared and nearly starved joined the rescuers

I wouldn't think anything could live thru this

but this sweet little beagle lady did

scared but safe

and no longer alone!

Can y'all say "instant pals"

Add two more beagles

and life really is good again

hmmmmm- a new traveler is added to the mix - how is this going to work???

It's going to work just fine, thank you!

One big happy family

Okay - this is just the beginning of this great story.....click on the link above to see all of Dana's great images and read the rest of this neat adventure.

[Zacs Mom]

big ping-a-ling

[HairOfTheDog]

Great pictures!

Ping!

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[alnick]

Oh, that's fantastic. Thanks for posting. I love the group pics.

[seeker41]

Wonderful..I've always known that animals have feelings similar to humans, but yet different-they are more innocent!

[MotleyGirl70]

Those are wonderful pictures. Thanks for posting them :)

The animal rescue workers truly have a kind heart.

[onyx]

Awwww, thank you. I love Beagles and all animals.

[SE Mom]

OOOhhhhhhhh...brought tears to my eyes..and warmth to my heart. Right away I went over to my two corgi's -who were taking a perfectly nice nap...curled up with them and thanked them for being my buddies:) They forgave me for waking them up (as they always do).

Thanks for these photos- and God BLESS the dear souls who took this task on themselves.

[Cedar]

Just great!

[HoHoeHeaux]

Awwww you are wonderful. Thanks for putting all those pix up. They break my heart and make me smile too. I love animals. It's people I seem to have trouble with (o:

[blam]

Wonderful story/pictures, thanks.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

What a heartwarming story!!!!
Thank you so much for this thread.I also clicked on the other link for the pics.

Here at the gym where I work out, they are having a raffle (winner gets 6 free training sessions) for raffle tickets for donations to the NO Humane Society. I have printed out all the pictures and will put them up there tomorrow.

[MaryFromMichigan]

This will be one of my all time favorite posts on FR!
Thank you so much!

[VirginiaMom]

Thank you so much for taking the time to post this! It truly made my day.

[Dysart]

Gotta love it! My Mother is adopting a rescued dog next week...I've got a house full of critters but I'm considering it as well. Thanks for posting.

[sinkspur]

Thanks for these wonderful pictures. The cat just fit right in. This van was like a Noah's ark.

Those two dogs found together aren't beagles. Those are coon hounds. A little water and rain neve bothers these dogs!

[Zacs Mom]

I think one of my favorite pics of the whole story is this one of little Ralphie

playing at the rest stop ~ what a difference from the way he looked when they found him! (althought I about died when I read the part about the two beagles getting lost again at that rest stop!!)

[onyx]

Thanks agsin for posting this. I have just sent the link to all my family members and to some lifelong friends.

(Is your husband's Auntie OK?)

[Zacs Mom]

She is doing GREAT!! Thanks for asking!!! She had a blast last night at the restaurant telling everyone about being a refugee....lol

[onyx]

LOL! Bless her heart! Thanks for telling me. I have thought about her a lot. She ENDURED!