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September 05, 2005
The Hurricane's underreported victims
AOL.com had an article entitled Evacuees Distraught Over Lost Pets that I just had to click into. As if I haven't been crying enough over the human suffering wrought by Hurricane Katrina, I am now upset about the loss of companion life as well. It was saddening and distressing to find out that people were forced to euthanize their animals rather than allowing their pets to suffer in the aftermath without them.
Thank God the article provided a link to another site: petfinder.com, which offers news and information about the under-reported rescue effort for animals. You can read all about that here: at Petfinder.com Disasster/Emergency Response. It is a great relief to know that the Louisiana SPCA and Mississippi SPCA are coordinating efforts to rescue stranded pets throughout New Orleans and the affected Gulf Coast areas. They will even be posting pictures in the next few days in order that families may be reunited with their loving companions.
There are, at least, some happy notes.
Posted by Bastique at September 5, 2005 09:01 PM
Comments
Yipppeeee!!Your back! :-} Oh c'mon....the suspense is killing me..what's been going on? Haven't heard from you in so long I was starting to panic.Where have you been? Has it been all work and no play? Come here...You can whisper in my ear if you wanna.ha ha
Seriously...been missing reading your blog hun.Glad to see you back(if you even left,that is) lol
Posted by: Tammi at September 6, 2005 09:38 AM
I didn't go nowhere... But I'm gonna try to get back into the swing of daily writing... even if it kills me.
Posted by: Bastique at September 6, 2005 07:43 PM