in part: >...SEPTEMBER 7: > >As reported by Sandy Monterose of the ASPCA's National Outreach >department, ASPCA staffers have teamed up with others from organizations >such as American Humane Association, Spring Farm CARES (NY) and the >Houston SPCA, under the leadership of the Louisiana SPCA, to take to >the flooded streets of New Orleans searching for abandoned pets. >Working on a grid system, the five teams of three rescuers each waded >through waist-high, fetid water, pulling boats loaded with equipment and >supplies, successfully avoiding injury on fallen tree limbs and downed >power lines. This hot, sticky, frustrating day netted 25 cats, 14 dogs, >one pet snake and a gentleman who been overlooked by earlier rescuers. >(Land and water rescues totaled 140 animals on Tuesday, and they expect >to retrieve 200 on Wednesday as more of the water recedes.) Rescue >crews were pleasantly surprised to find the animals in relatively good >condition, having been left adequate supplies by their fleeing owners. > >At one home, rescuers came upon a pit bull chained to the front porch. >As they neared, a frail man in his seventies came out of the house, and >said he was fine but gratefully accepted all the dog food the team had >with them. The authorities were coming for him tomorrow, he said. Sukie (not a vet) Ferret Health List co-moderator http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/ferrethealth FHL Archives fan and regular user http://fhl.sonic-weasel.org International Ferret Congress advisor http://www.ferretcongress.org [Posted in FML issue 4995]