There are still many thousands of lost or abandoned pets in need of rescue in the areas hit by Hurricane Katrina. This post at the Cityrag blog has links to blogs covering the rescue efforts and also information where and how you can help.
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There are still many thousands of lost or abandoned pets in need of rescue in the areas hit by Hurricane Katrina. This post at the Cityrag blog has links to blogs covering the rescue efforts and also information where and how you can help.
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It is interesting how important this issue turned out to be, since many people in the area affected by the storm who would otherwise have accepted official help in evacuating were reluctant to flee without their pets. The aid bureaucracy was slow to acknowledge the problem, as bureaucracies tend to be. IMO this is another reason to be cautious about federalizing emergency-aid efforts — the bigger and more remote the bureaucracy, the less responsive it will be to feedback and to the needs of the people it is supposedly aiding.
Jerry Pournelle certainly would agree:
Here‘s a site from the House Rabbit Society specifically addressing homeless bunnies from Katrina.