LSU, UAN, and the ASPCA today have made available a new way to report
trapped animals:
 
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Trapped Pets (within Louisiana): To report a pet missing within
Louisiana, you can go to
http://www.aspca.org/site/R?i=PulHzNRwszaevaFsMHWpdw
[That now redirects you directly to the Louisiana State University School
of Veterinary Medicine, http://www.vetmed.lsu.edu/
who have been doing LOTS of rescue work during this crisis.  BIG]
This database is actively reviewed and given to the rescuers in the
field.
 
Trapped Pets (outside Louisiana): To report a pet missing outside of
Louisiana, you can log your pet onto a database that is actively
reviewed and given to the rescuers in the field.
[ https://www.uan.org/secure/rescue.html ]
 
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At present local trained teams have reported that in N.O. they have
been following the human rescue teams and removing animals found to
safety.  Please, see Chere McCoy's Ferret Mailing List post on this,
and note the local contact information given in my previous post.
 
There also at present are specially trained vet teams in the affected
areas including New Orleans.
 
I am sure that as the situation better stabilizes there will be increased
improvements in access.  Right now to make most efficient use of manpower
to save as many humans as possible those who want to be removed are
leaving first, to be followed by the more labor removal or those who
refuse to leave.
 
Helping the animals found is not only a kindness to the animals and
to their human companions who have already lost so much, but is a
public health issue, so directly affects human health and survival.
 
Sukie (not a vet)
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http://www.ferretcongress.org
 
[Posted in FML issue 4995]