9/6/08: Harder Hit Southeast Louisiana Needs Help

SEE CONTACTS BELOW. Kinship Circle is not managing this effort.

VOLUNTEERS, FOOD, MONEY NEEDED FOR LEFT-BEHIND ANIMALS

REPLY TO:
Wendy Guidry: 985-373-5937, mrjames1@earthlink.net

sick looking black dog.

cats eating food left out on the cement.

LT PHOTO: 8/30/08, Evacuation Route: Feral Cat Consortium rescues this small lost black dog. RT PHOTO: Houma, LA: Feeding starving kittens and cats.

SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UPDATE:

Orleans and Jefferson Parishes (New Orleans and Metaire): Gustav mostly spared New Orleans and Jefferson
Parish, where local animal agencies assisted in pre/post-hurricane animal aid.

Lower Parishes - Terrebonne (Houma), St. Mary (Morgan City), Lafourche: As of 9/5, Terrebonne (harder hit
parish) does not want outsiders to feed/rescue animals and Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Dept. has even issued an arrest threat. St. Mary Parish, however, wants additional aid. Lafourche Parish is contained, with most residents back and few animals in distress.

Floodwaters are not the problem this time. Displaced dogs and cats are. They need food and water. Many returning residents
would feed cats if food were donated. Most want dogs rescued from the streets — not euthanized.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED IN SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA TO:

CONTACT MEDIA ABOUT GAPS IN THE LSART (Louisiana State Animal Response Team) SYSTEM IN
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA:

TRANSPORT LEFT-BEHIND ANIMALS OUT OF MORGAN CITY:
With no animal shelter and just one animal warden, animals — like the sweet, elderly boxer the Morgan City sheriff’s dept. asked us to take — we need drivers + a place willing to accept a small number of dogs.

SEEK FOOD DONATIONS + FEED LEFT-BEHIND ANIMALS:
People are needed to coordinate cat/dog food donations. We also want volunteers to comb St.

LT PHOTO: This roaming kitten has broken leg. Note: Kitten unable to put weight on leg. RT PHOTO: Close up of injured pit bull.

GROUND CONTACT & WHERE TO GO:

CONTACT Wendy Guidry, Feral Cat Consortium, cell: 985-373-5937
LODGING / Volunteers can stay at Wendy Guidry’s residence: 4 Summerhaven Ct. • Madisonville, LA 70447

DIRECTIONS / Call Wendy Guidry: 985-373-5937 or Gail Sheffield: 985-893-0016

LT PHOTO: 9/4/08, Houma, LA: A dog barking for days until he died — trapped in a dog kennel inside a garage. RT PHOTO: 9/3/08, Dead dog in Houma, Terrebonne Parish.

FOOD & MONETARY DONATIONS URGENTLY NEEDED
DONATE FOOD

• CAT FOOD, large or small quantities
• DOG FOOD, preferably dry

SHIP FOOD TO: Feral Cat Consortium/TRANS / 4 Summerhaven Ct. / Madisonville, LA 70447

DONATE MONEY

Help reimburse volunteers for gas, pet food...$2100 spent to buy crates we donated to St. Mary’s Parish Sheriff Dept.

DONATE BY MAIL: Feral Cat Consortium (Division of TRANS-Team Reducing ANimal Neglect & Suffering, 501c3)
4 Summerhaven Ct. / Madisonville, LA 70447

DONATE ONLINE: Make a PayPal account donation via Paypay.
Then click on payment. Then go to email address: feralcatsla@gmail.com

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