Posted on 09/02/2005 8:30:43 AM PDT by Iluvlabs not libs
September 2, 2005 -- Thousands of abandoned pets are on the brink of drowning or dying of thirst as a result of Hurricane Katrina, and many more are feared dead, animal-rescue groups said yesterday. Despite very limited access to evacuated areas, rescue efforts have begun, with teams from FEMA, Noah's Wish and the Humane Society racing against time.
Many people who ended up in shelters were forced to leave their pets behind because the Red Cross and the Louisiana Superdome don't allow animals.
"I'm guessing we're going to have tens of thousands of animals affected," said Dick Green, manager of animal emergency services for the American Humane Association. "There are literally thousands of animals in New Orleans alone stuck in homes . . . going without water. They don't have food. Every day that goes on, the situation worsens."
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
The choice you propose is an artificial construct. Along with people needing help, come their pets, whether they have evacuated already or still need help. These organizations are there to help within their ability to begin filling the many needs that are competing for attention in New Orleans and surrounds.
I feel bad for the abandoned pets, I do, but the TRULY helpless are those who still, as of last night before the arrival of National Guard and Delta forces, wait rescue and whose rescue attempts were disrupted by looters and thugs shooting at the rescue teams and driving them temporarily away. Hopefully, pets can be helped, but not ahead of people.
Ping to post #313. Great work, Doc.
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This may have been posted, if so, my apology:
"Pets were not allowed on the bus, and when a police officer confiscated a little boy's dog, the child cried until he vomited.
"Snowball, snowball," he cried."
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,168205,00.html
Thanks for your post. I just signed up to foster a pet, whether I get to or not remains to be seen. I'm astonished at the lack of compassion by some posters on this thread. I'm glad you all can be so dispassionate in your feelings, I sure can't. I've had to stop watching the tube and reading most news reports because they upset me so and the thought of lost animals just add to the upset.
The story was posted at post #47. Better to have it posted twice, though, than to have someone miss it.
>> I have a lot more sympathy for these pets than the human waste out there looting, raping and murdering. Those people are the real animals. <<
Well said!!! Agreed 100%.
A Biblical response to you is in order: "Go and do thou likewise."
Should people have pets at all? They eat food that could be given to starving people.
To hell with the pets. Resources should be spent to care for children, the sick and the old before any damn dog.
All those pets in the car would have taken up room that could have been given to rescue a person Before the flood. Isn't that a wrong priority too?
Thank you for your work. Be careful out there.
So true!
God bless you. I would be glad to provide a home for a rescued pet.
"I have a lot more sympathy for these pets than the human waste out there looting, raping and murdering. Those people are the real animals."
Thank you! You get it.
Thank you for starting the thread and the helpful info posted within. Thank you HOTD for the ping. I posted most of # 313 elsewhere to help get the word out.
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