Animal Rescue Alerts 04-04-2006
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Tuesday April 04, 2006
April 4: Memorial Service for Katrina Animals
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2006 03:29:41 -0000 From: "oneatatime00" <oneatatime00 @yahoo .com> Subject: Memorial Service for Katrina Animals Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Katrina-Pet-Rescue-info/
From DRAR:
HSLA is holding a memorial service on Tuesday, April 4th. Details are below. If you are in the NOLA area and wish to attend, read on. If you live far away, as most of us do, light a candle and say a prayer for the animals lost and displaced by Hurricane Katrina. I will also be thankful for the kind, hard-working people like you all who rescued and helped so many animals last year.
The Humane Society of Louisiana invites you an evening of remembrance, reflection and reunion...
WHAT: an interdenominational memorial service and gathering, honoring the animal victims of the hurricane. Complimentary reception will follow the service.
WHERE: Munholland United Methodist Church, 1201 Metairie Rd, Metairie, LA 70005.
WHEN: Tuesday, April 4th, 2006 / 6:30pm - 9:30pm. (Service from 6:30 7:30pm, reception to follow.)
Admission is free and open to the general public, but seating is limited.
The Humane Society of Louisiana's sanctuary and headquarters in New Orleans were destroyed during the hurricane. The group has been operating an emergency shelter at its Tylertown, Mississippi, location, where the agency evacuated its animals before the storm. Friends, volunteers and supporters of the Humane Society of Louisiana are particularly encouraged to attend.
For more information or to RSVP, contact Jeff Dorson at <stopcruelty @cs .com>
Roicy Duhon Update - Lafayette, LA
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 10:12:31 -0500 From: "Debbie" <rescuerealtor @cox .net> ROICY DUHON/LAFAYETTE, LA .... TIME UP TODAY, MONDAY, APRIL 3, 5 PM Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Katrina-Pet-Rescue-info/
Unless held over, most of these animals will die tomorrow morning. It is likely that the puppies, and perhaps a couple others will be held, but I walked through stray hold Thursday and it was packed. We had only 417 hits on the Petfinder site yesterday. I cannot recall in the last 2 years so few hits, and we cannot save these lives with so little interest. So I am begging, please forward to any legit rescue group who has the ability to be there TODAY, or to anyone who will provide a good home to these animals who can get there TODAY. They will not hold for you or ship, so please don't call and ask. If you can financially contribute to a rescue group who is within driving distance to encourage them to take an animal, please do, realizing that it can cost as much as $500 if the animal has heartworms and needs boarding...more if the dog is dysplastic, etc. So, while each and every donation is appreciated no matter how small, please understand how much it costs to get an animal out of the shelter and please understand if a local rescue just can't do it right now. It is the same ones each week who save these animals, and they are past full and broke. If you are receiving this email from a friend and are not familiar with Roicy Duhon Animal Control, it is a rabies control facility in Lafayette parish, a parish that has grown by about 30,000 due to the hurricanes. They only have 12 adoption kennels for dogs and limited cat cages. They kill by gas twice a week because of space limitations. They are rabies control vs. adoption, meaning their function is to get the strays off the street and control disease, not to adopt them out. The Lafayette Consolidated Government risk manager will allow no foster or volunteer program. Many in the parish are totally unaware of this facility, or that it is an euthanizing facility, or that time can be so short. Strays are held a minimum of 5 days, then go to adoption if they are deemed adoptable....keeping in mind that there are only 12 adoption dog kennels, so that means that some might not even get a chance if they are older, etc. Animals put out on Friday afternoon can be euthanized as early as Tuesday AM, meaning they get 1.5 days. Those being put up for adoption on Tuesday afternoon, can be euthanized as early as Friday morning, meaning they get 2.5 days. Please do not direct your complaints to the staff because they are a great group of people with a very small building and a very limited budget.
ARNO(Animal Rescue New Orleans) has committed to take ALL Roicy animals that we can get fostered. They will pay vet bills. This will be a test with Roicy in Lafayette and St John's in Laplace, because we are both tiny facilities with a dozen adoption kennels. If it works, their goal will be do do this with all kill shelters in the state eventually and move the animals through a network of rescue orgs throughout the country to eliminate the killing of unwanted animals in the state due to space constraints. They are applying for funding from HSUS and have a critical meeting this week with HSUS representatives who will be down inspecting their operations. They estimate foster time to be up to 6 weeks. These animals would have to be isolated from any personal pets for a period of 10 days. Your personal pets would also have to be UPD on shots. Unfortunately, I have found very little local interest in Lafayette in helping the Roicy animals. This is sad but true. With the exception of a select few local rescue groups who continue to pull from Roicy, most support comes from out of town. I have trouble finding someone to hold a dog on their porch for 3 hrs, much less foster for 6 weeks. I am begging that the locals step up to the plate and make a place for one animal to make this work. While I appreciate the offers from across the country to foster, this most be on the state and local level. ARNO wants to change this state, but needs the help of locals to do it. Please contact me if you can help: rescuerealtor@cox.net or Jennifer Rohrbach at <whippetdogs @yahoo .com>.
Debbie
http://www.petfinder.org/pet.cgi?action=1&pet.Shelterid=LA40&preview=1
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 22:24:05 -0500 From: "Debbie" <rescuerealtor @cox .net> Subject: ROICY/ Lafayette, LA WRAP-UP 4/3
Thanks to the miracle of a foster coming forward just in time from the Baton Rouge area, I pulled 5 dogs at 4 PM this afternoon for ARNO. Thanks to all of you who sent your emails all over the place...people were sending me my own emails...lol. It was not so good for the cats today as they all stayed behind. We really need more orgs willing to take cats, and we need in-state fosters for both cats and dogs. Normally I would say the cats would be held over, but a couple were sneezing and they usually won't take a chance. The 4 little black and white pups will be held over.
- ARF
- http://www.arfla.org/
- Yellow Lab male....this boy was so excited to see Nancy Marcantel come through that door. He did try to kiss her to death...what a great dog...many thanks to his sponsors. Please remember to support this org...you see this group each and every week.
- ARNO
- (Thank you Vicky R from Baton Rouge and especially for driving over here to get them.....these little ones will be alive tomorrow because of you. And Charlotte and Robin...you rock big-time. )
- http://www.animalrescueneworleans.com/
- Kennel 5 Chi mix female
- Kennel 6 scruffy Terrier female
- Kennel 4 plain little brown dog Terrier
- Kennel 7 little black Rat Terrier
- Kennel 8 Ricky returned Terrier mix(because the roommates could not agree about who would do what....duh)
- Adopted
- JRT pup, JRT kennel 12 adult male, big ears Terrier kennel 2, 1 black held over pup.
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