Repost: HURRICANE ANIMAL RESCUE AND AID

[shireen]

********* **********
Very detailed link for helping HUMANS:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...


********** **********
DISPLACED NO'ers WHO LEFT PETS BEHIND: READ THIS

From http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/index.ssf?/mtlo ...
SPCA help for animals
Friday, 9:50 p.m. (Sept 2)

There's hope for stranded pets in the New Orleans area. The Louisiana SPCA, New Orleans' animal control agency, has begun rescuing pets from owners houses.

Louisiana SPCA director Laura Maloney said shelter workers follow other agencies and crews through neighborhoods and rescue pets, some that are locked in houses. At the owners' request, "we break in," she said.

Owners have to call or email the operation and give their name and address and information about where the pet is confined.

The hotline number is: 1-225-578-6111. E-mail should be sent to [e-mail] .

The hotline already is in effect, Maloney said. "It's busy an awful lot. We are trying to get a bank of telephones"

********** **********
Very useful list of pet-related links and contacts
http://www.vetmed.lsu.edu

********** **********
Monetary Donations:

NOAH'S WISH: http://www.noahswish.org /
ASPCA: http://www.aspca.org /
HUMANE SOCIETY: http://www.hsus.org /
UNITED ANIMAL NATIONS: http://www.uan.org /
NORTH SHORE ANIMAL LEAGUE: http://www.nsalamerica.org /
LOUISIANA VETERINARIAN MEDICAL ASSOC.: / http://lvma.org /
JENNIFER PRYOR: [e-mail] (she's helping to coordinate and fund rescuers, send contributions via paypal, )

A longer list of other aid groups at http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.ph...

********** **********
Status Reports on Pet Rescues:
http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=hurricane...
http://www.hsus.org /
http://www.uan.org/ears /
http://www.noahswish.org/Hurricane%20Katrina.htm

********** **********
Pet Foster Care:
http://www.petshub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45002
http://www.uan.org/ears

********** **********
Supplies and other help needed:
Dallas Animal Services/214-670-6800
Noah's Wish at Slidell,LA/ http://www.noahswish.org/Hurricane%20Katrina.htm

********** **********

PLEASE ADD ADDITIONAL CONTACTS NOT LISTED ABOVE.

[Booster]

1. I've already donated to 3 of these animal charities, but I will kick

this for others to see, and I will donate more in the weeks to come. Thanks for posting all this information.