OMG This has to be the saddest thing on a red Friday! Warning

[lonestarnot]

get the kleenex first! And turn up your sound...

http://www.forpitssake.org/katrina.html

[Greyhound]

1. K & R

[lonestarnot]

3. What is K & R?

[racaulk]

7. K & R = Kicked and Recommended eom

[lonestarnot]

9. oh...

[CottonBear]

2. That is so sad. I hope those dogs were rescued.

The little terrier on the bridge is so forlorn. :cry:

[racaulk]

4. That is so sad!

I agree--I hope all those animals are safe now. And I think the quote by Ghandi at the end is very true and appropriate. Thank you for posting this. :hug:

[MsUSA]

5. I couldn't watch it all.....

So, sad.

[Kool Kitty]

6. Too much suffering,

human and animal, to be borne. Nominated. Thanks for posting this. :cry:

[GaDemo]

10. Very powerful

and very well done.

[lonestarnot]

11. OMG...still bawling!

[lonestarnot]

14. Children, animals and old people! Breaking my heart....

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[malaise]

8. Yes I'm bawling

but I'd rather shed tears for these innocent victims than watch Bush preaching about the poor.

[GR]

12. Truly Emotional....And We Think We're More Highly Evolved...

than other creatures...they're not the greedy, hating, destructive monsters that we are...Maybe they're the ones more highly evolved...
Oh, that's right, there is no such thing as evolution...

[flvegan]

13. Great, now I'll be crying in front of coworkers.

Really, thanks. Nominated and forwarded.

[MamaBear]

15. Sad indeed.

:cry:

[bunny planet]

16. omg, my heart is just broken in two. Those poor animals, the looks in .

their eyes, heartbreaking. They are just more of the innocents completely abandoned and destroyed by this tragedy.

[fooj]

17. I haven't cried like this for days..........

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[lonestarnot]

25. I'm sorry fooj.

:cry:

[RebelOne]

18. There is no way I will watch it. But I get the idea.

I have donated to the HSUS, Noah's Wish and United Animal Nation, so I am doing some small part to help rescue these babies.

[Maraya1969]

21. OK are those good charities? I know HSUS is but I don't know about

the other two. The end of the video had buttons to click to donate but the screen changed and you would have to watch the entire thing to get to them again.

[shireen]

19. we need to turn our anger and sorry into action.

Things to do:

Sign this petition to ask the Red Cross to allow pets to be taken to shelters. (It can be done without harming other people with allergies, etc..)
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/840979272

Support animal rescue groups. They are in dire need to volunteers, supplies, and cash donations. They are doing heroic work.

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 /
PET RESCUE BY JUDY: http://www.petrescuebyjudy.com
INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE: http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=3
LINK FOR RESCUE/FOSTER CARE OF HORSES, PONIES, DONKEYS, MULES: http://equisearch.com/equiwire/news/july-august05/horserefugees_083105


P.S. I read somewhere thatthe little oil-soaked terrier was saved.

[demnan]

32. Thanks

I'm glad that at least I'm able to do something.

[Coastie for Truth]

54. This is a live issue within the Red Cross

Sign this petition to ask the Red Cross to allow pets to be taken to shelters. (It can be done without harming other people with allergies, etc..)

The individual volunteers are working on this from within.

BTW- I got injured inside a house (while the fire fighters were doing "overhaul") when a fire captain and I went looking for a displaced occupants missing cat. Generally, most of us Red Cross volunteers work with the Fire Fighters (who are America's greatest) to find pets.

About six months ago a Fire Fighter and I rescued two cats that had burrowed up into the inner spring during a fire.

[sinkingfeeling]

20. You made me cry at work.....again. Best Friends called me on

Wednesday and I think I'll be getting some dogs to foster soon!

[Catchawave]

22. Kick and nominate....

to support the rescue groups listed at the end of the slide show.

[lonestarnot]

24. lost their homes, lost their jobs, lost family members and then

they told them "You can't take your dog or cat."

[Catchawave]

33. I don't think I'd let anyone decide that for me....

under normal circumstances ! It just blows my mind that those pet guardians who only thought they were leaving for 1 or 2 days, and left enough food, are now told "they can't go back" ?!? Two plus weeks later...what a nightmare :(

[lonestarnot]

42. Makes me sick!

[Maraya1969]

23. Go here to donate

http://www.hsus.org/

[lukasahero]

26. To put some minds (and hearts) at ease

Several of the dogs used in this slide show have been rescued. There are a couple of pictures right off HSUS's web site (the pit bull swimming towards the camera for instance was swimming toward a rescue boat and he is fine now).

Just thought some might feel better knowing at least some of these creatures made it out ok.

Please support the efforts of the groups who made that a reality.

[Maraya1969]

27. Oh God thanks for that. I was horrified by that dog swimming.

[lonestarnot]

29. Sending money!

[Poiuyt]

28. Tribute to a Dog

Gentlemen of the jury, the best friend a man has in this world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son and daughter that he has reared with loving care may become ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name, may become traitors to their faith. The money that a man has he may lose. It flies away from him when he may need it most. Man's reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill considered action. The people who are prone to fall on their knees and do us honor when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our head.

The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous, is his DOG. A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground,where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer, he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounter with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches take wing and reputation falls to pieces, he is as content in his love as the sun in its journey throught the heavens. If fortune drives the master forth an outcast into the cold, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him to guard him against danger, and to fight against his enemies. When the last scene of all comes, and death takes his master in its embrace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by his graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws and his eyes sad, but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even to death.

-Senator George Vest, 1870.

[lonestarnot]

30. OMG crying again!

[berni_mccoy]

31. :-(

[SlipperySlope]

34. Recommend and bumpity-bump!

[cascadiance]

35. Sniffle, sniffle!... Don't forget the cats too!

I have to believe many cats are "homeless" down there too! And they hate water more than dogs do as wellI look at my two cat critters and wonder how many of those friends are also suffering down there too!

For that matter, I wonder how many animals in total have been wiped out there, not just pets... Any estimates?

[MsTryska]

36. i think the same thing......

when i look at my two kitties.


especially considering how much cats hate water. there's prolly tons crouched up in corners and rafters, prolly dead by now.


i'm gonna go cry i think.

[Booster]

37. I'm hoping some of these photographers actually picked up

some of these guys, but deep in my heart I know they didn't. I don't understand a human who can take pictures like this but do nothing to help these poor animals.

[cascadiance]

38. The problem is that they might do more harm than good...

Unless those taking photos know of a place they can take these animals to be cared for promptly, all they might do is just displace the animal from someplace that might at least close to that animal's home, causing the animal more stress, and perhaps reducing that the animal might be found for their owner (if the owner has contacted those in the area to look for an animal of theirs).

I would hope that there are more and more well staffed and resourced animal shelters that can do more than just the average time in the shelter before they put them down to give owners more time to claim them given their circumstances. If I was in the area and knew a place like that to take such an animal, I'd be taking them there if I were on site taking those pics, though one needs to take precautions not to catch disease in these instances too. Would also be important to document where you found them too, to help identify their owners as well.

[lukasahero]

39. See post 26 - some of the photographers were with the rescue groups eom

[Dastard Stepchild]

40. kick for the animals...

:kick:

[derby378]

41. Deeee-nied

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[katinmn]

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[Synnical]

44. Arg! I just tracked down this thread to view it

now that I'm at home. Couldn't risk seeing it at the office and breaking down in tears. Well, I'll bookmark this and try later.

[Synnical]

52. Yeah - get out the kleenex n/t

[katinmn]

45. I hope these critters are all in good homes by now.

:cry:

[lonestarnot]

46. I think I would have to commandeer a boat if they said my 6 dogs and

two cats couldn't go... Thank you this is my boat now. We'll be back for you later.

[are_we_united_yet]

47. yes that was sad!

:(

[chalky]

48. I finally worked up the nerve to watch.

:cry:

Giving this a late night kick.

[lonestarnot]

49. Giving it another!

[Carla in Ca]

50. You can help on this thread.

<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4796609>

[lonestarnot]

51. Thanks Carla in CA! Meant to do this earlier and just ended up kicking

them together.

[Carla in Ca]

53. I didn't watch the video, I can't handle it

I'm crying just thinking about it! I have been phoning and writing for a week now and I hope we can all help make a difference for the pets. I also sent $200.00 to the ASPCA and $100.00 to the Humane Society. I know they will use it wisely.
The LAT had an article, with pictures, yesterday showing animals being flown to various cities in Ca. The flight attendants let a lot of them out to walk around and even go into the cockpit! Is that cool or what! The co-pilot is adopting one of the dogs.
Stories like that are what keep me going.

[lonestarnot]

55. kick

[Lone_Star_Dem]

56. I had the earworm "Will Remember You" all day yesterday

And, I cried every time I thought of it.

[lonestarnot]

57. I don't think I will ever be able to listen to that song again without

bawling!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

58. One of the little girls here from New Orleans

... told me this week she gets to go today and get a kitten from our local SPCA. The family that she and her mother are staying with are friends of mine and they are paying for the adoption.

Poor sweetie, she hasn't forgotten her Sparkles she lost. :cry:

[lonestarnot]

59. Poor little angel! Hope she likes her new kitten!