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Video of 58 dog transport
Hurricane Gustav approached
Louisiana while we were in New Orleans at the 3rd Katrina Memorial on August
30th, remembering the tens of thousands of dogs, cats and other animals who
died during Hurricane Katrina .Mandatory evacuation got us out
barely in time and we flew to New York, only to work 20 hours a day for the
next 8 days to organize a major rescue effort, which we knew would now be
necessary after three lucky years. Hurricane Ike was bearing down so we had
to hurry back to New York, organize a convoy of rescue vehicles, board our
own best friends at the vet, drive to North Caroline to pick up our 24 ft.
Mobile Vet Clinic, and make it to Louisiana in between Hurricane Gustav's
departure and Hurricane Ike's arrival.
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By Sept 8
we had organized a 4 state, 12 organization effort, involving five vehicles
and over two dozen people.
Our new mobile
vet clinic was ready to deploy from North
Carolina. All we needed was an invitation from one Louisiana parish to
get underway. Since Companion Animal Network is both FEMA and LSART
(Louisiana State Animal Rescue Team) certified we expected the invite to come
at any time. It did, from Ascension Parish, and on September 10th we deployed
from three states, converging with groups from New
Jersey, New York, Colorado and Florida.
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We had to
stay ahead of Hurricane Ike and get into and out of Louisiana before contraflow was implemented. We slept in our cars
for 6 days in a row,sleeping
2-3 hours a day at most, and drove for 24 continuous hours. We loaded the
animals and left, trying to stay ahead of Hurricane Ike. The SUV's alternator
died at midnight just as Ike's rains reached us, and then we could not find
gas,almost running out several times. Exhausted but
safe and sound, we made it, and delivered 58 saved dogs who would otherwise
have to be put down to open up room for the newly abandoned. Our rescue
transport was reported by  and
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Who we
are
We are a not for profit organization with offices in New York, North Carolina and Louisiana, but we are all volunteers. Click here to find out more about our Hurricane Rescue
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What We Have Accomplished We were the "architect" of reforming animal control in New York City with
litigation, lobbying, and legislation. The NY City Council acknowledged our
efforts in Resolution #985. As a result New York City has reduced animal control
killing from 100,000 a year to just 18,000 in 2007. Click here to read more.
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