Humane Society and Others Help Pets in Hurricane Aftermath

The Humane Society of the United States is one of the animal welfare organizations that has sent volunteers into the areas hit by Hurricane Katrina in order to rescue pets that had to be abandoned by their owners. They are getting phone calls from frantic pet owners who left their cats and dogs in attics and other locations they thought they'd be safe in for a few days when they were evacuated. Some people, of course, never evacuated because they refused to leave their pets behind. Others have had to make the painful choice whether to euthanize their pets or leave them to starve to death.

Read more about it:

• 2005 SEP 04. HSUS Disaster Teams Reach Stranded Pets in New Orleans by Bernie Unti, HSUS.


• 2005 SEP 03. Rescue Teams Reach Gulfport, Galvanizing HSUS Animal Relief Efforts by Bernie Unti, HSUS.


• Anita Manning, USA Today. 2005 SEP 03. Animal welfare groups rescue abandoned pets. USA Today.


• AP. 2005 SEP 04. Evacuees anguished at leaving pets behind. Yahoo News.


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