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From: Kinship Circle - kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 7:19 PM
Subject: Horse/Cow Convoy; Displaced By Ike; Denham Springs Snapshot
KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER AID NETWORK
www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters
GULF COAST HURRICANES 2008
9/25/08: Horse/Cow Convoy; Displaced By Ike; Denham Springs Snapshot
IN THIS ALERT:
1. 9/26 Convoy To Aid Horses And Cows After Ike
2. Galveston Area: Help The Doghouse Stay Open
3. Negligent “Caregivers” Look For Animals Left In Ike
4. Thank You! Denham Springs, LA Animal Shelter
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1. 9/26 Convoy To Aid Horses And Cows After Ike
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As happened during Katrina, Ike’s wrath has saturated pastures with saltwater. Cows were stranded on levees. Help and supplies are urgently needed to save these animals.
JOIN THE HOPEFUL HAVEN EQUINE CONVOY TO DELIVER SUPPLIES:
* WHEN: 9/26/08, Friday, 4:00pm
* WHERE: Meet in Carencro, Louisiana at the Omni Energy Bldg. Parking Lot***
* NEXT CONVOY: Convoy will meet again next week (date to be announced)
***Omni Energy Parking Lot / 4500 NE Evangeline Trwy / Carencro, LA 70520
(Between Exits 5 and 7 on the Frontage road off I-49)
TO JOIN CONVOYS & FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Debra Barlow, hopefulhaven [at] yahoo.com
hm: 318-797-7464 / cell: 318-286-3116
VOLUNTEERS: Contact Debra Barlow in advance, so she knows you’ll join the convoy. Bring sleeping bags.
SUPPLIES NEEDED:
Lead Ropes / Halters
Buckets / Feed / Hay / Grain
Vaccines / All Horse and Cattle Supplies...
SUPPLIES MAY BE SHIPPED TO:
315 Pecan Drive / Shreveport, LA 71106
c/o: DEBRA BARLOW
PHOTOS: I toured one farm that has raw sewage all over pastures and destroyed hay... Hank Moss ranch was hit again pretty hard. Thankfully most of his livestock was evacuated. You can see the oil slick on the water where the fish have died and raw sewage on the pastures. Fish are dead everywhere. The smell is atrocious.
UPDATE SINCE LAST HHERO CONVOY:
9/21/08, Debra Barlow, admin [at] hopefulhaven.com writes: Thanks to many, we were blessed with enough money to help 37 families feed their animals in Erath, Louisiana and help the AG center in Abbeville with feed for 40 families. Here it is over a week and our feed was the first the AG center had received for 40 families on their list. Please reach into your hearts to help us continue to aid these animals! They need fresh feed and hay. I am working on 400 bales of hay that I can get at $8 a round bale 4X4 delivered to our distribution site. That is $3200... Please send in your donation today and help us to make that mark!
MONETARY DONATIONS FOR STRANDED HORSES & COWS:
ONLINE:
www.hopefulhaven.com > PayPal Link
All donations are tax-deductible.
BY MAIL: Hopeful Haven / 12193 Providence Rd. / Shreveport, LA 71129
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2. Galveston Area: Help The Doghouse Stay Open
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REPLY TO:
Alice Russell, 409-939-6750, arussell48 [at] verizon.net,
Doghouse1764 [at] verizon.net
ANIMALS DISPLACED BY IKE FIND REFUGE AT THE DOGHOUSE:
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9/20/08, From Alice Russell, arussell48 [at] verizon.net -- I opened The Doghouse boarding kennel in Galveston County last month and was just getting things rolling when Ike devastated the county. I have been at the Doghouse 12-14 hours a day since. People who evacuated will not be able to start the rebuilding process for several weeks. Last I heard Galveston will not have sewer for two months (full of sand).
Many people have dogs and/or cats but their temporary homes do not allow pets. So, I am deluged with evacuee pets who are traumatized and sick from the salt flood water and owners who cannot pay to board...
I had two on staff, Nikki lost her home and is not sure what her family will do in the interim (I have her 3 dogs). Shawna’s home suffered damage and both of her dogs are at the Doghouse. Sherri my groomer still does not have power... Her dogs are at the Doghouse, too...
One of my favorite boarders is Bogie, an old, confused, ugly and aggressive pit bull. I was not able to clean his kennel in spite of treats and sweet talking -- plus he needed medical attention for wounds he got during the storm. I called his people and explained our dilemma. Sherri found a vet who agreed to squeeze him in. His people said they would take him, afraid they would have to have him put down. They called from the vet's a few hours later and I agreed to take Bogie back if I could befriend him. When they came back, Bogie seemed to remember me or at least the treats. With the owner there I petted him, treated him and took him outside to play. By the time the owners left Bogie was my shadow. Now when I walk by his kennel he begs for all that special attention.
Bogie’s people brought pictures of their former home -- the water was nearly to the ceiling during the storm. His owners spent 9 hours atop a couch steadying a table floating between them for their pets. Bogie, in the other room sloshed and beaten by debris, survived treading water for 9 hours... The rest of my motley crew includes a couple sweet mastiffs, several smiling lab and lab mixes, a labradoodle who shares her kennel with a big sweet rottie, two dobbies, 14 and 15 year old lab mixes...and lots of just plain dogs waiting for their families. The cats -- Blackie, Oreo and Boo Boo -- turned our backroom into the Doghouse Cattery and seem very content to keep the seats of our breakroom furniture warm for us while they wait to go home.
HELP THE DOGHOUSE STAY OPEN FOR ANIMALS DISPLACED BY IKE
People desperately need a place for their pets while they look for new homes and jobs. It's hard for them to find the money to care for the family dog when the storm didn't leave them a change of clothes, a roof over their head or a vehicle. I am doing all that I can but need to make at least enough to keep my doors open, the dog bowls full and pay my staff.
I'd be happy to send photos and stories of the dogs in need. Thanks for any help, directions or hints you can give me.
If you can help, or know any person or business able to support some dogs while their people get their lives back order, CONTACT:
Alice Russell
arussell48 [at] verizon.net, Doghouse1764 [at] verizon.net
409-925-K900; cell (doesn't work inside the Doghouse): 409-939-6750
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3. Negligent “Caregivers” Look For Animals Left In Ike
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REPLY TO:
Southern Brazoria County Animal Shelter
141 Canna Lane / Lake Jackson, Texas 77566
979-285-2340 / lobby [at] spcabc.org
www.petfinder.com/shelters/TX571.html
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TEXAS SHELTER FILLED WITH ANIMALS LEFT BEHIND:
thefacts.com/story.lasso?ewcd=fcbb6d8f2a9e86fb
9/22/08, By Katlynn Lanham, LAKE JACKSON -- Pet owners who left their animals in Brazoria County during Hurricane Ike are having a hard time relocating them, officials with the Brazoria County SPCA said. The Southern Brazoria County Animal Shelter, which is operated by the SPCA, re-opened Wednesday, allowing residents to begin looking for their lost animals, said Christian Ramsey, executive director of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Brazoria County.
“One dog was found floating on a piece of wood in a marina,” shelter -employee Joleen Cox said. “Luckily someone found him and brought him in.” Twenty people have come by looking for their pets, Ramsey said, but only two dogs were returned to their owners.
The shelter shut down when the mandatory evacuation for Hurricane Ike was called. Ike slammed the Texas Gulf Coast, packing 110 mph winds, causing widespread coastal damage and knocking out power to almost the entire area. By Friday, many Brazoria County residents had returned home, but some were staying away until power was restored to their homes.
The animal shelter is trying to keep animals longer than normal because they know not everyone has returned from evacuation, he said. For now, they are reassess and keep them longer, Ramsey said.
The SPCA evacuated its animals to Houston on Sept. 10 in preparation for Hurricane Ike. Those animals will remain at the Houston shelter, and some already have been adopted, Ramsey said. SPCA staff was able to return last Monday and started accepting animals picked up off the streets Tuesday.
A Freeport resident called looking for a dog they had left outside on a leash, kennel manager Regina Serna said. They couldn’t find the dog. “If the storm had come more this way, that dog would be dead right now,” Ramsey said. “It is never a good idea to leave an animal behind.”
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4. Thank You! Denham Springs, LA Animal Shelter
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Thanks to all who responded to Kinship Circle alerts and traveled to this hurricane damaged shelter to rebuild and care for animals. MuttShack Animal Rescue’s ongoing agreement to work here has resulted in new hope for many animals who have been transported cross-country for foster and adoption.
TRANSPORTS ARE ONGOING. For more information and to volunteer, contact:
Mary Karr: 206-947-3374 or Amanda St. John: 818-272-1671
Below are a few of MuttShack ground coordinator Mary Carr’s photos from the Denham Springs effort.
Floodwaters engulfed Denham Shelter grounds after Hurricane Gustav. Rescuers initially needed a boat to reach animals.
LEFT: The shelter also sustained severe wind damage, especially in the dog area.
RIGHT: A pit bull pup at Denham Springs Animal Shelter.
LEFT: Mary Karr writes -- This is the puppy I’m taking home from Denham Shelter. An elderly Baptist woman in a van at a gas station named him Rescue. She was traveling back to her home to see what was left and this lost puppy made the woman happy when she held him. When I informed her the pup had no name, she suggested Rescue. He is also known as Triple-P (Piranha Puddle Puppy). Piranha from the way he scarfs down food like he hasn't eaten for months. And watch out for your fingers! :-)
RIGHT: Tracie Dawson and June Towler (both in Kinship Circle’s Disaster Aid Network), along with Randy (on laptop) plan next-day activities.
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