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September 06, 2005
a worthy cause
I got one of these for Marcel! The money goes to helping the Humane Society of the United States rescue the companion animals of New Orleans. And while you are at the HSUS webpage, there are wonderful stories about pet rescues and reunions, some facilitated by the Houston SPCA.
This was my favorite part~
"the SPCA has already helped 30 animals at the shelter reunite with their families. The reunited pets aren’t just dogs and cats and parakeets: One of the reclaimed animals was a chicken who’d been raised “from a peep” by the man who came to take her home. “This chicken obviously knew the guy,” Boller (Jim Boller, director of shelter and field services for the Houston SPCA) says. He notes that many of the folks coming off the buses at the Astrodome were reluctant to let the SPCA take the animals in. “These animals are all that some of these people have left,” Boller says."
Posted by pippypippy at September 6, 2005 08:18 PM
Comments
Aww! That's a very good thing to do. I'm sure Marcel will wear it in proud solidarity with his Southern brethren!
Posted by: David at September 6, 2005 08:50 PM
i sent money to both them and to noah's wish. the animal stories are breaking my heart more than anything else. and i heard they weren't even letting animals get on the buses to houston, they were forcing people to leave their dogs behind, tied up in the dome in new o. sooo shitty. :(
Posted by: carolyn at September 7, 2005 07:26 AM
Did the chicken have large talons?
Posted by: Thomas at September 7, 2005 07:35 AM
If you go to the site, http://www.hsus.org/ under "Smuggled to safety" you can read the story about a man who successfully smuggled his dog on the bus in a garbage bag.
Posted by: Elizabeth at September 7, 2005 10:14 AM
Elizabeth~ I know! I read it! It made me so happy! Me and Marcel would find similar tactics, you better believe it!
Posted by: pippy at September 7, 2005 10:20 AM
PAWS Chicago volunteers will be taking vans down to the Humane Society of Faline County in Bauxite, Arkansas, right outside of Little Rock. Volunteers will be picking up 100-200 homeless pets from the shelter, in an effort to make more room for the animals affected by Hurricane Katrina. This no kill shelter has been inundated by hurricane
If you are interested in fostering, helping with adoptions or caring for these animals, please contact Dave Barta at (773) 521-1408 ext. 236 or Rochelle Michalek at (773) 521-1408 ext. 239. The animals will be arriving at PAWS Chicago on Wednesday night.
If you would like to make a monetary donation for the animals we are rescuing, please call 773-843-4887, or send your check to: PAWS Chicago Attn: Lisa Dawson 1110 W. 35th Street Chicago, IL 60609 **Make sure to write on your check "PAWS Chicago/Katrina Pet Rescue" If interested in making an in-kind donation of towels, blankets, pet food, etc, please call 773-521-1408 x241. Thanks for your support
Posted by: CA at September 7, 2005 09:15 PM