Iams' take on the rescue of distressed and recently homeless pet victims during the weeks of salvage following Hurricane Katrina. As well as a few tips from the pros to better prepare you for the chance of emergency situations like that of Hurricane Katrina.
"This year's Hurricane Gustav may have spared New Orleans the worst
damage, but it brought flashbacks of Hurricane Katrina for Richard
Gerbasi.
Three weeks after Katrina hit in 2005, Gerbasi, director
of field operations for the Rochester, N.Y., animal shelter Lollypop
Farm, arrived in New Orleans to help manage frantic animal-rescue
efforts. Working from a makeshift base at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center, a
huge fairground about an hour west of the city, search-and-rescue teams
would comb New Orleans for dogs, cats and livestock as soon as dawn
broke. Each night, by the time the teams returned, often as late as 11
p.m., they had retrieved an average of 300 animals, or more than 10,000
by the end of the rescue operation."
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