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Okay, so in school today my science teacher told us how she wanted us to bring personal hygeine products for the victims of Katrina, and she also added how we can foster an animal that belongs to a victim of Katrina while their homes are being rebuilt. I told my sister about it and her & I really want to do it, and we're still trying to convince my mom. The only problem is that my dog is really mean, and the only animal we can bring into our home is another dog because:
cat - mom's allergic, dog will eat it alive
bird - dog will eat it alive (I don't think we can foster those, anyway)
any type of reptile - mom won't let us, I don't think we can foster them either
So yeah. Maybe we can adopt a doggie. :) And even though I know I'll get attached to it and wouldn't be able to give it back, I'd still feel good that I helped out an animal, and the owner, during this time so yeah...
Here's an e-mail I got from the Humane Society I thought someone might like to read:
The Humane Society of the United States is on the
ground in the most devastated areas of the Gulf Coast.
The animals are counting on us...and we’re
counting on you. Please click here to make an emergency
donation
today.
“It’s truly a race against
the clock. Our teams are working feverishly to rescue as
many animals as possible and get them out of the watery cesspool
left behind by Hurricane Katrina.”
-HSUS President &
CEO
Wayne Pacelle
Dear Kristy,
After initially being blocked from entering the most
devastated areas in Louisiana and Mississippi, HSUS Disaster
Animal Response Teams (DART) have been working around the clock
to help save stranded and sick animals on the ground.
What we are finding is truly heartbreaking -
animals trapped in flooded houses, caregivers wandering the
streets desperately searching for their beloved pets, and nearly
destroyed animal shelters where the surviving animals have spent
days keeping their heads above water in their cages.
But this is why we are here and why we are counting on
our supporters to make an emergency donation of any amount
to help our disaster response efforts.
Block after block,
our teams are entering homes and apartments, sometimes forced to
break into them, searching for stranded animals. Yesterday in
Mississippi, one of our DART teams rescued a dog who
had been washed into someone's attic; the storm surge had
stranded the animal. The woman who owned the house was elderly;
she had slipped some food and water into the attic for the dog,
but hadn't been able to go upstairs to carry him
out.
We are finding and rescuing more animals as each hour
passes - more than a thousand so far - but with
many more thousands needing our help. In the past two days,
we’ve focused on these activities:
In the days ahead, we will be expanding our large-scale
rescue of the animal victims of Hurricane Katrina. In
light of the devastation we have witnessed, our rescue efforts
cannot come fast enough. Your support will help us secure even
more vital resources and emergency personnel so crucial to our
work in Louisiana and Mississippi. Please click here
to make your emergency donation today.
Sincerely,
Laura
Bevan
Incident Commander
HSUS National Disaster Animal
Response Team
Jackson,
Mississippi
Copyright
© 2005 The Humane Society of the United States| All Rights
Reserved.
Humane Society Disaster Relief Fund |
2100 L Street, NW | Washington, DC 20037
cat - mom's allergic, dog will eat it alive
bird - dog will eat it alive (I don't think we can foster those, anyway)
any type of reptile - mom won't let us, I don't think we can foster them either
So yeah. Maybe we can adopt a doggie. :) And even though I know I'll get attached to it and wouldn't be able to give it back, I'd still feel good that I helped out an animal, and the owner, during this time so yeah...
Here's an e-mail I got from the Humane Society I thought someone might like to read:
The Humane Society of the United States is on the
ground in the most devastated areas of the Gulf Coast.
The animals are counting on us...and we’re
counting on you. Please click here to make an emergency
donation
today.
“It’s truly a race against
the clock. Our teams are working feverishly to rescue as
many animals as possible and get them out of the watery cesspool
left behind by Hurricane Katrina.”
-HSUS President &
CEO
Wayne Pacelle
Dear Kristy,
After initially being blocked from entering the most
devastated areas in Louisiana and Mississippi, HSUS Disaster
Animal Response Teams (DART) have been working around the clock
to help save stranded and sick animals on the ground.
What we are finding is truly heartbreaking -
animals trapped in flooded houses, caregivers wandering the
streets desperately searching for their beloved pets, and nearly
destroyed animal shelters where the surviving animals have spent
days keeping their heads above water in their cages.
But this is why we are here and why we are counting on
our supporters to make an emergency donation of any amount
to help our disaster response efforts.
Block after block,
our teams are entering homes and apartments, sometimes forced to
break into them, searching for stranded animals. Yesterday in
Mississippi, one of our DART teams rescued a dog who
had been washed into someone's attic; the storm surge had
stranded the animal. The woman who owned the house was elderly;
she had slipped some food and water into the attic for the dog,
but hadn't been able to go upstairs to carry him
out.
We are finding and rescuing more animals as each hour
passes - more than a thousand so far - but with
many more thousands needing our help. In the past two days,
we’ve focused on these activities:
Marshalling all of our resources to provide
relief for these animals. We have 125 people and 39
support vehicles in Louisiana, and more than 100 emergency
personnel and 17 support vehicles in Mississippi. The call
is out for many more rescuers to converge on these two
states before it is too late.
Calling on ALL federal, state, and local
responding agencies to help provide animal rescue assistance
immediately. Even though we've been able to put
hundreds of people in the field, we worry they may not be
enough.
Logging thousands of telephone calls through our
HSUS call center, as well as responding to thousands of
emails. Staff members in every section at headquarters
dropped their normal duties to assist in the response to
Katrina, searching for boats, trucks, crates, carriers,
supplies, food, and other essential items for transport and
operations in the impact zones of Louisiana and
Mississippi.
Establishing our online Disaster
Center at www.hsus.org
featuring critical updates on our relief efforts,
video and slideshow footage, and ways that individuals can help
us save even more animals affected by Katrina. We’re
encouraging all our supporters to visit the website often and
take a moment to let others know about our
emergency response.
In the days ahead, we will be expanding our large-scale
rescue of the animal victims of Hurricane Katrina. In
light of the devastation we have witnessed, our rescue efforts
cannot come fast enough. Your support will help us secure even
more vital resources and emergency personnel so crucial to our
work in Louisiana and Mississippi. Please click here
to make your emergency donation today.
Sincerely,
Laura
Bevan
Incident Commander
HSUS National Disaster Animal
Response Team
Jackson,
Mississippi
Copyright
© 2005 The Humane Society of the United States| All Rights
Reserved.
Humane Society Disaster Relief Fund |
2100 L Street, NW | Washington, DC 20037