While Hurricane Katrina's impact on people remains a national and international trauma, ... the animal situation is another massive saga that's still unfolding.
While Hurricane Katrina's impact on people remains a national and international trauma, ... the animal situation is another massive saga that's still unfolding.
People were staying because they wouldn't leave their animals.
There are thousands of cases of people who stayed, and they're at risk because of federal and state policy. We're troubled emotionally by the failures.
People are frantically calling and telling us their cat is on the third floor of an apartment in New Orleans, or their horses were left in a pasture.
The evacuation of New Orleans doomed these animals to a fate of dehydration and starvation. We rescued people, but we left their pets behind to die. Amazingly, we are finding more alive every day, but after three weeks we are hitting the critical hour.
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