stranded animals

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I know there are people on my friends list trying to get animals out. It seems like pet rescue is now happening as well:

from the Times-Picayune:

Friday, 9:50 p.m.

There's hope for stranded pets in the New Orleans area. The Louisiana SPCA, New Orleans' animal control agency, has begun rescuing pets from owners houses.

Louisiana SPCA director Laura Maloney said shelter workers follow other agencies and crews through neighborhoods and rescue pets, some that are locked in houses. At the owners' request, "we break in," she said.

Owners have to call or email the operation and give their name and address and information about where the pet is confined.

The hotline number is: 1-225-578-6111. E-mail should be sent to Katrinaanimalrescue@yahoo.com.

The hotline already is in effect, Maloney said. "It's busy an awful lot. We are trying to get a bank of telephones"

Comments

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One of the images that hit me hardest yesterday was shot from a helicopter flying over the area. The camera zoomed in on a golden retriever that was literally up to its neck in water, nothing but water and a few treetops around it. It was holding onto the very end of a thick stub of tree branch with its teeth and just looking up at the camera. I just burst into tears and my other half had to reassure me that of course the cameramen wouldn't have left it there; of course they would have saved it. I still hope to god that they did save it.