An open letter to Mayor Nagin regarding rescuing pets in NO

[lindisfarne]

Dear Mayor Nagin:
There have been reports of trucks and cars carrying supplies for animal rescues not being allowed into the city.

Mayor Nagin, you have the opportunity here to bring great joy to families who have lost almost everything: if their pet is saved, they will regain some of what they have lost.

Please Mayor Nagin, let in animal rescuers and the supplies they need. Other parrishes which had as much if not more flooding than New Orleans are allowing residents back in. Why can't New Orleans allow people in who need to rescue their pets (as well as people who are rescuing others' pets).

Also, if each National Guardsman rescued just one or two pets, and brought them back to wherever they sleep, the animal rescue agencies could arrange to take the animals. This would help immensely, given the number of National Guards troops in New Orleans.

Mayor Nagin, you have a chance to be a hero to many here; please take the necessary steps to facilitate rescuing animals.

[astonamous]

1. Very good!

The people affected by Katrina have lost so much and those in NOLA have lost everything. Being reunited with their lost pet would bring them hope for the future and let them know that they are not forgotten.

Trudy

[shireen]

2. but how do you get in touch with him?

When I tried the email link from the PETA site, it was not accepting messages.

[lindisfarne]

5. I also couldn't get through on the cityofno.com email website.

I guess we just have to blast the media.

[A-Possum]

3. Dallas News Video of dogs being shot in NO-PLEASE POST THIS IN LATEST NEWS

I had to re-register and I don't have enough posts yet to start a thread. PLEASE SOMEONE post this in latest news and wherever we can get DU'ers to act:

http://www.dallasnews.com/s/dws/photography/2005/katrina_video/straydogs.html

Please this needs to get out and picked up by the major media FAST

[lindisfarne]

7. I posted to LBN / n/t Hopefully these events are isolated.

Bestfriends.org has a call out for help in rescuing animals. There are only 2--3 boats out rescuing. If you can help, do!! Blast the media: if the boats which had been rescuing humans can help rescue animals (now that the human rescue operation is wrapping up), it would really help. Animals can be taken to the shelters listed at
www.vetmed.lsu.edu , or turned over to animal rescue organizations in the area.

[A-Possum]

4. This dog-shooter is a sheriff's office in St. Bernard Parish

as ID'd on the video. Maybe he's an individual who can be shamed into stopping by media coverage.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

6. CNN just reported that Honore intends to rescue them.

They will go into homes etc, and bring them to a collection point.

[shireen]

8. if this is true

Honore is my new hero. He deserves a giant THANK YOU!!!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

9. Yes he does! Cafferty even read a bunch of letters will all but one

so happy about this decision.