May I suggest >>>

http://www.bestfriends.org/

Click on the Featured Photo with the White Cross & Paw Print;
ot the "Special Report - Hurricane Katrina" button ...
they have an huge collection of pages dealing with the Katrina
Pet Disaster.

Best Friends, based in Kanab, Utah, has sent a group of Staff Members
backed up with Volunteers to perform in-city Rescues AND
staff an out-of-city Rescue Site at the St. Francis Animal Sanctuary.

Donations made to the Best Friends Katrina Hurricane Relief Fund
will only be used to help the Katrina Pets.



September 7, 2005 : 10:44 PM ET

When Best Friends spoke with Russ Mead, one of our team members in the field, earlier today, he seemed a little glum. It was hot, human supplies were dwindling, and he had limited help to build enough runs for the 50 or so dogs arriving tonight at St. Francis Animal Sanctuary.

But, when we spoke with him again at 7 p.m. EST, Russ couldn’t be happier. The cavalry had come!

“We’ve got . . . a really great group of volunteers deployed by Best Friends in Kanab who are showing up with tool belts, medical kits, and more,” enthused Russ. “These capable people are willing to do anything we ask. We haven’t lost any animals and all over the dogs are doing what dogs do – running around and playing!

“And, we’re going to save a bunch of animals tonight!”

Plus, the sun is going down in Mississippi bringing a temporary reprieve from the scorching sun, which makes Russ a very happy man.

Six hours ahead of the curve, Russ and his team managed to get enough fencing up to house the 50 plus animals that the Best Friends crew dispatched to New Orleans picked up from the city. Some of the team was rappelling from a bridge to help a dog clinging to a lamppost. The convoy also made it to the Greyhound bus station to pick up pets left behind.

They hope to get this group of animals to St. Francis by midnight, where food and water will be waiting.

A small flotilla of boats has been collected so tomorrow the recovery teams will hit a list of various addresses in New Orleans to search homes that are under the greatest amount of water.

Article by Lorraine Johnston. Photos by Troy Snow.

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The Best Friends "Katrina Pages" are (here)

The FurKids and I just sent $50 to the Best Friends Katrina
Hurricane Relief Fund ...
We're gonna help Save a Pet!