Animal Rescue Alerts 03-30-2006
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Thursday March 30, 2006
LA Pet Evacuation Bill Hearing Info for April 18th
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:43:54 -0800 (PST) From: Shannon Moore <shann_moore @yahoo .com> Subject: LA Pet Evacuation Bill Hearing Info for April 18th --Please help Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NDARS/ Resource: http://www.la-spca.org/archive/evacuation_bill.htm
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The address of the hearing on April 18th is at The State Capitol:
- The Louisiana State Capitol
- 900 North 3rd Street
- Baton Rouge, LA 70802
The hearing will be held around 9am in Senate Committee Room "E" which is located on the ground floor of the Capitol.
You can sign in at the hearing and testify about your experiences or you can sign in in support of the Bill and not talk.
We must fill that room with people.
If you are coming from New Orleans you take I-10 West and merge onto 1-10 North so that you do not go over the river bridge.
- Exit at Capitol Access Road
- go back over the Interstate
- The first building is the Department of Transportation
- Then a red light
- The Governor's Mansion is on the right
- The road splits with a park in the middle
- to the right there is parking along the lake
- At the next split:
- if you go left you will be at the Capitol Steps
- if you go right there will be some reserved parking spaces and some available
- Proceed through the yellow caution light and there is a huge Public Parking Lot.
- Also, any Security Guard can direct you to available parking
For the meeting you do not have to dress up but please no hats and wear your animal/rescue t-shirts if you have one.
Thank You! Shannon
ROICY WRAP-UP
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 21:04:10 -0600 From: "Debbie" <rescuerealtor @cox .net> Subject: ROICY WRAP-UP Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Katrina-Pet-Rescue-info/
Well, once again God sent the angels, this time it was ARNO. Special thanks to Jennifer Rohrbach for organizing things, and to those who donated for the pulls and boarding. I will try and get as many as will fit in my little Mazda, and will be meeting Charlotte in Prairieville tomorrow. Whatever does not fit will need to be boarded till Monday.
APAWS
- http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/LA12.html
- Little Mama kennel 3
ARNO
- http://www.animalrescueneworleans.com/
- Chunky Girl kennel 2
- Happy Girl 6
- Basenji mix 10
- Bruno 12
- Two Husky mix brothers(listed as Husky/JRT)...returned for killing wild rabbits
Barbara Wrobel Labs4Rescue Volunteer bwrobel@firstam.com
- Stunning pup 11
Adopted: Precious the mom Terrier and her 3 babies, Little Mama's baby, one Lab mix baby, Trouble Lab mix kennel 11
There are 6 Lab mix pups left being listed as Lab/Rottie, but I think they are dreaming. They are about 7 weeks old and will be held over. Stray hold is packed with some really great dogs...all very healthy and many pretty little. There are also now 5 beautiful cats... one buff longhaired Tabby girl, a stunning Calico, a dilute Calico, and too others I forgot...think one was a black one. New animals will be up tomorrow night, or more likely, Sat morning.
PLEASE SUPPORT THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO SAVE ROICY ANIMALS. THANKS TO ALL FOR GETTING THE WORD OUT.
Debbie
Fire Ravaged Areas in Texas - PLEASE HELP
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:00:26 -0600 From: Kodiskorner <kodiskorner @direcway .com> Subject: Fire Ravaged Areas in Texas - PLEASE HELP Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KatrinaAnimalHelp/
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Evelyn Bench <tx_shadow @earthlink .net> Emergency Coordinator Region 9 Representative 1.866.434.5737 http://www.habitatforhorses.org/ http://www.lser.org/
"SOME PEOPLE SAY HORSE PEOPLE ARE CRAZY...I SAY NOPE.. WE ARE PASSIONATE...."
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From: Jerry Finch <jfinch @habitatforhorses .org> To: <HfHMembers @yahoogroups .com> Date: 3/28/2006 10:50:43 PM Subject: [LSER-HfHMembers] Tuesday, March 28th - McLean, Texas
There is a vast difference between the results of a hurricane and a fire. Yet as I looked at the devastation surrounding me today, I was struck not by those differences, but by the similarities. Death by water and death by fire both spell a horrified loss. Destruction by winds and high water, of destruction by fire still destroys the lives of those people who look upon the remains of their home with tears streaming down their face.
Picture, if you will, a family loading their horses in a trailer, the fire a few hundred yards away. A sixty mile an hour gust blows down upon them. Try as they may, there is simply not enough time. The horses, all of them, perish in the trailer as the family screams and runs away. Picture an eighty-three year old man, a cowboy of the purest kind, who has lived all his life in the home of his grandparents and parents. Not only is the home destroyed, but all of his cattle and most of his horses. Nothing of his life is left.
But we are about horses, and that is what I have come to see. This afternoon I looked at the burned legs of a horse, blistered and bleeding. I saw the belly of another, the skin sloughing off, leaving only red, bloody meat underneath. Mouths too burned to dip in the cool water of a tank, too painful to touch the watery mix of feed given by the loving hands of a human that sheds tears when she feeds. Tomorrow I will see more, far more than I want to see. It will be real, and it will hurt, but it is our touch that offers a slim chance to heal, to live another day. It is not only for the horses that life is offered, it is for the humans as well. Having lost everything, they cling to a small hope that life will somehow continue, that the horses will live, that the world will return not as it once was, but better and safer than ever before.
Outsiders have not helped here for reasons that are beyond my imagination. These folks help one another, neighbor helps neighbor, one town helps another. That's just the way things are done in this part of the country. They are independent and proud, perhaps a little too much so, for when you ask what you can do, they answer, "I'm fine. I have everything I really need, but old Mr. Williams might need some help rebuilding his fences." One family that lost everything spent the next three days moving cattle for their neighbors, never once stopping to mourn their loss.
There is a difference between hurricanes and fires; the fires hit the Panhandle and an old man with tear stained cheeks says, "I'm fine,thank you"
What do they need? Hay, feed and horse blankets. If you can, if you have it in your heart, please help.
Free FEMA DVD: "Getting Ready For Disaster"
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 16:19:58 -0000 From: "staoaquatt" <staoaquatt @yahoo .com> Fwd: Free FEMA DVD-titled, "Getting Ready For Disaster- One Family's Experience" Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KatrinaAnimalHelp/
--- In <HelpForKatrina @yahoogroups .com>, Momnick8@... wrote:
Please pass this on...
FEMA RELEASES "Getting Ready For Disaster" PREPAREDNESS DVD
WASHINGTON DC - With The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) facing the upcoming 2006 hurricane season - being touted as just as active as last years'- and watching killer tornados, floods and wildfires from Illinois to California wreak death and destruction, a new citizen preparedness DVD titled, "Getting Ready For Disaster- One Family's Experience" is ready for distribution to help people get ready for those natural and man-made disasters that may impact their families and their communities.
The DVD guides viewers through important steps of disaster preparedness and brings into focus issues such as drafting a family disaster plan, stockpiling food and water; helping children cope with disasters and preparedness for special populations such as the elderly and people with disabilities.
"Being prepared for disasters is everyone's responsibility," said FEMA's Acting Director, R. David Paulison. "We're excited that this professionally-produced and highly informative product is now available as we approach what's expected to be another active hurricane season. And it's not just for hurricane preparedness, but rather follows FEMA's all hazards approach to disaster preparedness.
The content is based on the most reliable hazard awareness and emergency education information, such as the latest scientific knowledge and physical research on what happens in disasters.
The DVD's story surrounds a 12 year-old boy, whose school assignment challenges him to learn about disasters and emergencies. He is instructed to develop a disaster plan and a disaster supplies kit for his family with his family's help. As a result of following the easy steps to preparedness, the youngster and his family 1) get prepared together, 2) manage to help others as they get prepared, and 3) decide to volunteer so that they can help even more of their neighbors get prepared.
The DVD's seven segments include: 1) Getting Informed; 2) Making a Plan; 3) Assembling a Disaster Supplies Kit; 4) Food and Water in an Emergency; 5) Helping Children Cope with Disaster; 6) Disability and Special Needs Populations; and 7) Getting Involved - Citizen Corps - and walk the viewer, step by step, through lifesaving procedures for being ahead of the storm and knowing what to do when danger threatens.
The DVD is designated # "FEMA 500" for ordering purposes and is now available at the FEMA Distribution Center by calling 1-800-480-2520. Orders are being limited to one DVD per caller for the time being. In the coming months, the DVD will be translated to Spanish and will be available in both languages on a single DVD.
FEMA officials say the DVD, produced with funds from Homeland Security's United States Fire Administration, is designed to be used with FEMA's 200-page Are You Ready? An In Depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness and accompanying facilitator manual for teaching preparedness principles in small group or classroom settings.
More than 267,000 Are You Ready? guides have been ordered from FEMA in only 18 months, with more that 5,000 facilitator guides in the hands of trainers across the country. Thanks to the guides and the cadre of trainers, citizens are learning how to get informed about local emergency plans, how to identify hazards that affect their area, and how to develop and maintain an emergency communications plan and build their own disaster supplies kit.
Are You Ready? is just one of many resources Homeland Security provides American citizens to help them be prepared against all types of hazards. Homeland Security's Ready campaign seeks to help America be better prepared for even unlikely emergency scenarios. Information on how the public can be ready in case of a national emergency, including a possible terrorism attack involving biological, chemical or radiological weapons, can be found by logging on to http://www.ready.gov/ or by calling 800-BE-READY for printed information.
Thanks to a special angel for the info!
Nancy
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Evacuee Testimony Needed April 18 in Baton Rouge
From: Shannon Moore <shann_moore @yahoo .com> Subject: Need people to testify about not being able to evacuate without their pets--Please help Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 16:49:10 -0800 (PST)
Crossposted to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LouisianaDogCatRescu/
The Senate Judiciary "B" Committee will hear SB 607, The Pet Evacuation Bill, on Tuesday, April 18. They usually meet at 9:30 AM, but please do not quote a time as it could be 9:00 or it could be 10:00. Please help me to line up people to come and testify. We must have the testimony concentrate on evacuation; not being able to evacuate with their pets.
This is in Baton Rouge of course at the Capitol.
We really need people to come forward and speak about what happened.
Thank You, Shannon
Editor note: for more information go here http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NDARS/message/350
Roicy Pics Are Up...Deadline For Those Not Held Over 3/30
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:42:17 -0600 From: "Debbie" <rescuerealtor @cox .net> Subject: Roicy Pics Are Up...Deadline For Those Not Held Over 3/30 Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Katrina-Pet-Rescue-info/
PERMISSION TO CROSSPOST!!!
Roicy pics are up. Please take a look and see if you can help anybody. Deadline for those not held over will be 5 PM, Thurs, March 30 with PTS Tuesday morning. Pups usually get to stick around a little longer if they are healthy. We have small dogs, mama dogs and babies this week. Kennel 1 is a sweet little mama about 15 lbs. whose 2 pups were adopted out today. Kennel 2 is being listed by the shelter as a juvenile Border Collie mix but she is really an adult Terrier mix about 20 lbs. Kennel 3 is a precious little Terrier mom about 10 lbs and her baby who were abandoned in the overnight kennel. Kennel 5 and 6 are cute Lab mix pups about 4 months and 6-7 months. Kennel 10 is a darling little Basenji mix. Kennel 11 is stunning little black Lab male about 4 months old. Kennel 11 is a precious little black Lab mix named Trouble about 5 months old and owner surrendered. In kennel 12 is the cutest little dog listed as a Rottie mix who looks like a Lab but is tri colored and about 5 months old. NO cats! Everybody wants the little guys and the babies...well here they are.
Rescue must send proof of non profit status and adoption policies/spay/neuter policy in advance to Virginia Lee fax 337-291-7051. Rescue must arrive at the shelter by 3 but can pull anytime during business hours. Click the pics for the dog's Petfinder page. Please forward to legit rescue groups who have the ability to get to Roicy by Thursday afternoon, or to individuals who can provide a good home. Roicy cannot arrange transport or ship to you. If you are many states away and would like to help but cannot come down here, please consider making a donation to those rescues who continue to pull from Roicy.
http://www.petfinder.org/pet.cgi?action=1&pet.Shelterid=LA40&preview=1
Debbie
Animal Emergency Services Training FREE
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 21:48:34 -0000 From: "Laurel" <Betterhave @gmail .com> Subject: Animal Emergency Services Training FREE Forum: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NDARS/
Info & Registration at: http://www.americanhumane.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ev_professionals_aes_training
Only two seminar sites still have openings:
- Nashville, TN May 11-12, 2006
- Chicago, IL September 26-27, 2006
American Humane's Animal Emergency Services Volunteer Training
- Who should attend
- Anyone interested in the welfare of animals following a disaster, professionals trained in disaster response, Emergency Medical Services personnel, firefighters, animal shelter staff, Animal Control officers, Veterinarians & Vet technicians, and animal handlers/trainers.
Topics include:
Day 1 Intro to American Humane Perspective on national disaster response and relief NIMS or incident command briefing Structure of response team Reporting roles Incident specific response and interagency cooperation Disaster Public Relations 101 Animal First Aid
Day 2 Personal Preparedness Human/Animal Shelter co-location Local response coordinated with national team Small animal handling Large animal handling Mock shelter set up and response Debrief and certificate presentation Learning Objectives: How to manage large and small animals, coordination of animal shelters and emergency response within the existing national disaster response system, interagency cooperation, animal First Aid techniques, personal safety in an emergency situation, and media relations.
Program made possible by PETCO Foundation
Tuition: Free of charge, training materials and lunch provided.
Certificate presented upon completion.
All dates and locations for this topic:
- Nashville, TN May 11-12, 2006
- Chicago, IL September 26-27, 2006
- Lansing, MI April 3-4, 2006 -- Registration for this class is closed
- Denver, CO April 27-28, 2006 -- Registration for this class is closed
- Baltimore, MD May 1-2, 2006 -- Registration for this class is closed
- Stratham, NH May 5-6, 2006 -- Registration for this class is closed
To register for this class, e-mail us at <training @americanhumane .org> , or download, fill out, and send in the registration form. (PDF;123KB) 2 pages
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