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Thursday September 15, 2005
Desperate 911 Plea for Help from Humane Society in Gulfport & Biloxi, MS
Thursday, September 15, 2005 Desperate 911 Plea for Help from Humane Society in Gulfport & Biloxi, MS
- Desperate 911 Plea for Help from Gulfport & Biloxi, Mississippi
- HSSM would be able to house 300 animals within just a few days, once they have all the things from the list. They have their computer guy on standby and he can jump in and get them networked and ready for business.
- Please forward their plea to others, and be a self-distribution point to get donation for the following items on their list.
- 1) Humane Society of South Mississippi (HSSM) http://hssm.org/about/ in Gulfport, MI has asked for help from our rescue group in Southern California, Villalobos Rescue Center www.vrcpitbull.com. One of their members, Cinnimon Clark, was trained at our shelter 3-month ago. Cinnimon is now in Biloxi.
- 2) They have had the capacity to shelter 300 dogs from Gulfport and Biloxi (approximately 20 miles from each other) before Katrina, but they cannot take in any dog now. The damage was bad. Most of their dogs were drowned. Some employees lost their homes, and they are as homeless and those dogs running loose in Gulfport and Biloxi.
- HSSM would be able to house animals within just a few days, once they have all the things from the list. They have their computer guy on standby and he can jump in and get them networked and ready for business.
- 3) We need to get the shelter up and running ASAP, so strayed dogs can be shelter here; instead of being transported to somewhere and costs more money. They need a lot of stuffs, but we need to prioritize to have hardware supplies first. Supplies for animals cannot be stored anywhere till we get the hardware in first.
- 4) They need a minimum of $50,000. Pay pal is being set up. Will check to find out when it is available for use. www.hsosm.org will be the secured site where credit cards can be used for donations.
- 5) Need the following hardware (either you get some companies donate and ship the items to them directly, or you can buy them through a local Home Depot near them and ask Home Depot to deliver to them. Other items may not be bought at Home Depot).
The closest Home Depot is: 15220 Creosote Road, Gulfport, MS 39503 228-867-9925 and HSSM address is: 13756 Washington Avenue, Gulfport, MS 39503
- To avoid all of you buy the same identical items, please check with me first. You can buy Home Depot gift cards and send them those.
Washing Machines (3) (will try to get HDepot to donate) Dryers (3) (will try to get Hdepot to donate) Industrial Washer/Dryer (1) Wheelbarrow (3) Large storage shed (2) someone is working on this 4’metal desks (4) Computer work stations (5) Office chairs (10) Computers (9) Printers (9) Window air conditioners (6) Construction type trailers (2) 4 drawer file cabinets (10) 2 drawer file cabinets (4) 6’ Industrial metal freezer racks with wheels (10) Cash registers (3) Refrigerators (3) Copy Machine (3) large Pickup trucks with removable camper shells (2) 55 Gallon Barrel (2) Laundry soap Dish liquid detergent Lysol Spray Spray bottles 75’ water hoses (10) heavy duty Spray nozzles for hoses Rubbermaid containers Zipstrips, multiple sizes Microchip Scanners (4) First aid kit Fire Extinguishers (2) Copy Paper 1 gallon ziplock bags Ink pens/pencils Notepads Sharpies Highlighters Dry Erase Pens Fine Point Markers Cotton Balls Tweezers (5) Poop Scoopers (8) Push brooms (2) Brooms/dust pans (8) Long Handle scrub brushes (5) Cat grabbers - Long (2), Short (3) 5’ Catchpoles (3) Stainless steel 5 gallon buckets (50) Stainless steel litter pans (40) Cat food bowls (40) Stainless steel food dishes 2 quart size (150) Drinking water cooler dispenser (6) Ant killer/ bug spray/flystrips Hanging file folders Manila folders 2 prong metal Wheels for Rubbermaid garbage cans (10) 55 gallon Rubbermaid garbage cans (10) Riding lawn mower Linkprint credit card machine Telecheck check machine Storage cabinet (8) Roll shelf carts (3) Electric pencil sharpener Ejay animal ID bands Pink and Blue Large and small Plexiglas cage card holders (800) Assorted desk organizers Staplers (4)
URGENT Hurricane victim cats at risk - need rescue from Gonzalez
On Behalf Of Linda Mercer/Purebred Cat Breed Rescue Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 1:15 PM Subject: URGENT Hurricane victim cats at risk - need rescue from Gonzalez PERMISSION TO CROSS POST The the LA SPCA in Gonzalez has asked me to organize a rescue for 79 domestic cats from a flooded hoarder situation where the cats were relinquished to them yesterday. They will hold the cats for 10 days but need the cats out of there ASAP. We do have some options for transport and can probably arrange more if needed. The cats will be vaccinated for rabies and FIV/FELV tested prior to transport. Those who are acutely ill may be vaccinated for FVRCP prior to transport. As far as they can tell, all are already s/n. All of the cats are dehydrated and are being hydrated today, many of them have URI, about 6 of them are known to be over 12 years of age, and there are two FIV positive cats. I am asking any established rescue group with fosters and space who would be willing to take a number of these cats at once please contact me ASAP. While I can arrange special transport for the FIV cats and known older cats to a rescue willing to take those cats, I hope that other rescues can each take a larger number or organize several rescues in one area to take a larger number as the logistics of transport will be daunting otherwise, but I'll do what I can to arrange transport after I see the responses to this email. While I am the Rescue Coordinator and President of Purebred Cat Breed Rescue, NONE of these animals appears to be purebred, and I am attempting to organize this solely as a service to help these at-risk cats and LA SPCA. Please do not feel at all pressured to respond if you have cats in your own area at risk who you would need to turn away should you help these cats. I am sure the rescues who offer to help will make sure that any fosters they use will have adequate quarantine areas set up for these cats to protect any other cats in their care. I do know that many people are volunteering to foster hurricane animals, and I can point you to online groups who have lists of foster volunteers that your rescue could potentially screen and then supervise/monitor, but that will be the responsibility of your individual rescue. If you are a official representative of an established rescue group that can offer to take a number of these cats, especially if you have not previously worked with us on other hoarder situations, please respond to this email PRIVATELY and provide this information: Name of Rescue Group: Address of Rescue Group: 501c3 status of rescue group: URL of your rescue website (preferred but not required): Name of contact person: Telephone number(s) of contact person: Email address of contact person: Number of cats rescue group can commit to: Any specifications (FIV, elderly, etc): Any Additional information: Thank you for caring! Linda Pollack Mercer, M.D. President & Rescue Coordinator CFA Purebred Rescue, Inc., http://cfapurebredrescue.org DBA Purebred Cat Breed Rescue, http://PurebredCatBreedRescue.org Member, CFA Purebred Rescue Committee and TICA Rescue Committee Director, Operation Noble Foster, http://www.OperationNobleFoster.org Webmaster, http://neuterspay.org Founder & Volunteer, The Feline Rescue Network, http://www.FelineRescue.net Moderator & Owner, The Persian Rescue Email list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Persian_Rescue Phone (rescue emergencies only please): (888) 303-9454 [toll free] Email: <rescue@purebredcatbreedrescue-dot-org> Alternate email: <rescue@cfapurebredrescue-dot-org>
Getting Back Into New Orleans
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 22:31:16 -0000 Subject: Getting Back Into New Orleans People are getting into NO RIGHT NOW - don't wait; try - the animals may not have a couple more days. Below is some information which may be of use: If your pet has been rescued, all you stand to lose is some time and gas money. The animal rescue organizations are doing all that they can (and then some) but there are so many pets that they can't do it all. This website has ideas on how to get past the checkpoints, etc. If you're turned away at one place, keep trying. http://forums.petfinder-network.com/viewtopic.php?t=74812 Also, if you find your pet has been rescued, you should just try going directly to the various shelters. There's a big shelter in Gonzales LA (most pets aren't yet in the data base - they're too busy still rescuing) and one at Parker Coliseum at LSU (www.vetmed.lsu.edu - call first as most of their pets are pets evacuees dropped off, rather than rescued pets, at least as far as I understand). There are multiple other organizations as well. Did your pet have any identification, rabies tag, etc. on it? That would help (if you knew the rabies tag number). Lamar Dixon Expo Center 9039 St. Landry Road Gonzales, LA (Baton Rouge area) www.vetmed.lsu.edu has some information as well. Map showing where Parker Coliseum is on the LSU campus is at this link: http://www.lsu.edu/campus/maps/COLI01.html
YOU are desperately needed!! (Gonzales, LA)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 22:10:00 -0000 Subject: YOU are desperately needed!! (Gonzales, LA) Update from Pasado's Safe Haven animal rescue group : URGENT ALERT!! PasadoRescuers have adequate field teams now to go into the hot zone and get animals out. NOW you are desperately needed at the Lamar Dickson Center in Gonzales, LA where rescued animals from around the state are taken. The Center is in a state of utter chaos. There are so many animals and not enough people to help. The animals are not being cared for as they should. Our PasadoRescuers have slept in their cars there and haven't left for nights now - just so they are there for as many hours as they can be. PLEASE go to help!!!! YOU WILL NEVER DO ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE THAT IS MORE IMPORTANT! http://www.pasadosafehaven.org/NEWS/TO%20VOLUNTEER.htm WHAT WE NEED UPDATED 9/15 6:15am PST IV pole stands to hold multiple IV bags. Order here or make a secure donation to pay for part of it. Stackable cat cages on wheels for all of the kittens. Click here - we need S301a ($250) and 301B ($235) in PVC plastic, stackable so we can house more cats & kittens. If you can't afford the whole amount, donate securely what you can and NOTE that it's for these cages! Order here please! Above, this is what PasadoRescuers are finding in homes now. Animals barely alive. We beg you to write our rescuers a note of encouragement (see at end of page). They are facing horrors worse than above. They need to know you are watching, and supporting them. http://www.pasadosafehaven.org/NEWS/NEWS.htm
CORRECTION TO POSTING ON NC SHELTERS
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 22:05:54 -0000 From: "leviwyandotte" <leviwyandotte@yahoo-dot-com> Subject: CORRECTION TO POSTING ON NC SHELTERS I am the Director of College Relations at the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine and I'm pleased to reassue the readers of this group that the posting concerning shelter animals being destoyed to make room for Hurricane Katrina animals is in error. I checked with the director of the College's Animal Welfare, Ethics, and Public Service Program who is coordinating the CVM response to the needs of Hurricane Katrina companion animals and was informed that this information was mistaken. We also double checked with the director of the area animal shelters and can state that there was and and will be no plans as outlined in the misinformed posting. A team from the NC State CVM has been in Baton Rouge for the past week assisting colleagues at the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine. At this point there are no plans to bring large numbers of animals from the Gulf Coast Region to the CVM. If this does change, I am told that the additional animals could and would be accommodated without disruption to current shelter animals. Thank you to the reader who brought this mistake to our attention. Unfortunately in times of upheaval there is opportunity for misinformation. Dave Green Director of College Relations College of Veterinary Medicine North Carolina State University
Animals at Lamar Dixon will not be put on pet finder
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:53:34 -0000 From: "Julie" <jujubear@tampabay.rr-dot-com> Subject: animal at lamar dixon will not be put on pet finder plase read Please spread the word. Animals at Lamar Dixon will not go on pet finders until they have been sent to another kennel. Lamar Dixon is just a temporary place for pets to go. If you are searching for your pet and you are able, please go to Lamar Dixon to find them before they go to another shelter. Julie
URGENT URGENT URGENT!!! Rescuers needed Belle Chasse
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 21:48:38 -0000 Subject: URGENT URGENT URGENT!!! Rescuers needed Belle Chasse This is a cross post from Craigslist 9/15 5:45 pm. Please cross post anywhere you know local rescuers will get the message URGENT URGENT URGENT!!! Rescuers needed Belle Chasse ----------------------------------------------------- Reply to: anon-97783803@craigslist-dot-org Date: 2005-09-15, 4:02PM CDT My daughter just got off the phone with EOC in Belle Chasse, PLAQ Parish-- Captain Remiker. He says there are MANY animals running around there, desperately in need of rescuing, dropping dead, dying, dehyrdrated! Please get word out to rescuers. She spoke with him 4 pm. 9.15 Specific area is Main Street, LA-23 (highway), area near ferry, and area right around EOC.
Zogby is polling in regard to Katrina pet-issues
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:05:39 -0000 Subject: Zogby is polling in regard to Katrina pet-issues It would appear that the issues surrounding "pets in large-scale emergencies" are getting some notice -- by who, or for what, we can't be sure, but ... I am someone who gets "on line polls" from Zogby every few weeks or so. I got one today, and it included the following survey points: ------------------------------------------------------------- Some estimates are that as many as 50,000 pets have been stranded by Hurricane Katrina. Do you agree or disagree that official rescue efforts for any disaster - flooding, earthquakes, storms, fire, etc. - should include rescuing pets? Agree Disagree Not sure --------------------------------------------------------- Current FEMA and Red Cross rescue policy excludes allowing the rescue of pets? Do you agree or disagree with this policy? Agree Disagree Not sure ----------------------------------------------------------- Reports are that pets, left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, are on the verge of starvation and dehydration. Who do you think should be most responsible for getting food and water to these pets or getting them to shelter? Government disaster relief agencies, like FEMA Private relief agencies, like the Red Cross Animal welfare or animal rights groups like the Humane Society Individual pet owners A combination of all of them Not sure ----------------------------------------------------- There are some reports that animal rescue groups were not allowed into the flooded areas to begin rescuing animals until much of the rescuing of people was complete. Do you agree or disagree that animal rescue efforts by these groups should be allowed to take place at the same time rescue efforts for people by the Red Cross and others are taking place? Agree Disagree Not sure ------------------------------------------------------- As many as 10,000 people in New Orleans may have refused evacuation because they stayed behind to care for pets and other animals. How likely would you be to refuse to evacuate an area before a disaster struck because you were not able to take your pets with you? Very likely Somewhat likely Not very likely Not at all likely Not sure ---------------------------------------------------------- How likely would you be to refuse to be rescued after the disaster has struck because rescuers refused to allow you to take your pets with you? Very likely Somewhat likely Not very likely Not at all likely Not sure
Pasado asks for kitten cages
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:06:21 -0000 Subject: Pasado asks for kitten cages Pasado is starting to be able to rescue cats because the cats are so weak after 2 weeks that they come to them. Thursday, 9/15 Pasasdo rescue in New Orleans desperately needs people to buy cages for the kittens they are rescuing from the flood zone. Click on their link below. You will find a link to the supply house that sells the cages they need, and you can click and contribute a cage or part of one. The situation there is very very bad. They are finding many dead animals now, and the living ones are walking skeletons. PLEASE HELP PLEASE CROSS POST http://www.pasadosafehaven.org/NEWS/NEWS.htm
Greater Austin Crime Commission Aids Katrina Animal Evacuees
E-News from the Greater Austin Crime Commission Public Safety is a Community Concern CONTACT|Cary Roberts|512-560-0434|cary@austincrime-dot-org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 9-15-05 CRIME COMMISSION AIDS KATRINA ANIMAL EVACUEES 401K-9 Program Launches Relief Effort for Houston SPCA AUSTIN, TEXAS -- The Greater Austin Crime Commission's 401K-9 Program will announce a Katrina animal relief effort Tuesday, September 20, 10:00 a.m., at Signature Science, LLC (8329 North MoPac Expressway). Several lawenforcement service animals and their handlers will participate in the news conference to encourage support for the thousands of animals displaced by the hurricane. In addition to tax-deductible cash contributions, food bowls, leads, leashes, collars, animal shampoo and medications will also be accepted. 401K-9 program representatives will deliver the donations and supplies to the Houston SPCA, which is caring for more than a thousand animals affected by Hurricane Katrina. Donations and supplies may be dropped off at Signature Science, LLC (8329 North MoPac Expressway). Checks may also be mailed to the Greater Austin Crime Commission, Post Of! fice Box 27016, Austin, Texas 78755. The Crime Commission's 401 K-9 Program was established to provide medical care for retired law enforcement animals and will be formally launched at a K-9 training conference in early November. The Greater Austin Crime Commission was formed in October 1997 to support law enforcement, raise public awareness about crime prevention programs and promote a cooperative and coordinated community anti-crime effort. Former Austin Mayor Roy Butler serves as the organization's president. # # # NOTE: Additional media contacts include 401K-9 Coordinator Jim Minton (512-944-7999) and Alice Sarmiento of the Houston SPCA (713-869-7722 ext 126).
LA rescue efforts
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:16:49 -0700 (PDT) Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 10:14 AMSubject: RE: ASCENSION PARISH SHERIFF STOPS RESCUERS FROM SHELTER - ARMED GUARDS OUTSIDE WON'T LET US IN Thank you for your concern about the animal recovery and shelter efforts in south Louisiana. Please read the article below (The Advocate, Baton Rouge�s newspaper) about the rumors running rampant on the internet.Evacuated animals not being euthanized Owners of pets brought from New Orleans sought By PATRICK COURREGES LAFAYETTE -- The one thing flowing out of southeast Louisiana faster than people and animals is rumor.Virginia Lee, with Lafayette's Roicy Duhon Animal Control Center, said the main rumor she and her staff have had to fight is that shelters are wantonly euthanizing animals evacuated from New Orleans and surrounding parishes. She said her staffers have been deluged with calls not just asking them if rescued animals are being put down, but begging them to stop doing it."Oh my God, it's unreal," Lee said of the number of calls.For the record, neither Lafayette's animal shelter -- which is only housing a few rescued animals -- nor the Blackham Coliseum shelter set up for pets of human evacuees housed at the Cajundome is destroying animals, Lee said. She said that animals that come into Lafayette as hurricane evacuees will be found homes."It's a panic, and it's an understandable panic," Lee said, but the euthanizing rumor is untrue.That also goes for other shelters in the state, said Larry Hawkins, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's animal rescue effort in Louisiana.Several agencies, including the USDA, the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, various state chapters of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and smaller animal help organizations are working together under the umbrella of the U.S. Humane Society, he said. The only animals destroyed are those that are beyond medical help or are too aggressive and dangerous to capture, Hawkins said.He also said that another false rumor circulating is that animals rescued from the hurricane will be under some type of quarantine.Hawkins said animals that are obviously strays can be adopted and taken out of the area or the state, and many have been.One problem the coordinated animal rescue effort -- which has the double goal of saving animals and reuniting them with their owners -- is that some animals who do have owners are being taken out of the area as strays, he said."We've got some rogue rescuers working out there who are not part of the coordinated effort," Hawkins said.Those people, while their hearts are likely in the right place, aren't making an effort to reunite pets with their owners, he said.Organizations working within the centralized effort are providing veterinary care, food and water, as well as trying to identify owners, Hawkins said.He also said the primary animal evacuee collection site in Gonzales' Lamar-Dixon Expo Center is still accepting rescued animals, contrary to another rampant rumor.The center had been ordered to stop taking animals briefly this past weekend, but the sanitation and animal control issues that caused that order have been solved, he said."Everybody kissed and made up and we're back in business," Hawkins said.He said that the center still has problems with space, but some animals are being taken by owners or adopted -- making space for new animal evacuees -- and more space is being sought in the area.Hawkins said the organizers of the animal rescue effort are also asking people to hold off on shipping dog food."They're about to bury us in dog food," Hawkins said.Figuring out what to do with all the food coming in is pulling animal rescuers away from care of pets to sort out the food, he said.A better way for people to help for now would be to make donations to the animal rescue organization of their choice, he said.The LSU veterinary school's Web site at http://www.vetmed.lsu.edu is the primary clearing house for information on animal rescue and aid, Hawkins said.Another drain on the rescue effort is people arriving to help without clear plans on where they'll be sleeping or how they'll be eating, Hawkins said."When they do that, they become a liability," he said.Hawkins said the animal rescue organizers welcome the help, but need would-be helpers to be self-sufficient and to work through the coordinated effort."If they want to get coordinated, they need to go to Lamar-Dixon and get in contact with the Humane Society, they'll check them (volunteers) over and give them IDs," Hawkins said.Those IDs will allow volunteers to get into the affected areas to help with animal rescues, he said."At that point, we can make the best use of whatever their capabilities are," Hawkins said.You can link to this article at http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/091505/sub_animals001.shtml. Thank you again for your concern and compassion. Ginger GuttnerPublic Relations CoordinatorSchool of Veterinary MedicineLouisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge, LA 70803 Phone: (225) 578-9922 Fax: (225) 578-9916E-mail: gguttner@vetmed.lsu-dot-edu Web: www.vetmed.lsu.edu
Alley cat allies info.
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:14:42 -0700 (PDT)
Help Alley Cat Allies Set-up Camp in the Gulf
Alley Cat Allies is now mobilizing to help FERAL and
STRAY CATS in hurricane stricken areas!
Feral and stray cats have not yet been addressed on a
large scale in this rescue effort. With citizens
returning to New Orleans and the surrounding areas,
Alley Cat Allies feels it is now time to act to help
the caregivers and cats start rebuilding their lives.
Alley Cat Allies plans to help rebuild the caregiver
network, remove any feral cats from shelters, collect
and provide food and water to known colonies, identify
other colonies in need of help and assess future needs
such as spay/neuter services and ongoing support for
caregivers.
Alley Cat Allies needs your help!
Mobilization will happen in the next week and we are
looking for the following:
1. A base of operations � house, warehouse, campsite,
etc. within an
hour to an hour and a half drive of New Orleans
a) We need the contact information for the
property owners, exact location
and facilities available on this property
(water, plumbing, electricity)
b) This location would be used as an operation
base for ACA staff and
volunteers as well as a place to store food,
and supplies
2. Volunteers for on the ground help
a) Leaders: Men and women who are organized,
collected and have
experience in managing others
b) Volunteers who are willing to �rough-it�
- Physically and emotionally strong men and
women (men are especially
needed
- People with experience in a clinic or
shelter setting who can deal with
loud barking dogs and cages full of cats
3. Drivers and vehicles for transport
a) Trucks, SUVs preferable
4. Supplies (cat food, water, carriers, etc.) to be
purchased and transported to our base camp
a) List of supplies needed will be provided
5. Foster homes and barn homes (for feral cats)
a) Transport to foster and barn homes
Please send an e-mail to alleycat@alleycat.org if you
can help. Include your full name, e-mail address, and
phone numbers where we can contact you during the day.
Please be sure to tell us if you have any special
skills and training that would be applicable as well
as the dates you would be available.
If you have already contacted us about volunteering:
we have you on our list and will be in touch as soon
as we decide upon a location to meet. Please DO NOT
email or call again if you have expressed interest
once.
You will receive a response shortly. Thank you!
Sept 15 6am Pasados Katrina rescue update, needs!
Source: http://www.pasadosafehaven.org/NEWS/NEWS.htm
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 10:41:43 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Sept 15 6am Pasados Katrina rescue update, needs! UPDATE: 9/15 6:11am PST - URGENT ALERT here. WHAT WE NEED UPDATED 9/15 6:15am PST IV pole stands to hold multiple IV bags. Order here or make a secure donation to pay for part of it. Stackable cat cages on wheels for all of the kittens. Click here - we need S301a ($250) and 301B ($235) in PVC plastic, stackable so we can house more cats & kittens. If you can't afford the whole amount, donate securely what you can and NOTE that it's for these cages! Order here please! Above, this is what PasadoRescuers are finding in homes now. Animals barely alive. We beg you to write our rescuers a note of encouragement (see at end of page). They are facing horrors worse than above. They need to know you are watching, and supporting them. And please, make a donation that helps us treat these animals, if you haven't already. This webpage isn't just to act as a news source for you, it's to ask for your help for these animals. We cannot do it alone! We're managing to get cats now, because they're so weak. It was harder in the beginning when they were stronger. Now, after weeks of no water or food, they come to us. We need the cages we mentioned above for kittens, born during the hurricane, and for their mothers. The water is receding. PasadoRescuers have been working for days in sewage. They are tireless though. We have never known such heroes. Photo credits Karen Ducey Are you IN Louisiana, NEAR or do you want to GO TO Louisiana and help? Click here. Sill need: Hot meals donated for our rescuers. Our rescuers are working 21-hour-days now - they had their first hot meal this week when someone ordered them pizzas. Sponsor a hot meal for the team for $200 for one night here. Or three pizzas: $50 Donated air miles: we need to stay in New Orleans for at least two months and constantly bring in fresh team members. Can you donate a flight to help save lives? E-mail here. Write a thank you note! We need everyone to take five minutes and write a note to our hosts in LA, Louis & Linda St. Martin. They have opened their home and farm to our 150 volunteers and all of the rescued animals. We've overflowed their septic and trampled their grounds, and they're still pleased to have us! Write a note to them AND another to our rescuers - tell Pasado Rescuers to keep up the great work, that you've been watching the website on their accomplishments, and to not give up! They'd LOVE to read a note from you! Send both notes to the address below. Watch video news story here If you'd like to foster a Hurricane Katrina animal or you are a shelter that can help, click here. Follow the Pasado Rescue team... Daily Stories here RESCUED BEAGLE - SHE COULD STILL GIVE ONE OF OUR RESCUERS A KISS. PASADO RESCUERS GOT HER ON AN IV LINE and TRIAGED. SHE'LL RECOVER, THEY THINK - SHE'S SKIN AND BONE BUT SHE IS SAVED! Hundreds have offered to adopt this girl - please, foster one we haven't shown you photos of - there are thousands!!! We are ordering all of our veterinary medical supplies at discount through our suppliers. They ship to the following address near to us. Please make a secure donation here to help us pay for them! MAILING/SHIPPING ADDRESS: Law Offices of Louis St. Martin ATTN: PASADO RESCUE TEAMS #1 Church St. Houma, LA 70364 (Please enclose a note to Louis - this man has taken such good care of us - he is an ANGEL!!!)
Louisianna Human Society asks Odessa Rescue to act as a Relocation Coordinator
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:25:54 -0000 Subject: Louisianna Human Society asks Odessa Rescue to act as a Relocation Coordinator Midland/Odessa (West TX area) In the Midland Reporter-Telegram newspaper today, there was a short article that Raven's New Found Friends Animal Shelter(located in Odessa, TX)is being asked by the Louisiana Human Society to act as a Texas relocation coordinator for Katrina animals. Also mentioned in article, that as part of the Texans for Katrina's Critters campaign, shelters across the state of TX will be called to determine if and how many animals each shelter can take and help make arrangements for transportation from Tylertown, MS. For more information contact Raven's New Found Friends at 432-561-5412. If anyone has more information on the Texans for Katrina's Critters campaign, please post. Ann Mussinan Midland, TX
The Neuteral Ground, Sep 11 - Sep 15, 2005
The Neuteral Ground is a weekly animal welfare news summary from Spay/Louisiana. Did we miss your news? Let us know! neuteralground@... ------- IN THIS ISSUE ---------------------------------- This special edition of the Neuteral Ground is focused on the post-Katrina animal recovery efforts. Spay/neuter news will return in future editions, once the recovery effort is complete. One Louisiana newspaper observed today that "The one thing flowing out of southeast Louisiana faster than people and animals is rumor." This is certainly true, but there are also a few obvious facts as well: Animal advocates from around the country have turned out in full force on behalf of Louisiana's animals, and in large part are working shoulder-to-shoulder in an impressive cooperative effort. Not everything is working smoothly, but many things are, and it will only get better as we all settle in to the task at hand. The southeast Louisiana animal welfare community has a long, long road ahead of us, but we're not alone, and we'll make it. ------- KEY RESOURCES ---------------------------------- Animal Welfare Disaster/Emergency Response http://www.petfinder.com/disaster/ Animal Emergency Response Network http://disaster.petfinder.com/emergency/ Louisiana SPCA http://www.la-spca.org/ Hurricane Katrina Emergency Animal Shelter At LSU AgCenter's John M. Parker Coliseum http://www.vetmed.lsu.edu/ Louisiana Animal Control Association News http://www.lacanews.blogspot.com/ Humane Society of Louisiana http://www.humanela.org/ Volunteer Sign-up http://disaster.petfinder.com/emergency/ http://www.aspca.org/ http://www.americanhumane.org/ http://www.bestfriends.org/ http://www.noahswish.org/ http://www.nsalamerica.org/ http://www.hsus.org/ http://www.uan.org/ ------- NEWS COVERAGE OF LOCAL RECOVERY EFFORTS -------- Lafayette Parish, The Advocate, 9/15/2005 EVACUATED ANIMALS NOT BEING EUTHANIZED - The one thing flowing out of southeast Louisiana faster than people and animals is rumor. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/15-3887.html Lafayette Parish, KLFY 10, 9/12/2005 KATRINA PET INFORMATION - Thousands of pets were left stranded by hurricane Katrina, and many thousands more ended up in shelters across Acadiana. Here are some important resources for anyone who needs to report a trapped pet, to locate an evacuated pet, find shelter information for evacuated and rescued animals, or get info on donating. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/12-3855.html Caddo Parish, KSLA-TV 12, 9/14/2005 PETS & OWNERS REUNITING - Myra Dunnaway, and so many other New Orleans residents who left town just before Katrina struck, thought they'd be gone at most three days. So, she left Jackson with friends, but then came the flooding. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/14-3876.html Caddo Parish, KTBS 3 News, 9/13/2005 SEARCH ON TO UNITE PETS, OWNERS - Debbie Ruhl survived Hurricane Katrina. Now she's on a heart-wrenching mission to see if her dogs did the same. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/13-3853.html Lafayette Parish, The Daily Advertiser, 9/13/2005 'HURRICANE' SURVIVES KATRINA, JOINS FORCE - http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/13-3854.html East Baton Rouge Parish, The Post-Gazette, 9/15/2005 STORM-WEARY PETS FIND A REFUGE AT LSU COLISEUM - When Lana Ancar fled eastern New Orleans as floodwaters rose in the post-Hurricane Katrina mess, her first thought was saving herself and her son. Her second thought was rescuing her 6-month-old pit bull, Duke. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/15-3892.html Plaquemines Parish, The Belleville News Democrat, 9/15/2005 WOMAN HELPS KATRINA'S ANIMAL VICTIMS - "I wasn't prepared for what I saw," said Jennifer Hays, a member of Hopeful Haven Equine Rescue Organization, a Shreveport, La.-based horse rescue outfit. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/15-3886.html Orleans Parish, Florida Today, 9/14/2005 CRITTERS CAUGHT IN AFTERMATH - In a scene straight from Noah's ark, Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters have sent displaced companion and stray animals not two by two, but by the thousands, into shelters across the Gulf Coast. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/14-3878.html Arizona, Yahoo! finance, 9/15/2005 PETSMART CHARITIES' RESCUE WAGGIN' VEHICLES TRANSPORTING DISPLACED KATRINA PETS TO SAFETY - Specially-designed PetSmart Charities Rescue Waggin' pet transport vehicles have transported 113 dogs, 39 cats and one injured hawk from hurricane-ravaged areas to designated evacuation shelters since they were able to enter the affected areas on Sept. 5. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/15-3889.html Ascension Parish, The Tennessean, 9/15/2005 VET TEAM AIDS GULF COAST'S PETS, LIVESTOCK - a team of Middle Tennesseans are now working at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center here, to help animals left homeless or alone after Hurricane Katrina. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/15-3891.html statewide, PRNewswire, 9/14/2005 HSUS/AAHA KATRINA PET WELLNESS PROGRAM OFFERS VETERINARY CARE TO HURRICANE EVACUEES - The HSUS/AAHA Katrina Pet Wellness Program provides financial assistance for basic veterinary wellness checkups of pets displaced by the storm. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/14-3870.html Orleans Parish, KLFY 10, 9/14/2005 WELFARE GROUPS TRY TO SAVE PETS - Animal welfare groups are scrambling to rescue pets left behind by hurricane victims. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/14-3865.html Nationwide, CBS The Early Show, 9/14/2005 HOW TO CARE FOR KATRINA'S PETS - The Early Show resident veterinarian, Dr. Debbye Turner has advice for those who are interested in adopting a hurricane pet. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/14-3874.html Ascension Parish, The Advocate, 9/13/2005 HELP NEEDED FOR RESCUED ANIMALS AT LAMAR-DIXON - Workers at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales are appealing to Louisiana residents to help care for the rescued animals being housed at the facility. Volunteers working with the animals say there are more arriving everyday, and there are not enough people to handle the load. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/13-3880.html Statewide, DVM Newsmagazine, 9/13/2005 LSU DEAN CALLS FOR VETERINARY HELP - As cleanup efforts continue, Dr. Michael Groves, dean of Louisiana State University's School of Veterinary Medicine, reports the mammoth task will take an ongoing, sustained effort. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/13-3879.html Illinois, The Tribune, 9/13/2005 REFUGEE PETS SWAMP HOLDING CENTERS - One of the great sadnesses of Hurricane Katrina and the evacuation of New Orleans is that people could be rescued, but not their pets. Teary-eyed residents tied dogs to trees or locked their pets inside houses that had become islands, worn by the strain of living in a darkened, toxic city, lulled out by the promise that their pets would be rescued as soon as possible. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/13-3883.html Orleans Parish, The Shreveport Times, 9/12/2005 EMU CAPTURE ADDS BIZARRE TOUCH TO SCENE OF RUIN - Twisted road signs and fallen trees have already created a surreal atmosphere here, but on Sunday locals were treated to an even stranger sight: emus being lassoed along the highway as Chinook helicopters hovered overhead. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/12-3857.html Lafayette Parish, The Advocate, 9/11/2005 RESCUES CENTERING MORE ON ANIMALS - The ranks of humans in need of rescue in the New Orleans area have thinned, but rescue workers are still dealing with a second wave of creatures in need of evacuation -- pets. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/11-3858.html Orleans Parish, The Advocate, 9/11/2005 VIEUX CARRE CARRIAGE HORSES SAVED - Louis Charbonnet knelt during Mass six days after Hurricane Katrina wrecked havoc in New Orleans and prayed, "Lord, I really need to get my animals out. Please help me." http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/11-3859.html Washington Parish, The Advocate, 9/11/2005 WASHINGTON PARISH WITHOUT ELECTRICITY - Washington Parish Humane Society President Jan Applewhite surveys the remnants of her Bogalusa home Saturday after trees fell on her roof and porch during Hurricane Katrina. Applewhite cares for 47 cats in an enclosed area inside her residence. After the storm passed, she moved the cats to her fenced-in carport. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/11-3860.html Orleans Parish, KLFY 10, 9/8/2005 TRANSPLANT PATIENT REUNITED WITH PETS - A liver transplant patient and his wife have been reunited with the four pets they left behind when they were evacuated from a flooded New Orleans hospital. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/08-3861.html Orleans Parish, WDSU channel 6, 9/6/2005 PEOPLE TRY TO HELP NEW ORLEANS BOY FIND DOG - People everywhere are trying to help reunite a young New Orleans boy with his dog, Snowball. The story of the tearful boy torn from his dog while being shuttled to safety last week prompted an outpouring from around the country. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/06-3862.html Orleans Parish, The Shreveport Times, 9/4/2005 PET RESCUE PLANS UNDER WAY IN WAKE OF KATRINA - The following organizations are helping rescue animals and assisting displaced owners to care for them. They are accepting donations and volunteer assistance. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/04-3863.html ------- NATIONAL COVERAGE ------------------------------ Michigan, MSU Newsroom, 9/15/2005 TEAM FROM MSU VETERINARY COLLEGE HEADING SOUTH - A team from Michigan State University s College of Veterinary Medicine a team that includes veterinarians, veterinary technicians and students will soon head to the hurricane-ravaged South to help care for animals that are victims of the storm. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/15-3881.html California, The Los Angeles Times, 9/15/2005 A BONE, A BATH AND A WINDOW SEAT - Hundreds of dogs and cats left stranded by Hurricane Katrina are being flown by chartered commercial jets to shelters and homes in California by wealthy donors, including a dog-loving Texas oil billionaire and his wife. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/15-3888.html Washington DC, Washington Post, 9/15/2005 STRAYS OF HOPE - As rescue boats ply the rivery streets of New Orleans each day to find humans, so too do pet rescue boats search for marooned pets. Sometimes animals and their owners are found together. Sometimes the animals are found alone and sick from drinking fetid, contaminated street water. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/15-3890.html Texas, The San Antonio Express-News, 9/15/2005 DOGFIGHT BREWING OVER KATRINA'S FURRY VICTIMS - If Cindy Healer has her way, 50 dogs and cats rescued from the homes and streets of this devastated city will be loaded into a moving van and driven to Texas, where they'll find refuge at the Humane Society/SPCA of Bexar County. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/15-3893.html Vermont, WPTZ-5, 9/14/2005 VT. VET TECHS HEAD TO GULF TO CARE FOR PETS - A group of Vermont veterinary technicians left Wednesday for Louisiana, where they plan to help care for pets stranded by Hurricane Katrina. The Vermont Veterinary Technicians Association members will travel to Baton Rouge, La., where some 1,200 pets are sheltered in a stadium at the Louisiana State University. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/14-3868.html Georgia, The Brunswick News, 9/14/2005 IN KATRINA'S WAKE - The first wave of furry refugees left homeless by Hurricane Katrina is expected to arrive at coastal animal shelters early next week. To make room for the newcomers, 54 dogs were sent from the Humane Society and government-run animal control shelters in Glynn and McIntosh counties to humane societies in New Hampshire and Maine for adoption. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/14-3873.html Michigan, The Detroit Free Press, 9/14/2005 STATE SHELTERS FURRY VICTIMS - After 24 straight hours of a dark, bumpy ride from Alabama to Michigan, four white-paneled trucks opened their doors Tuesday as the state welcomed the latest batch of Hurricane Katrina evacuees. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/14-3877.html California, CBN News, 9/14/2005 HUMANE SOCIETIES HOUSE STORM-RAVAGED PETS - Humane societies in California plan to fly hundreds of dogs and cats to the West Coast to care for them and find their owners or new homes. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/14-3869.html California, The Daily News, 9/14/2005 KATRINA PET RESCUE UNLEASHED - In the next few weeks, SPCA Los Angeles plans to airlift 300 homeless dogs from Hurricane Katrina from Houston to Los Angeles for foster care or permanent homes. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/14-3884.html Michigan, The Daily Oakland Press, 9/14/2005 32 ANIMAL EVACUEES NEED NEW HOMES - 16 cats and 16 dogs rescued from the Gulf Coast have arrived in Oakland County. The volunteers left Friday and caravaned in several vehicles. They first delivered animal crates in Jackson, Miss. They moved on and worked with other animal rescuers at the Expo Center in Gonzales, La. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/14-3875.html Texas, News 8 Austin, 9/14/2005 HUMANE SOCIETY REOPENS TO LOCALS - After being closed to Austinites, the Austin Humane Society reopened its doors. The center closed last week to make room for pets affected by Hurricane Katrina. Families who evacuated with their pets were not allowed to keep the Austin Convention Center shelter. The animals were turned over to the Humane Society for care. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/14-3872.html New York, PRNewswire, 9/14/2005 CALL FOR RELEASE OF HOMELESS ANIMALS FOR ADOPTION - North Shore Animal League America, calls for "immediate action" to safeguard the lives of pets left homeless by Hurricane Katrina. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/14-3871.html Texas, KCEN-TV, 9/14/2005 TEMPLE SHELTER HOLDING WEEKEND ADOPTION EVENT - The Temple Animal Shelter hopes to adopt out most its current dog and cat population to make room for displaced animals from Hurricane Katrina. This Friday and Saturday, it's holding special Adoption Days event to make room. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/14-3867.html Hawaii, Kauai Garden Island News, 9/13/2005 RHOADES HELPING PET VICTIMS OF KATRINA - HSUS leaders are currently working in Louisiana and Mississippi to rescue as many stranded and injured animals as possible in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/13-3882.html Lafayette Parish, KATC 3, 9/12/2005 CORNELL VET SCHOOL SENDS AIDS TO STRANDED PETS - Pets left stranded by Hurricane Katrina are getting some aid from Cornell University. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/12-3856.html Texas, Houston Chronicle, 9/12/2005 HOTELS TO SHELTERS, PETS IN LOUISIANA ARE ON THE MOVE - In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, pet owners are in a bind. Some, staying in hotels or shelters that don't allow pets, scramble to find a place to house their beloved animals. Others, forced to evacuate their homes as Katrina washed ashore, simply abandoned their pets and prayed the animals' survival skills would kick in. http://spaylouisiana.org/news/0509/12-3895.html -------------------------------------------------------- News reports are copyrighted by each publisher. This email message is published by Spay/Louisiana as a service to the animal welfare community. Sharing with other animal welfare advocates is welcome and encouraged. Current news and archives are both available online at http://spaylouisiana.org/neuteralground.html Did we miss your news? Let us know! neuteralground@... The Neuteral Ground is an easy way to stay informed about local companion animal welfare news. Subscribe today: send a blank email to: neuteralground-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
Gonzales,LA Animals Dying in cages from HEAT PLEASE HELP PLEASE
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 19:03:56 -0000 From: "Dawn" <drctatlanta@yahoo.com> Subject: LA Animals Dying in cages from HEAT PLEASE HELP PLEASE ---- Original Message ----- From: Adela4Total-Animal-Lib@rcn.com (@rcn.com) To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 3:16 PM SHEILA & RENATE CALLED ME FROM NASHVILLE JUST NOW! Hi All: Sheila and Renate who left day before yesterday for LA with Garo, called again, and this time I had my written questions and this is what I got: (1) They stopped in Nashville because Garo's car broke down (problem with muffler). They are having it fixed and intend to continue on despite the below... (2) What Sheila told me in my previous msg, and this msg, refers to the GONZALEZ area. (3) The Veterinary Board (or some other authority) is NOT allowing any animals to leave BECAUSE they say, they want them to be reunited with their own families first. (4) The other volunteers (one by the name of Sally) are coming back because they aren't allowed in, and told the Garo group the situation is more than horrendous, that animals are dying in their cages from heat and other causes inside an expo building, that their cages are placed 3 one on top of another with excrements showering on the cages below, that they had vans filled with animals and were not allowed to leave, etc. (5) The Garo group had reserved 2 trucks, but no longer have them and said we should contact Gonzalez authorities and ALL the media. I myself say we SHOULD write ALL of those Gonzalez "authorities" AND ALL the media to question and demand of them to free those animals to the volunteers who are there at a great personal sacrifice for the animals! Perhaps we should publicly accuse them of choosing to cause the animals to suffer and die suffering instead of being taken to a shelter away from all that cursed inferno to which these "authorities" are condemning the animals, for care, and only THEN to try to reunite them with their familties. If their families REALLY love their animals, they will choose to have them go with the volunteers rather than stay in that cesspool created by those CREEPY "AUTHORITIES". I think by now we don't have to have delicacies with those f......moronic "authorities". Adela Original Message ----- From: Adela4Total-Animal-Lib@rcn.com To: Undisclosed-Recipient:; Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 4:45 PM Subject: LA AUTHORITIES PROHIBIT TAKING ANIMALS OUT OF LA!!!!!!!! ATTENTION!!!!! Just this minute I got a call from Sheila Mahon, who left for LA with Garo yesterday eve. They got as far as Nashville and were told that the powers that be, whoever they are, ordered that no animals are allowed out of LA. She said they'd rather have them die in their cages than reunite with their guardians!!!! Said she'll call again if she can use the cell phone. Adela
9/15 LA-SPCA update
From: Patty Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 1:10 AM Subject: the 9/15 la-spca update
Hurricane Katrina Animal Rescue Update (as of 9/15/05)
a.. The Louisiana SPCA, and cooperating groups, have rescued over 3,000 companion animals, including 400 equine, since we began our rescue mission two weeks ago. More animals are arriving daily.
b.. The animals we have rescued are being housed at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, LA (exit 177 off I-10). The French Quarter carriage mules are also on-site. Many were rescued from chest deep water
c.. Upon intake at Lamar-Dixon, animals are vetted, bathed, fed and housed. Well-respected groups from around the country, approximately 30 different organizations, are working with us to rescue, house and care for the animals.
d.. The animals will remain at the shelter until Oct 15 to give owners an opportunity to claim their pets. On Oct 16, if the animal is unclaimed, it will go up for adoption.
e.. Photos of each animal are being uploaded onto disaster.petfinder.com in hopes that its owner will find them. Oprah Winfrey will be placing ads, at her expense, in newspapers across the country telling New Orleanians where to look.
f.. Louisiana SPCA rescue teams are also working a humanitarian mission, setting-up feeding stations at 400 various points in the City.
g.. A temporary intake facility will be set-up in the Greater New Orleans area within the next few days. This temporary shelter will allow the Louisiana SPCA to care for 1000-1500 companion animals each day, prior to transfer to authorized host agencies. Host agencies will be focused on reuniting pets with their families prior to adoption.
NOTE: Several well-meaning organizations have rescued many animals, but did not process them through the Louisiana SPCA or Lamar-Dixon. The Louisiana SPCA has no record of those animals. Please encourage all humane organizations in your area that have returned with Katrina animal victims to register their charges with disaster.petfinder.org. This will give the owners a chance to find their pet BEFORE any adoptions take place. The primary goal should be reuniting not adopting. Again, please encourage all organizations to seek reuniting BEFORE adoption. Have all Katrina animal victims registered at disaster.petfinder.org
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