Please donate to help Louisiana's animals with and without homes!

[friesianrider]

http://www.la-spca.org/forms/donations.htm

The Louisiana SPCA has evacuated twenty-five dogs that are being held pending court cases and are on their way to Baton Rouge Animal Control to ride out Hurricane Katrina. Approximately 250 animals, strays and adoptables, will be moved to the Houston SPCA this evening in two 16’ climate-controlled trucks.

This is obviously a very intense undertaking for the shelter amd the shelter itself is said to flood extremely easily and will likely sustain major damage.

Please donate whatever you can - even if only a dollar or two - to help their evacuation expenses and also the extra expenses they will have after the storm, as they will surely be inundated with misplaced, lost, and abandoned animals.

Thanks, guys!

[serryjw]

1. There have to be thousands of horses there

where will they go?.......I'll go over an donate, now

[friesianrider]

2. Horses are always difficult to evacuate...

Hopefully, people with horses will take them with and get them to high ground somewhere out of the direct path of the hurricane.

God, I am so worried about all the pets. People can always leave town, get a ride, go to a shelter, or a hotel. Animals often aren't so lucky.

[candy]

3. I could not leave my little old dog behind--ever.

[ellie]

39. I know, I am

sick and breathless with worry about the animals and the people. May God have mercy on them.

[redacted]

4. IMMEDIATE KICK, nominated

[jeffreyi]

5. Done

Thanks for the link.

[friesianrider]

6. Thanks, guys!

Just think if only half of DU's 70,000 members donated $1!

[smbolisnch]

7. Kick.

:kick:
I am going over to donate.

[redacted]

8. For an idea of how serious this situation is, here is LIVE VIDEO COVERAGE

from WDSU NBC 6 in New Orleans:

http://www.wdsu.com/index.html?refresh=1200
In left column, look for heading: "Live Video WDSU WeatherPlus"

or try:
http://www.wdsu.com/video/4782824/detail.html

[faithnotgreed]

9. 5th! nominated friesander

thanks again for posting this

all animals and people who need support should have it

[roguevalley]

10. done

[lonestarnot]

11. I heard an announcement that no animals can go to shelters with people!

Hell fucking no, I wouldn't go! Me and my dogs cats and kid would be look'n for a mountain!

[friesianrider]

12. I hear you...if my animals are forced to stay so am I.

I wouldn't leave my child, nor would I leave my pets. They're family members and wherever they go (or don't go) is where I am.

[lonestarnot]

13. Me tooooo! Glad I don't have horses any more. That would

just kill me! Ride one and lead all the rest with dogs and cats and kid tied on! LOL

[friesianrider]

24. It would be hard.

I have horses, and always worry about what I'd do if we had to evacuate and also having enough water for our family, the kitties, the bunnies, AND the horses.

[IndyOp]

15. I feel so, so sorry for people who did not understand the

magnitude of this storm and who did not leave in time to take their pets and for the people who could not afford to evacuate either themselves or their pets.

At the very last moment when you have to choose to save your life by going into a shelter that does not take pets or to stay outside and die with your pets - what do you do?

At this point, hours before the storm is arriving, if there was absolutely no way I could get out, I would be thinking of getting a vet to euthanize my dogs. My dogs are furry extensions of my heart and to think of them being terrified, to think of them drowning alone - or drowning with me frantically trying to save them - it is too much.

The loss of human and animal life and love is going to be too great to understand or experience.

:cry:

Peace to all.

[fleabert]

44. I would sooner die than leave my dog behind.

not a doubt in my mind. My dog is small enough that I would sneak her into a shelter, if they kicked me out, we'd be trying to make it together....I would NEVER leave her behind. (since you asked)

I'd also put on her lifejacket and hope we didn't get hypothermia. (yes, I have a doggie lifejacket!)

[Lorien]

20. On shelters accepting pets (and important links)

I work for a pet rescue group in Central Florida. Last year, we were hit by three hurricanes. Most (human) shelters do not accept pets, so many pet owners simply left their animals at home. When the storms blew out windows or when trees knocked out walls, the pets ran and often never returned. Animal shelters were inundated with found dogs and cats. IF THE ANIMALS WERE NOT MICROCHIPPED OR WEARING IDENTIFICATION, THEY WERE DESTROYED WITHIN ONE HOUR OF THEIR ARRIVAL AT THE SHELTER. The shelters had simply run out of room, and that was their policy.

Please, please put a collar on your pets with ID NOW-even if you are evacuating with them.

Also, La Quinta Inns and many Motel 6s accept pets.


Helpful links for hotels and other info here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4476704

[friesianrider]

37. Thanks Lorien!

That's excellent info - especially that LaQuintas and most Motel 6s accept pets.

I have been planning for awhile to microchip all my guys - I'll definitely start making appointments for all 14 kitties tomorrow.

[redacted]

14. VIDEO (CNN): What about the Pets?

See
http://www.cnn.com/video/

under heading "Top Stories--U.S."

Windows Media plugin required

[redacted]

16. KICK

[BrklynLiberal]

17. This post has a lot of emergency pet info...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4476704

[Straight Shooter]

18. Thank you for posting this. I'm going to the link to donate now. n/t

[friesianrider]

38. Thank you for donating!

All the DU members who have donated and continue to donate will have a huge impact on saving these animals. Thank you all!

[redacted]

19. kick

[friesianrider]

21. kick again...nt

nt

[Rainscents]

22. Kick... Donated $10.00!!!

Part I liked... Where did you hear about us? I wrote... Democratic Underground (Liberal Web Site!) Hehehe

[friesianrider]

23. Excellent...and a HUGE thank you!

And to all who have donated, big or small. The Louisiana SPCA will need our help, and I am thrilled that so many of us have donated. Let's keep it up and keep it kicked!

Great job, guys!

[enigmatic]

25. Just donated

Everybody should; my heart is breaking over this.

[friesianrider]

26. Thank you, enigmatic, and all who have donated!

Please send this along to anyone you think may be interested - the forgotten victims of tragedies like this are often family pets and other animals who are misplaced, lost, or abandoned.

Thank you all who have donated - this is wonderful!

[NYFlip]

27. Done

Thanks for the info

[lukasahero]

28. Done, donated, kicked.

Thanks for making us aware of this.

[friesianrider]

29. Thank you for donating! And another kick!

:)

[ncrainbowgrrl]

30. Just donated.

Thanks for posting this.

:kick: for the animals.

[friesianrider]

31. And another...

:kick:

[mitchum]

32. done

[Booster]

33. Just donated and a big kick for our furry friends.

[friesianrider]

34. Thanks! Yet another kick!

DU is awesome for banding together like this. Despite petty fighting and disagreements, seeing DU support some of the most innocent victims of this hurricane shows me what an awesome community this is...thanks again to all who donated!

[Booster]

35. And thanks to you for providing us with the information. Kick.

[Hissyspit]

36. kick

[BrotherBuzz]

40. I emailed Christine Craft

Liberal Sacramento talk show host (KSQR 1240am) and HUGE animal rights advocate. Dimes to doughnuts she will mention it tomorrow on her program. Thanks for the heads up. :thumbsup:

[friesianrider]

41. That would be AWESOME!

Another great charity is Noah's Wish (www.noahswish.org). They are sending a crew down there Tuesday, and sending more volunteers as needed. They are an animal advocacy group that only works to rescue animals in disasters...wonderful group.

Thanks for spreading the word...keep it up! :hi:

[BrotherBuzz]

50. Christine came through in spades...

she even mentioned www.noahswish.org.

I'm eating doughnuts and have a pocket full of shiny dimes. :)

[Robeson]

45. Great job. Absolutely awesome....

.....:thumbsup:

[Catchawave]

42. Done and a *kick* for the furbabies :)

Thanks fries :hi:

[Robeson]

43. Kick.

[Tinoire]

46. Done. n/t

[Robeson]

47. kicking for morning crowd.

[Mairead]

48. bump

[nuxvomica]

49. I didn't know which fund to select, if any

So included a note in the comments as well as the permalink for this thread.