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From: Kinship Circle - kinshipcircle [at] brick.net
Date: Jul 7, 2007 8:11 PM
Subject: Alive But Homeless - Two Years Later
To: “14. KINSHIP CIRCLE Animal Disaster Relief List”

KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER RELIEF - PERMISSION TO CROSSPOST

GULF COAST + RELIEF GLOBAL
7/7/07: Alive But Homeless – Two Years Later
PAST NEWSLETTERS: www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters/default.html

IN THIS ALERT:

1. A True Katrina Survivor Needs Your Help Now
2. KANSAS FLOODS: Rescue Operation Canceled
3. No Leniency For 5 Boys Who Set Fire To Dog
4. I Want To Live – Clip From CAAWS + Reminder To Vote
5. “Natural Ending” To Voucher Program In New Orleans?
6. Reactions To Voucher Shutdown In NOLA
7. Should States Require Pets To Be Spayed/Neutered?
8. The Cat Or The Rat? NOLA’S Nonstop Feeding Debate
9. Katrina Dog Gets Its Day In Court
10. Lakeview Cats Roaming
11. From ARNO: Yes, They Still Need Us

Kinship Circle will be OFFLINE from July 13 to July 30, while presenting/exhibiting at AR2007 in Los Angeles. Please hold personal messages during these dates. We apologize in advance for emails that may bounce as our mailbox overloads while away. This will be the LAST full-length disaster relief newsletter until August.

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GULF COAST
1. A True Katrina Survivor Needs Your Help Now

SOURCE: RAMONA BILLOT, ramonabillot [at] yahoo.com

7/5/07, from ramonabillot [at] yahoo.com — Sassy survived hurricane Katrina and lived inside a crushed store in Empire, Louisiana (Plaquemines Parish) until recently. About a month ago, the building she inhabited for almost 2 years was suddenly demolished.

Sassy lost her home for the second time in the last 2 years, and needs a safe place where she’ll never have to worry about howling winds, dodging 30 feet of water for 6 weeks, or starvation. She longs for a safe place where she will get the love and attention she deserves.

Sassy’s “home” before rescue

Sassy also needs someone willing to work with her and help her trust people again. She is very sweet and begs to be petted, but will swat with claws extended if you reach toward her face with your hand. I’m only able to pet her quickly when she rubs against my legs or furniture. She is very comfortable in my home and doesn’t hiss or hide from me. Sassy was spayed when I found her. I truly believe she was a loved pet who is very traumatized and just needs to know she is safe and cared for.

Sassy is not ready to be put up for adoption. I am looking for someone in rescue willing to take her and work with her, or possibly accept her into a sanctuary environment.

This is an urgent situation.

We are in HURRICANE SEASON here and if I have to evacuate, I have 8 pets of my own and it will be extremely difficult to evacuate with Sassy and put her through the stress of a new environment. I am afraid she’d really digress if put into a stressful situation like an evacuation.

CAN YOU HELP SASSY?
Contact: Ramona Billot
ramonabillot [at] yahoo.com

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RELIEF GLOBAL
2. KANSAS FLOODS: Rescue Operation Canceled

SOURCE: Kat5 Animal Rescue, kat5animalrescue [at] yahoo.com
network.bestfriends.com/kat5/news/16619.html

7/6/07, from KAT 5 Animal Rescue — KAT 5 / KARE Animal Rescues were ready to go in today but were told this morning to hold off until a reassessment of the situation and current needs in Coffeyville, Kansas were evaluated.

“Today we are winding down with a demobilization plan and getting pets back to their owners. Jeff Eyre is leading these efforts for The HSUS team on site. We thank KAT 5 & KARE for their availability and willingness to assist, and also for working within the system and standing down in recognition of the changing circumstances”, said Randy Covey of the Humane Society of the U.S.

According to Jim Boller of CODE 3, the water is receding. Water and city operations shut down while the Environmental Protection Agency evaluates.

CODE 3 is remaining in Coffeyville to help at the temporary shelter for animal care. Coffeyville’s animal shelter was totally destroyed by the oil and flood. They need to rebuild.

CODE 3 has been working 14 to 16 hour days. Decontamination centers manned by two Veterinarians were set up to decontaminate the animals and people. Some animals are dehydrated but most are doing well.

“After the first days, the water spill receded quickly. We thought the situation was going to be much worse than it is now. We rescued 120 animals. Sixty are already back with their owners. The rest of the animals are waiting to be identified by residents. Residents displaced are securing places to stay with their animals. The state & local authorities are dealing with the strays”, Boller said.

The city of Coffeyville plans to establish a flood relief fund to then disperse to the residents. The Red Cross staging area for distribution of supplies is in flux. No new address was available as of yet.

“Coffeyville residents were given 6 hours notice to evacuate. Most evacuated with their animals. There were 300 homes evacuated. We expected much worse in homes. There were a few deceased canines. We are going back to recheck. Residents were generally diligent about taking their pets.

It is gratifying to know that education has worked snf people are not leaving their pets behind”, said Boller.

Thank you KAT 5 / KARE volunteers snf animal lovers for your rapid response. It is good to know that we are prepared. You are our heroes! At present we can draw a deep breath and rest, until the next one…

KINSHIP CIRCLE REFERENCE: KANSAS: Kat 5 Rescue Headed To Kansas
[RELIEF GLOBAL] 7/4/07: Floods, Fires & Animals – TX, KS, OK, CA

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COMPANION ANIMAL ISSUES
3. No Leniency For 5 Boys Who Set Fire To Dog

SOURCE: Anita, criticalpetsrescue [at] gmail.com

REFERENCE: 7/1/07: Boys Set Gasoline-Soaked Dog On Fire
Kinship Circle Letter Campaign / Sample Letter + Contact Info Here:
www.kinshipcircle.org/letter%5Flibrary/letter.asp?LetterID=1662&seriesfirst=true

7/5/07, from criticalpetsrescue [at] gmail.com — Please read/sign this petition addressed to Tennessee Mayors Office - Director of Children and Youth

No Leniency for 5 Youth Setting a Dog on Fire
www.thepetitionsite.com/1/no-leniency-for-5-youth-who-set-fire-to-a-dog

Did you know that the State of Arkansas does not advocate animal cruelty as a felony? Not even in a case like this one:
Public Seeks Felony Charges for Heinous Act of Skinning
www.thepetitionsite.com/petition/848530163

We are hoping this heinous crime will be a turning point to get the laws changed. Please sign this petition too.

Anita S., Dogs Deserve Better
Rep for Southern Brevard County, FL
www.dogsdeservebetter.com/home.html

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GULF COAST
4. I Want To Live – Clip From CAAWS + Reminder To Vote

SOURCE: Amanda St John, amanda [at] muttshack.org, www.muttshack.org/

BACKGROUND: Vote For Louisiana CAAWS To Win $50,000 Donation CAAWS (Capital Area Animal Welfare Society) of Baton Rouge, was selected as one of 10 non-profit finalists in the Burger King Campaign for Your Cause. Ten area non-profits are now in the run offs for as much as $50,000.

VOTING PERIOD: JULY 5 to JULY 13
VOTE HERE: www.CampaignForYourCause.com

UPDATE: 7/7/07, from Amanda St John, amanda [at] muttshack.org — We have a lead! We have one week left. CAAWS is a group of incredibly hardworking volunteers, and we have been honored to work with them. From helping with search and rescue at MuttShack, to working with us on the pet evacuation plans, and lobbying congress.

See more… VIDEO: I Want To Live - Filmed Oct.-Nov. 2005
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqVAFaCRNe4

I have been in New Orleans for a month doing the Jefferson Orleans Joint pet evacuation training exercise, and also trying to trap an owner released three legged kitty. He has been waiting in his trashed home for his owners now for TWO YEARS. We finally made contact with them, and they said they don’t want him. Spending time at the house I also discovered a pack of street running dogs… one mommy and baby, one really scared black dog and a boxer - the alpha. There are animals all over the city! Which is not unusual in any big city, but unlike our local LA strays, these guys are living in toxic dirt. There is very little population to generate the trash that strays live off of. Even fewer to take care of them or adopt. Less than 50% of the people have returned.

VOTE LINK: www.campaignforyourcause.com/
- Click on Baton Rouge
- Vote the 2nd entry listed Capital Area Animal Welfare Society (CAAWS)
- OR TEXT MESSAGE: TEXT TO 287-437 (Spells BURGER on keypad) MESSAGE: CAAWS

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GULF COAST
5. “Natural Ending” To Voucher Program In New Orleans?

SOURCE: Aimee St.Arnaud, Spay/Neuter Initiatives, ASPCA National Outreach
aimees [at] aspca.org, 419-874-9584, www.aspca.org

EDITED FOR LENGTH

7/3/07, from aimees [at] aspca.org — Thanks for contacting the ASPCA about the voucher program in New Orleans. The ASPCA is very proud of the work the voucher program has accomplished… The voucher program is just one piece of a $3.3 million dollar spay/neuter program for Mississippi and Louisiana funded jointly by the ASPCA, PetSmart Charities, IFAW, HSUS, and UAN…

The voucher program was never intended to be funded through this project beyond one year because voucher programs are not self sustaining. It, along with the Big Fix Rig, was intended to serve as an interim until the high volume high quality stationary spay/neuter clinic was completed, and also to help local private veterinarians get re-established after the storm. The clinic open date was scheduled for February 2007 and the vouchers were to end in April to allow overlap. Two Humane Alliance high volume clinic models that can do a combined 17,000 surgeries a year is self sustainable through client fees and can have a much greater impact with the higher numbers and large geographical range. The ASPCA and its partners are not ending the voucher program unexpectedly or before we intended to. In fact, we agreed to extend it beyond its original end date of April so the LA-SPCA could continue to offer services. LA-SPCA has estimated that the current funding will expire in August. To date 7,257 surgeries have already been performed.

The first year goal for both Mississippi and Louisiana was to perform 20,000 surgeries and we surpassed that goal by completing 21,000 surgeries… However, due to a variety of circumstances, our Louisiana partner Spay/Louisiana has withdrawn from the project leaving a void with the clinic, voucher, and Rig. Luckily the LA-SPCA stepped in to administer the voucher program… We are in negotiations with Louisiana partners to operate two clinics that will serve the Greater NOLA area but because of starting over with new partners, the clinics will be delayed by 8 months to one year.

…The voucher program is not being shut down by the ASPCA and its partners. It is naturally ending as was intended. However, we always intended that at the end of the program if the local groups felt there were a need that they would get together to continue with local fundraising efforts. In Mississippi, the local partners are continuing their voucher program through local fundraising and expect to do 4,000 surgeries this next year. So we encourage you by all means to continue the program if you feel it is a useful program.

The ASPCA is in discussions with the LA-SPCA to look at options to provide spay/neuter services to the NOLA area until the clinics are functioning… The ASPCA and its funding partners are deeply committed to rebuilding spay/neuter in the Gulf Coast and have shown that by the initial funding commitment and continued support to ensure the clinics are developed…

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GULF COAST
6. Reactions To Voucher Shutdown In NOLA

7/3/07, from Mary Morris, Mary [at] la-spca.org — The voucher program is going to end at the end of this month. We are asking that all partners stop giving vouchers now. The vets are booked up already. Please call me on my cell if you have questions. 782-5557, Mary

7/3/07, from info [at] puppybegood.com — I’m sad to see it end.

7/3/07, from kathybsweeney [at] yahoo.com — We are screwed!

6/30/07, from Jeanette Althans, jalthans [at] chnola.org — Here is the problem: THE GAP: “We are in negotiations with Louisiana partners to operate two clinics that will serve the Greater NOLA area but because of starting over with new partners, the clinics will be delayed by 8 months to one year…”

I am sure someone can calculate the number of kittens and puppies that will be born if there is a GAP in the programs. The anticipated delay of 8 months to one year could easily turn into 2+ years. Hopefully the LA-SPCA can come up with some options prior to the end of the voucher program…

It’s very sad that the big organizations that have the ability to generate the needed funds to help us will not go a little further. The people in the New Orleans area cannot help themselves at this time. Too many people are still trying to rebuild their homes and their lives. The affects of Katrina will continue for years to come. Outsiders cannot see the affects by spending a day, a week or a month in the area; you need to LIVE it. And, the animals continue to suffer. - Jeanette Althans, New Orleans resident

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6/07, from Maria Alvarez, tipster [at] bellsouth.net — This region is far from back to normal, but I assure you that in the surplus tragedy aspect it is back and strong by way of the ignorance and greed that has always plagued it (not only by those who don’t know better or could care less, but also by some that should know better.) As I write this, there are folks back with free-roaming unaltered pets and backyard breeding for small profits. There’s a “lady” in the East with the second litter of 10 Pitbull pups…

I mean, really, come August/September the vouchers will “terminate/exhaust?” If the ASPCA, who worked and continues to work closely with the LA/SPCA, doesn’t know that animals in the streets of this ravaged region are still in need of desperate help, GOD HELP THEM. American Prevention of Cruelty to Animals? What could be more cruel than to not reinstate the vouchers by those who are aware of the situation and are able to provide them? There should be no need for letters from us as individuals. The LA/SPCA knows the present plight of homeless free-roaming animals on the streets of NOLA, so it should just take one letter…

We, as animal advocates, beg and plea and write letters to judges, officials and the media advocating and requesting fairness for the animals, but I don’t see why we need the same approach to a sister/brother national animal welfare organization who IS aware of the need.

…We had the perfect opportunity to get the population under control in the months following the storm, but the Southern mentality, coupled with the red tape gained victory in keeping away outside help for the animals in the way of massive TNR. As a matter of fact, here is an excerpt from a LA/SPCA immediate release newsletter in Nov. 05:

Next Steps

There is still much work to be done. To take advantage of New Orleans’ unique opportunity to get a grasp on its stray population, the LA/SPCA will contract with a high-volume, experienced humane trapper being provided by the Humane Society of the United States to manage a comprehensive 4-6 week program. Both national and local groups are willing to provide staff and volunteer trappers that will be trained and dispatched from Animal Control.

So what left the LA/SPCA so powerless to not have been able to take advantage of this unique opportunity? When those who know better don’t do better, it is one of the greatest disappointments. - Maria Alvarez, Stewardship For Strays

Forwarded By: sandra [at] spaymart.org

Original Message: Lynn Chiche, Spaymart, lynnchiche [at] cox.net — As we all know, the city is presently overrun with homeless, free-roaming cats and dogs, whose only hope of sterilization is having the present voucher system extended. If you would like to see this happen, it is mandatory you take the time to write a letter to the ASPCA, stating in your own words, why it is necessary for the present program to continue. Otherwise, come August, all of us will have to pay the going rate (normally $50 to $75 at low cost facilities), or, even worse, abandon the issue altogether, at the expense of our homeless animals.

SEND COMMENTS TO:
Aimee St. Arnaud, ASPCA
aimees [at] aspca.org
P.O. Box 820; Perryburg, OH 43552

Any further questions may be directed to:
Mary Morris, mary [at] la-spca.org
or Lynn Chiche, Spaymart, lynnchiche [at] cox.net

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COMPANION ANIMAL ISSUES
7. Should States Require Pets To Be Spayed/Neutered?

SOURCE: Forwarded By: Rachel McKay Laskowski, griffinsgallery [at] verizon.net
Through Their Eyes, The National Animal Abuse Registry, noabuse [at] inhumane.org

Do you think states should require pets to be spayed and neutered?
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19466466/

Cast your “ABSOLUTELY” vote today!

NUMBERS AS OF 7/1/07:
Do you think states should require pets to be spayed and neutered?
* 26179 responses
Absolutely. Spaying and neutering offers a solution to the pet overpopulation problem. 37%
No way. This should be a decision left to pet owners. 60%
I’m not sure. 3.2%

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GULF COAST
8. The Cat Or The Rat? NOLA’S Nonstop Feeding Debate

SOURCE: Forwarded By Kathy Sweeney, kathybsweeney [at] yahoo.com

Feeding Station, Plaquemines Parish
February 2007, Kinship Circle

EDITED FOR LENGTH

6/26/07, from Michael R. — I think the public needs to be educated to the fact there has not been sufficient animal control with regard to rodents and raccoons for years - long before Katrina. There never has been, nor is there now, any city or state plan to reduce the raccoon population. And those powers that be have consistently denied responsibility and blamed those people who “feed cats at night” or “drop raccoons in City Park.”

Ironically, it was the SPCA who on two occasions told me to just “trap the raccoons and drop them off in City Park.”

ARNO food and water stations are selectively placed based on cat sightings and confirmations, and it has resulted in many reunions between animals and owners, as well as trapping and relocating surviving animals.

The rats and raccoons have had a smorgasbord of thousands of houses to live in since Katrina where they could breed and feed on trash and debris. Neither the city nor state has intervened in the raccoon situation…

The food and watering can stop, but I guarantee as long as nobody is responsible for rats and raccoon overpopulating, they will still be around… The only difference? Abandoned house pets will starve to death, which seems to always be our city’s solution to the problem.

From Chris Malkove, Smalk50 [at] aol.com — I got this email from my former next door neighbor in Lakeview:

Chris, are you still feeding cats on the 5500 block of Woodlawn? If you are, I have to ask you to stop. Someone is doing this and they are attracting rats and raccoons into the neighborhood. All the neighbors are upset and you are gonna get in trouble for trespassing. Apparently the Rodent Control is telling people not to feed their pets outside, to pick up all the food immediately and cover the garbage cans tight so animals can’t get in. So please if you know who is feeding stray animals ask them to stop. It is causing all kinds of problems.

I emailed her back and she sent this as a reply:

Chris you need to stop. If you want the cats take them with you. I’ll contact Maria and tell her to do the same.

…As residents are moving back to their homes, more and more are complaining about rats and raccoons. Over the last two years, I have moved or closed down many, many feeding stations until I am down to just two. And now my neighbor, who has known me as a cat rescuer for over the 10 years I lived on Woodlawn, basically is commanding me to stop feeding the cats…

I have written a letter to the New Orleans Time’s Picayune… The TP’s email is letters [at] timespicayune.com if anyone else wants to comment on this topic. The food and water program has basically been ARNO’s backbone since it’s start and we desperately need to garner support from the public before things get any worse for the animals on the street.

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GULF COAST
9. Katrina Dog Gets Its Day In Court

SOURCE: Forwarded by Marnie Reeder, starbright60 [at] webtv.net

By Eric Dexheimer, AMERICAN-STATESMAN, 6/14/07 — The New Orleans dog claimed by both an Austin woman who adopted her in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and a New Orleans woman who insists the black cocker spaniel is hers has had her day in court.

Two days, actually. In a hearing that spanned Tuesday and Wednesday, Tiffany Madura, the Austin woman who took in a dog she calls Hope, and Shalanda Augillard, the New Orleans woman who says she lost her beloved pet, Jazz, in the post-storm chaos in September 2005, each argued that the slightly overweight, nearly 10-year-old spaniel rightly belonged with her.

A California DNA expert was flown in for the trial. Two veterinarians testified. A woman who owns a dog related to Augillard’s Jazz flew in from Virginia to testify. In all, a half-dozen lawyers have participated in the custody case that both sides now say exceeds $100,000 in costs.

Hays County District Court Judge Bill Henry said he will decide within two weeks who gets to keep the pet.

Augillard’s pet was staying with her mother in New Orleans when Katrina hit. When her mother was evacuated from her home, Jazz was left behind. When the Augillards returned, the dog was gone.

Madura adopted the dog after a representative from an Austin animal rescue organization delivering supplies to New Orleans took a sorry-looking cocker spaniel (then named Hope Floats) from a shelter and brought her to Texas. The dog’s photo was posted on the agency’s Web site, where Madura saw it. She said the dog was near death when she took her in.

Augillard also saw the dog’s photo on the site. But she was unable to convince the organization that the dog was hers.

The question of whether Hope Floats is really Jazz has resulted in a bitterly contested custody battle. For the past year, the dog has resided with Madura. After mediation failed to provide a solution, the two sides went to court.

The trial in San Marcos is the latest development in a series of disputes pitting animal lovers against each other nationwide.

After Hurricane Katrina, thousands of pets were separated from their displaced New Orleans owners, removed from the city and taken in by new families. But as the storm’s evacuees started trying to recover their dogs and cats, many of the adoptive families balked at returning them.

Some of the new owners were not convinced that the original owners had correctly identified the animals. Others felt that the pets had been poorly cared for by their Louisiana keepers.

Rescuers say many of the dogs they recovered had medical problems ranging from heartworms and bad skin to internal maladies. Returning them, some of the new owners have contended, would be tantamount to consenting to abuse.

Because most of the original owners were black and the adoptive families white, the specter of racism also has crept into many of the disputes.

Observers say most disputes have been quietly settled in favor of the New Orleans owners once the identity of the pet is firmly established.

“It’s all determined by property rights,” said Marilyn Knapp Litt, a Bexar County woman who started a Web site devoted to reuniting Katrina animals and their owners. “You can’t go into somebody’s house and pick up somebody’s jewelry and keep it. Same with an animal.”

But about two dozen cases ended up in court, lawyers say. Several have dragged on, with opposing parties sparing little expense.

One high-profile case, involving a St. Bernard adopted by a Florida prosecutor, ended just last month. Pam Bondi, represented by well-known Florida attorney Barry Cohen, who has won hundreds of millions of dollars in civil cases, finally agreed to return Tank to his New Orleans family. The family’s lawyer estimated that he’d put more than 500 hours into the case.

Even within this context, the fight over Hope/Jazz has been particularly contentious. After a December hearing, Augillard attacked Madura outside the courtroom, grabbing her hair and yanking her head, according to witnesses and police statements. Assault charges in that case are pending.

During the trial, Augillard’s lawyers claimed that DNA extracted from hair off an old brush and sweater owned by Augillard matched perfectly with samples later brushed off Hope Floats.

Madura’s attorney suggested that the test was tainted and pointed to Augillard’s claims that the dog she lost was in fine physical condition as proof that the animal found with oily skin, bloody urine and golf-ball-sized bladder stones couldn’t be hers.

“We have little doubt that Ms. Augillard owned a dog,” Michael Murray said. “The only question is whether this is the dog.”

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10. Lakeview Cats Roaming
SOURCE: www.lakeivewcats.org/

www.lakeivewcats.org/

Lakeview Cats Roaming was created for the cats still roaming in Lakeview since Hurricane Katrina. Kathy Sweeney and Jeanette Althans coordinate the feeding, trapping, and reunion efforts. The Remote Reunion Campaign, ARNO, Kinship Circle and others provide assistance with various items. Please visit our Other Links page for more information: www.lakeivewcats.org/favorite.htm

Foster and Forever Homes Needed! Many kittens and former pets must be returned to the street if foster or forever homes are not available.

Lakeview Residents Needed to Assist. We’d like to transition some food/water stations to Lakeview residents. Please contact us if you are able to help.

CONTACT LAKEVIEW CATS ROAMING IF…
* You recognize your cat, a friend or neighbor’s cat, or if you would like to foster or adopt a cat.
* You can help by taking care of a feeding station in your neighborhood, or at your house.
* Kathy Sweeney - kathybsweeney [at] yahoo.com
* Jeanette Althans - jalthans [at] cox.net

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GULF COAST
11. From ARNO: Yes, They Still Need Us

SOURCE: animalrescueneworleans.org/

DUKE - Labrador Retriever Mix
search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=7046553
Size: Medium * Age: Adult * Gender: Male * ID: DUKE
ARNO (Animal Rescue New Orleans), adoptfromarno [at] yahoo.com

BUBBLES - Black Labrador Retriever Mix
search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=8550214
Size: Medium * Age: Baby * Gender: Female * ID: BUBBLES
ARNO (Animal Rescue New Orleans), adoptfromarno [at] yahoo.com

DARLING - Domestic Short Hair Mix
search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=8741589
Size: Small * Age: Baby * Gender: Female* ID: DARLING
ARNO (Animal Rescue New Orleans), adoptfromarno [at] yahoo.com

SEE REST OF ARNO SWEETIES-IN-NEED:
www.1-800-save-a-pet.com/shelter71665-pets.html
search.petfinder.com/shelterSearch/shelterSearch.cgi?shelterid=LA181

TO FOSTER/SHELTER ANIMALS, CONTACT:
GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA
* ARNO FOSTER INFORMATION & APPLICATION:
animalrescueneworleans.org/fosterinfo.html
* ARNO ADOPTIONS
animalrescueneworleans.org/adoptions.html
* ARNO (Animal Rescue New Orleans)
504-571-1900 / Adoptions email: adoptfromarno [at] yahoo.com

WEST BANK/BELLE CHASSE AREA
* CONTACT RAMONA BILLOT: ramonabillot [at] yahoo.com

Yes, They Still Need Us…
Excerpt from ARNO, read full story here:
animalrescueneworleans.org/

There is so much said about how many are still left on the street…is it five, ten, twenty or forty thousand animals? Cats always outnumber the dogs, and the feline species has proven the better survivor having an innate ability to attune their metabolic rate with what the environment has to offer in the way of food and drink. Make no mistake, nature takes a cruel toll as only the strongest will survive unless rescued.

The streets of the greater New Orleans area are no place for kids to play, or kittens to romp… but the dogs seem like the victims that suffer intolerably before either succumbing to illnesses as simple as parasites or being gratefully rescued.

…The streets in the neighborhood these dogs call home are notably deserted these days. There are very few residents who have come back, fewer rebuilding, and scores of deserted light industrial businesses…it is not an affluent section of town and will be one of the last sections of the city to ‘come back…’

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