Attention All Animal Lovers! Finally! Wonderful Animal Photos From NO!

[leftchick]

Small survivor : US Airforce Lt. Nathan Brosheal holds a kitten rescued and airlifted to New Orleans International Airport in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana. (AFP/James Nielsen)

extremely small but I think he/she has a chance. :)

And this...I was so worried about the Zoo Animals...



The Audubon Zoo General Curator Dan Maloney feeds the zoo's giraffes in New Orleans, Louisiana in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. Other than an alligator on the loose, a couple of dead otters and a host of shell-shocked animals, denizens of the New Orleans zoo came through deadly Hurricane Katrina relatively unscathed.(AFP/James Nielsen)

[beam me up scottie]

1. Wonderful !!!

Thank you for posting.
And yes, he is small, but I've successfully raised much younger orphans.

[Hello_Kitty]

5. Mine was that small when I got him

6 years ago. The only problem is he wasn't weaned so he likes to suckle and knead a lot. He's the neediest cat I've ever owned!

[expatriate]

18. That makes me smile!

I raised one as small as that too - and he too never got over the urge to suckle and nurse! There wasn't a nipple that was safe. He converted my nudist ex-husband into a shirt wearer, because you couldn't pick him up without him latching on!

And he grew into an enormous cat with a head the size of a grapefruit. The big sook.

[beam me up scottie]

21. I have one that was 3 weeks when they

brought him to me.
Beaker is neurotic, even for a cat, and also very, very needy.
He used to try to nurse from my two neutered males.
Needless to say, they appreciated it as much as your husband did!

oops, meant to respond to post #18.

[swimmernsecretsea]

2. If I could get there, I'd adopt him...

...but since I can't. I hope he goes to a good home.

[Vektor]

3. Thank you, thank you, thank you, leftchick!

Finally, a tear of JOY.

This is beautiful. Thank you.

[leftchick]

10. as an owner of four kitties myself

I was in tears too.

:hug:

[Cobalt Violet]

4. Thanks for posting that.

:-)

[cynatnite]

6. Not a cat person here...but it's adorable!

can't help but have an awwwww moment.

[serryjw]

7. OMG I needed this

thank you

[ezekiel333]

8. You can help the animals of NO here...

<http://bestfriends.org/>

[booksenkatz]

9. Your post is a tonic to this heartsick animal lover, thank you! nt

[leftchick]

11. It is a great thing to see these folks saving these animals on their own

without military permission. I am so proud of Nathan! :)

[NightOwwl]

12. Love the pic of the macho guy holding the kitten with such tenderness...

and the look of awe in his eyes.

It just brings me to tears. Happy tears. :) :cry: :)

[leftchick]

15. me too!

Now that is a real man!

:)

[leftchick]

51. Another pic of Lt. Brosheal

what a guy!

:loveya:

[NightOwwl]

55. Aaaw!

Thank you for posting another picture. That kitten is so adorable.

Speaking of adorable, I notice Lt. Brosheal has a ring on his finger. His wife is a lucky woman. :loveya:

[Catchawave]

13. Thanks so much !

Needed some happy animal newsies tonight :)

HSUS was FINALLY let into NO today to start rescuing the left behind animals, thankyouverymuchFEMAyouassholes.

Updates and journal here: www.hsus.org

[A Brand New World]

14. Thank you for the pics and the update. I've been very worried about

the pets and the animals. I LOVE my golden retriever and two cats. I really don't think I could ever abandon them. I pray I'm never forced to make that heart-rending decision. I heard earlier that HSUS and ASPCA are finally cleared to go into NO to be able to rescue as many pets as they can. I routinely donate to the Humane Society. All animal lovers should, if they can, at this needy time.

[hyphenate]

47. Yes

I donated to three different animal groups for just that reason--they don't have voices of their own--we must supply them with a unified one.

[Greeby]

16. Awwwww

That kitten is a heart-melter :loveya:

[goclark]

17. Yea for the precious animals! Thanks for the photos!!

[expatriate]

19. I am so glad to see this.

Yes, I have been devastated by the human toll and plight. I am still sick over my missing son. But I'm glad to see that these uncomprehending creatures have made it.

I know there is going to be a lot of tragedy in days to come, and much sorrow. But I have been involved with the zoo in New Orleans in the past as a volunteer, and have wondered about those animals.

Thanks for this. I have to disconnect for a while, or I will go mad from sorrow, and I'm glad I saw this thread before I did.

[leftchick]

20. you have a missing son?

omg. can we help?

:hug:

[expatriate]

26. Yes

So far no news. Unfortunately, at the best of times, he is difficult to locate. He is one of the disenfranchised, basically a street person in New Orleans. Long sad story.

There's really not much that anyone can do, but wait. I have been in contact with all the places I can find, and several DUers have been helping. Trying to find someone who has no fixed address, and who has severe mental illness and is resistant to treatment is going to be hard. Also, he's an insulin dependent diabetic, and would be in a very bad way if he'd lost his insulin.

There is someone I don't know also looking for him over at craigslist, and I've emailed them. Hope that I hear back.

Thank you for your kindness.

[leftchick]

28. I am sending good vibes for a happy ending

:hug: :hug: :hug:

love and peace,
lc

[madmax]

42. expatriate you and your son are in my prayers.

:hug: Please, let us know any news. :hug:

[Catchawave]

25. Oh no.....

please, please let us know when you hear from him :hug:

[minkyboodle]

22. good news but

I'm still sad for the otters, my favorite animals in the zoo :( But it could have been so much worse and I agree this is one of the few bits of good news regarding the animals of NOLA.

[leftchick]

24. I had not heard any news until I found this photo

I dreaded a Miami Zoo Scenario after Andrew. This is good news.

:)

[minkyboodle]

32. I know

I have a mustelid thing so I was sad about the otters but really you are right.

[leftchick]

33. I LOVE otters too!

Hell I love all animals but otters are so damn smart and cute. I am so sad for them. :(

[ET Awful]

39. Agreed . . . such wonderful animals, it's sad :(

Of all the critters there, you would think that Otters would be better equipped to handle a mess like that, poor things :(

[ailsagirl]

23. kick

Thank you for posting this!! Recommended

[ailsagirl]

27. kick

[cynatnite]

29. Nominated cause I love animals n/t

[Individualist]

30. Beautiful!

If female, I hope someone names it Nola.

[leftchick]

34. I was thinking

Hope :)

[donco6]

31. I really needed to hear some good news!

Thanks.

[question everything]

35. Ohh.. cute (nt)

[Douglas Carpenter]

36. thank you for this post

[astonamous]

37. Thank you so much.

I saw some one Yahoo too. Very heartwarming.

[ET Awful]

38. Hooray for Lt. Brosheal

:patriot:

If he's the one that got that kitten on the plane and somewhere safe, he has my thanks. :)

SOunds like most of the animals at the zoo did fine. . . how in the heck are they going to pick their alligator out of a line-up though?

[leftchick]

40. for these critters who have no voice

and the good DUers rooting for them....

:kick:

[lonestarnot]

41. OMG This is wonderful news! Thanks so much for posting this leftchick!

:hug:

[leftchick]

44. all of us who are crying for these babies needs them

:hug:

[txindy]

43. I needed those pictures and that update on the zoo

Thanks, leftchick. :hi:

[FreedomAngel82]

45. Aww

The little kitten is so cute. I hope he/she finds their owners if they have any. I couldn't imagine being torn away from a pet. :cry:

[hyphenate]

46. I raised two out of three kittens when their mom

was killed by a hit and run driver. They were a week and a day old. We had to bottle feed them with KMR for about five weeks. The middle sibling died early, but the other two, the oldest, a male and the runt, a female, managed to survive. Kira, the little girl almost died of pneumonia when she was about 7 weeks old, but I got her to the vet in time and she survived. She never did grow very big. Her brother, Dax, was my protector for 10 years. I lost him cross country when I was moving from L.A. to Mass.--he got out of the van in Williams, AZ, and I never saw him again. :( Kira got to Mass with me, but she, too, decided the call of the wild was irresistible, and escaped from home in October of the same year. :( I never saw her again, and always wondered what happened to her.

They weren't really clingy, though--Kira loved sleeping on my shoulder, usually on top of my fleece robe, and Dax would lie by my head at night and be my protector.

[ailsagirl]

48. kick

[leftchick]

49. OMG! Another Photo Surrey Mules!

Donna Nicholson, a medic with a urban search team from Connecticut, gives water to surrey mules used to pulled surreys in the French Quarter as they roam downtown New Orleans, La., Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Kartinna. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

[leftchick]

50. and another. What a great person.....

Donna Nicholson, a medic with a urban search team from Connecticut, gives water to surrey mules used to pulled surreys in the French Quarter as they roam downtown New Orleans, La., Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Kartinna. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

[leftchick]

52. critter kick

:kick:

[beam me up scottie]

53. Mule kick !

I must say, those mules look like they were very well taken care of before the disaster.

I'm glad people aren't forgetting about the creatures who depend on us.

[expatriate]

54. The New orleans mules

used to be in a very bad way - overworked, not given sufficient rest, water, etc, but in the 1980's laws were passed to protect them. They had to be treated well, well fed, given water breaks and rest breaks, and they had to have some kind of head protection in the hot months. So many of them have their own beflowered hats!

I remember how heartbreaking the mules were in the 1960's and 1970's - they were in bad shape, exhausted and obviously miserable. Also, the streets could get pretty bad, as they, naturally, crapped all over. Now they have little "catchers" for the dookey, and the mules look really great and seem quite happy and content. I'm glad they made it through, and are getting some clean water.

[leftchick]

62. thank you for that intersesting information

I have never been to NO. I had always planned to go. :(

Your experiences living there help me imagine what it was like.

[leftchick]

56. I just saw another dog on a roof that the rescuers would not take

I am kicking for him

:cry:

[JNelson6563]

57. Worth a million words!

Absolutely precious. So good to see our NG doing great things here at home.

Julie

[fudge stripe cookays]

58. Thanks for posting leftchick!

I needed to see this so desperately.

FSC

[leftchick]

59. I am so depressed today

God it is so overwhelming to me. I read they are not letting animal rescue teams in. I certainly hope and pray they get in there somehow anyway.

:cry:

[txindy]

67. Chin up! The pictures you posted show us the good deeds by the troops

Rescuing kittens and feeding mules. They won't turn their backs on suffering dogs, either. We have to believe that and hope for the best until the animal rescue teams get in there. Dogs and cats are amazingly resilient.

:hug: Don't give up! :hug: We can all drop from emotional exhaustion after this is all over (whenever THAT will be), but, for now, hang in there!

[leftchick]

69. txindy thank you

We all have to keep faith for the babies in harms way. I do, I just get disgusted when I see them ignored.

:hug:

[Suziq]

60. Thanks so Much, leftchick

I am finally crying tears of happiness.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

61. Thank you for posting!

I've been so worried about the animals, too. Glad to know many animals made it.

[bluedog]

63. Ears : waiting to get into NOLA

Ears (Emergency Animal Rescue Service) from St Pete Fl departed Wed.......and couldn't get into Louisiana........they are staging with other major disater animal groups out of Jackson Miss.............

to help the animal

www.uan.org (United Animal Nations) or call 1-800-440-3277

In St Petersburg Florida

[e-mail](Doggone purrfect Pet Care)

they set up shelters and tend to them until owners can claim them..........great group here in Fl.


http://www.sptimes.com/2005/09/04/Neighborhoodtimes/What_of_the_pets_lost.shtml

[ellie]

64. I just read on the HSUS

site that they and the SPCA got into NO yesterday and have been rescuing animals, thank god.

[leftchick]

68. Thank God

I had read they were being blocked. More good news. Thank You!

:)

[Pachamama]

65. ATTN SWAMP RAT: If your reading this, I have strong hopes that your dogs

have survived.....I know that they were precious animals to you and as strong-willed and gentle at the same time....I told you that I saw them swimming and surviving. I still hold that vision to be true...

:hug:

[Mairead]

66. Thanks, LeftChick...it's lovely to know that at least a few non-humans

made it through. I hope that tiny tabby gets a loving home.

[leftchick]

70. A New One...

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer Dan Langdon, of Bravo Company 2-4 Aviation, 4th Infantry Division out of Fort Hood, Texas, comforts a stray dog after landing his Chinook helicopter, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2005 in New Orleans. The Chinook crew is flying missions in support of relief efforts for Hurricane Katrina and was waiting to begin their next mission. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

:cry:

I hope he gets to take him home.