[Ursus arctos horribilis]

You are seeing no more than what is within a TV cameras range. It is sad and I feel for the pets, but I have to accept the brutal facts.

I can remember no time that there were dogs or cats for me, not for pets, but as family members. As I type this I can look over and see two wired haired fox terriers with a feisty yorkie teasing one of them. So I know it is heart breaking, but in a disaster such as this, priorities have to be set, and loose dogs and cats rate right near the bottom

[Goodgirlinred]

While the boats are going around empty, why can't they pick up the cats and dogs and other animals? That does not mean that they can't save people, too. Of course human life is a top priority, but animals are living creatures, too. There are people on the scene who are willing to rescue the animals. Why should they not be allowed to do so?

[Goodgirlinred]

And, in addition, many if not most of those "loose dogs and cats" are someone else's "family."