pinkfreud,
is there a plan to foster the animals for a number of months in order to allow owners to locate and reclaim them?
maybe a website where people could look at pictures to see if their pet is among them?
like a lost & found.
i think what you husband and the others are doing is wonderful.
Several animal rescue organizations will be fostering these animals. My group, and many others, will place photos and descriptions of the animals into the national database at petfinder.com. Thanks for your kind words. I am still stunned at the hostile reaction from some quarters. It honestly had never occurred to me that our efforts to mount a small mission of mercy could be viewed by anyone as worthless or evil.
Pinkfreud just checking in to cheer both you and your husband. This is a very very good thing. I was thinking not only about the pets themselves but all the people that had to leave their pets to die in NO. Think of the poor children that had to leave those pets behind. Your husband’s doing a wonderful thing for them too. I wish him all the best.
That’s great, pinkfreud.
I keep seeing this one clip on the news over and over…a little white dog pawing at the closed door of a bus. 
I wonder if that’s the dog that I read about – the one they had to take from a little boy. It fits the description, anyway.
Excerpt from http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/
SPCA help for animals
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 Katrinaanimalrescue@yahoo.com.
The hotline already is in effect, Maloney said. “It’s busy an awful lot. We are trying to get a bank of telephones”
pinkfreud, My pets and I want to say thanks to you/hubby/group for what you are doing to help the animals (human and other) suffering from this disaster. Best wishes and big sloppy kisses from laina, Leroy, Petey, Tiabbo, Kiki, Simon, Captain and Mia.
Your quote above is one of the better proofs against your argument that human beings are more important than animals. Animals are not irrelevant, Bull…but a human being with your contempt for animals is a better example of irrelevance.
I’d appreciate it if the Moderators would close this thread. My husband’s trip is over, and he has returned home.
But could you give us a quick update on how it went?
-Tcat
My son just got back from his trek to Louisiana. He helped both humans and animals. I’m very proud of him. He brought supplies, assisted people on the road, and rescued some dogs. He brought lots of dog food and donated it to the shelter. I believe the veterinary school at LSU has a shelter and accepts donations.
Contrary to what some people may think, the rescue of animals is very important to the people situation. Health and safety, as well as companionship, are directly connected to the welfare of the animals in need of rescue. Your husband did a good thing. And fuck anyone who doesn’t get it.
Actually, as someone who is terribly allergic to animal fur, I would not be able to go to a shelter that was crowded with various cats and dogs. Somebody might feel better with Snoogums on their lap but that doesn’t trump my right to be able to see, talk, and eventually breathe. The medication I can take for it is pretty expensive and also makes me very thirsty, not a good thing if there’s a water allotment.
I would have no problem with them being confined to a special room or kenneled outside, of course, and if there weren’t too many of them I could stay away from them. But there are some of us who just can’t be around animals.
As far as I know, none of the shelters allow animals. They’re all in kennels waiting for permanent residence with their owners (or a new family if that’s the case).