Rescued Dogs Airlifted From Gulf Coast :)

[wakeme2008]

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Katrina-Dog-Flight.html

September 11, 2005
Rescued Dogs Airlifted From Gulf Coast
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 9:40 p.m. ET

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The first major airlift of dogs from the hurricane-battered Gulf Coast left Louisiana on Sunday, carrying about 80 pets to new temporary homes in California.

The Continental Airlines flight from Baton Rouge, La., was chartered for about $50,000 by Texas oil tycoon Boone Pickens and his wife, Madeleine, in a movement dubbed ''Operation Pet Lift.''

Some dogs were placed in cages in the cargo section while others rode in the passenger cabin, where they barked and wagged their tails.

..more at link..

[henslee]

1. This is awesome.

[Janice325]

2. Wow!

Many thanks to Mr. and Ms. Pickens.

[Double T]

3. GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!

[lindisfarne]

4. This is good news. But there are still thousands of animals still who need

to be rescued. We need to put pressure on the authorities via calls and the media so that they let pet owners in to rescue their pets. See link at
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4732630

for media and gov't contacts and sample letter
Bestfriends.org is also calling for this.

Also, they're letting in business owners but not pet owners? Saving a computer is more important than saving an animal's life?

See thread at http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4740236&mesg_id=4740236

link to Times-Picayune article.
http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_Times-Picayune/archives/2005_09_11.html#078890

[astonamous]

6. Email I just got!

Animal Help in Louisiana Donations & volunteers needed

Hi Everyone:
I am writing you to see if you can help. (Please pass this to your members if you can help!!!). We Just got an update from the MCHS group that left to go to Louisina

Got there at 6:30 EDT. They were in tears. There were 1,400 Animals in the Gonzales facility on South St. Landry street when they got there - they had been told there were just 1000, the staff is completely overwhelmed and with no rest, and 6 more trucks full of animals were on their way in to the facility. They said he has never seen so many animals in bad shape and in such horrible conditions. It was MUCH worse than expected

They called back at 8PM after meeting with HSUS officials.

There are 2500-2700 dogs there!!!!!!!!
This does not include cats and other animals.

There are MAU's (Mobile Adoption Units) from all areas; CT, TX, MN, just lined up everywhere waiting to take aniamls out. No news on releasing animals until Saturday morning at 8AM as FEMA is taking over. But they have to be released because they will just die there. They reported that it is set up like a MASH unit outside of the shelter, all make shift, dogs crowded into horse stalls and stacked crates in tents in the heat with fans blowing on them. Everyone is trying their best.

They grabbed all the medical supplies off the truck first. The items they demanded immediately were the bowls, leashes/collars and medical supplies and crates. They need crates badly!!!! They are set on food so the food was taken over to the smaller LSU facility.

They are going to continue to take trips down to New Orleans. So we're going to keep up this drive!!!!! They need our help BADLY!!! BERY BADLY!!!


Here's what we need:

Extention chords
Power strips
Duct tape
Box fans (and lots of them)
Metal crates (all sizes)
Disposable chinette bowls (to feed animals)
Industrial Sized Garbage bags
Leashes & collars (all sizes)
Flea & tick medication
Pedialyte (non-flavored)
Vet supplies (antibiotics, bandages, scissors, etc)
MEDICAL SUPPLIES (any old antibiotics you have, ointments, creams, neosporin, bandages, rehydration fluids, catheters, IV tubing, etc)
Elezebethan collars (Cone-heads, so they don't chew at wounds)

You can drop this stuff off at my house ANY TIME, just leave on the front steps. (Or you can drop off at the shelter)

My address:

9720 Holmhurst Rd
Bethesda, MD 20817
301-530-6611 (home)
410-241-0692 (Cell)

My house is one block east of Fernwood (and parallels Fernwood), just south of Democracy Blvd.

NEED VOLUNTEERS IN LOUISIANA
If anyone is interested in going down to Louisiana with the MCHS to help we now need volunteers. We will be sending people down this week hopefully and next week. Prior to going down to help you will need to get a pre-rabies shot & tetnus shot. The shelter will cover the costs for this.

We especially need vet techs and vets, but any and all volunteers are very badly needed.

Working on getting cheap/free flights (if anyone has airline connections) and we will also be driving down.

Please let me know if you are able & interested in going.

PLEASE PASS THE WORD around - see if you can get a collection going at work / school / your vet office / in your neighborhood and I'll come pick it up and take it to the shelter if you need me to.

*** We do not need any more food / Water. The facilities are ok with that now!!! We badly need to be able to contain the animals, as well as treat them medically****

Thank you guys SO much for your help!!! It's making a huge difference!

Spread the word Please!

Chris Shoulet
Top Dog Recruiting
301- 530- 9694
[e-mail] (@topdoginc.com)
www.topdog-inc.com



And this one too:

ASCENSION PARISH SHERIFF STOPS RESCUERS FROM SHELTER - ARMED GUARDS OUTSIDE WON'T LET US IN! Because the Louisiana State Veterinarian refuses to lift the 15 day quarantine hold period, the Gonzales state-designated shelter, is now considered full by the local sheriff.

The Parish Sheriff is holding Pasado Rescuers back with loaded guns, despite the fact we have full vans, loaded with animals - the result of a 19-hour-day of rescue.

We need to raise hell - call local media, whoever you can, the state vet needs to cut the bureaucracy and allow foster families, from around the country, to take these animals!

[calimary]

19. Something you might enjoy hearing - from our own local dog park:

It's not much, but it's something and we're all pretty proud of it.

They started, over the summer, selling lemonade and Tshirts every Friday to benefit the dog park and pay for its upkeep and improvement. It was to end after Labor Day. Since Hurricane Katrina, they readjusted things. It will continue every Friday through the month (and maybe beyond) and all proceeds benefit the animal rescue group Noah's Wish in New Orleans. They hold it from when the dog park opens up in the morning until nightfall, and there are several volunteers and dog trainers and off-duty dog-walkers staffing it all day long. A couple of weeks ago, people started bringing other things to sell to raise money - jewelry and trinkets, bottled water, and they set up a cappucino machine to sell lattes. They've been raking in about 800 to 1,000 dollars every Friday! When I was there last Friday, the dog park was more crowded than ever, and the table was swamped. There had to be maybe 30 dogs clustered around the table with their owners at ANY given moment throughout even just the time I was there, with more all over the dog park. And people were handing over 20-dollar bills for a 3-dollar coffee, and refusing to accept their change. Almost made me cry.

[astonamous]

23. That is a cool idea...

I'm going to suggest the same here locally. I just won an auction on another site and the proceeds will go to animal rescue. I am going to turn the prize around and auction it at another fundraiser we are having in December.



Trudy

[shireen]

5. Interesting character, do a google on him.

Whatever ... he rescued those doggies, and I'm very grateful. I'm sending him a thank-you card.

From https://www.bpcap.net/contactus1.asp

Boone Pickens
c/o BP Capital Management, L.P.
8117 Preston Road
Suite 260
Dallas, TX 75225

Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

[nvliberal]

10. His wife

is the widow of the late Allan Paulson, who owned Horse of the Year Cigar.

[calimary]

20. Welcome to DU!

Glad you're here.

Please help us GET RID OF THESE PEOPLE!!!

IMPEACHMENT NOW!!!!!!!!!!

[Southsideirish]

7. Glad to hear there is one decent "Texas oil tycoon". Thanks!

[blue sky at night]

8. wonderful use of OIL Profits......

I must say. I will think better of Boone from now one, bless them. Lets hope they get all of the Animals out of the flood. Thanks for the post.

[aquart]

11. $50,000? And he's making WHAT in oil profits?

That was spare change. I'll wait to be impressed. If the oil boys weren't so desperate to keep every ill-gotten dime, maybe we would have been able to afford to take care of the levees.

Too little. Too late. His greed killed more dogs than he rescued.

[shireen]

16. you're generalizing

and we don't know about other donations he and his oil friends have made.

The oil business could have taken on a stronger role to protect and support the coastal communities, socially and environmentally. But we don't know what Pickens specifically did or did not do.

[Spinzonner]

9. They'll be dog-gone

[lostnfound]

12. FYI, this man put up $4 MILLION to Swift Boat Vets

http://www.publicintegrity.org/527/search.aspx?act=con&sec=indprof&orgid=990

[ET Awful]

13. And 55 grand to TRMPAC . . . i.e. Tom DeLay n/t

[Piperay]

21. The guy is a scum but

at least he is finally doing something unselfish which he owes this country 'big time'.

[Coventina]

14. Now if he can get a couple hundred of his buddies to do the same...

I'm happy some doggies have been saved.

But there's a lot more to go.....

[Robert Oak]

15. wish there were photos/video

Did the 1st class dogs get served up treats immediately upon seating?

:)

Seriously, good job tycoon. I mean people first but don't leave the pooches behind either.

But, I'd love to see a photo of the airplane cabin full of pooches, that would be a riot.

[SomewhereOutThere424]

17. Thank you for posting this!

I, like many others here on DU, have been trying to do a lot to help the animals in this disaster too. It's good to see something nice, even if so many other evils have/are occuring ^_^

Thank you for showing some light in all the darkness I'd seen here and other places lately.

[shireen]

18. KICK n/t

[Piperay]

22. TERRIFIC

I saw the dogs arriving on my local news, they looked so happy. :-)

[Judi Lynn]

24. Pets orphaned by storm finding new homes in S. Florida

Posted on Mon, Sep. 12, 2005



SLOPPY KISSES: Dawn Molina of the Humane Society of Broward County gets a kiss from Sassy, one of about 70 animals brought from the Gulf Coast.

KATRINA RELIEF

Pets orphaned by storm finding new homes in S. Florida

BY KEVIN DEUTSCH
[e-mail]

The four truckloads of pooches and felines that arrived in Broward County on Sunday looked like they could have come from anywhere in the world.
(snip)

The more than 80 Louisiana-bred pets are believed to be the first four-legged Hurricane Katrina evacuees to reach South Florida.

Volunteers with the Humane Society of Broward County picked up the 52 dogs and about 30 cats from an animal shelter in Louisiana's Terrebonne Parish, about 55 miles southwest of New Orleans.

The animals are now up for adoption at the Humane Society building at 2070 Griffin Rd. in Dania Beach.

''People are already out there fighting over them, which is a good thing,'' said Cherie Wachter, spokeswoman for the Humane Society of Broward.

Owners had put the animals up for adoption before and after Katrina struck the Gulf Coast.
(snip/...)

http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/local/states/florida/counties/broward_county/12621316.htm
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