Posted on 09/02/2005 8:30:43 AM PDT by Iluvlabs not libs
thank you so much for posting this. I've already donated to this group, and forwarded the info to my pet loving friends. :-)
That's what I say!
Just donated.
Me, too. Although there are many here on FR who think we're nuts!
Carolyn
Sept 3 – Pets now declared "family members!"September 3, 2005 : 11:22 PM ET
As stranded people in New Orleans continue to be evacuated out of more dangerous areas of the city into temporary housing in Jefferson Parish, they are now allowed to take their pets with them on the buses.
The ban on pets was lifted Saturday, according to Bert Smith, director of animal services for Jefferson Parish, which is just across the bridge from the center of the city.
The change in policy comes too late for all of the people who have already had to give up their pets as they were evacuated, but it will help animal control officials to concentrate on rescuing those pets who were left behind.
Smith had been prepared to accept animals from these evacuees at the West Bank animal shelter in Marrero, Louisiana, near New Orleans.
Now that Smith no longer needs to do this, he will have more space to continue to rescue animals found on the city streets, particularly in those areas where the buses have been loading. He plans on resuming this effort Saturday evening.
Meanwhile, Paul Berry, director of operations for Best Friends, is trying to coordinate the reopening of the East Bank animal shelter, also in Jefferson Parish. Berry has procured a generator to help power fans to cool the facility down, and plans to transport water in for the animals.
More space was made available at the West Bank shelter Saturday as Smith was able to evacuate some of the animals to a temporary holding area at the fairgrounds in Franklinton, Louisiana. A small team from Best Friends in Atlanta is caring for the hundreds of animals at that location, before they can be moved to the St. Francis Sanctuary in Tylertown, Mississippi.
The St. Francis Sanctuary is currently full with 600 animals, but a Best Friends team is due to arrive soon to build addition fencing to accommodate more animals.
Best Friends is looking for experienced shelter workers to help staff the above shelters and sanctuaries. If you are interested in volunteering, please call 435.644.2001 x398.
In other news:
-- On Saturday, Smith rescued numerous animals – mostly birds and pocket pets – from two Petco stores in the parish that had been evacuated.
-- The North Shore Animal League is organizing an effort to transport between 40 and 60 animals from the fairgrounds at Franklinton to go north for adoption. The league is also working on mobilizing trucks to help evacuate animals from New Orleans.
-- PAWS Chicago is planning on sending a fleet of adoption vans to the St. Francis Sanctuary, to transport animals to foster homes near Chicago.
Supplies for the St. Francis Sanctuary can be sent to:
Best Friends Hurricane Katrina Relief
c/o Leigh Breland
1635 Misty Lane
Terry, MS 39170
Hurricane-related inquiries, including offers to donate supplies or to volunteer, and reports of pets left behind in evacuated areas, may be directed to: 435.644.2001 x398 or hurricane@bestfriends.org.
Yeah maybe your right maybe but pets are sometimes all a person has and they human to some but what gives anyone the right to kill a helpless animal, I too was a pet owner and I can so feel for those who had to leave there pets it almost like loosin' a child and I have both,
You are a small minded ass! Humanity suffers from a lack of humaness. Over and over again, studies reveal that those with a lack of compassion for animals (of all kinds) are the most likely to end up in our criminal justice (or injustice) system after they've violated the rest of us. It's about so much more than simply rescuing or caring for animals. Disparaging those that have compassion for animals is an incredibly ignorant thing to do. It's a shame that a dog or a cat would love even you!
The strange thing is I never ever see this Erik Latranyi screen name on any other FR threads. Is Erik Latranyi a flame baiting troll preying on animal lovers?
Seems to me "it" is. Some people get off being cruel in times of disasters. Ignore them.
With all the "compassion" shown by animal lovers (via the name-calling) to me in this thread, I do not think I have a problem with compassion or a small mind.
I guess you don't know how to do a search....
There are plenty of armed soldiers out there rescuing humans.
Where on earth do you get the impression there is a shortage of manpower in NO? They have people going door-to-door, stopping at the same homes sometimes several times a day to try to persuade people to leave. There is no shortage of manpower in NO.
When this thread started (2 Sept), the situation on the ground was completely different.
My point at the time was the allocation of scarce resources to saving animals when thousands of people were stranded was negligent.
Now the majority of the people are safe, efforts should be made to save animals.
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