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CAMP RESCUE is on the ground in the most devastated areas of the Gulf Coast and Florida. We have been working to help provide safe haven and rehabilitation to those animals rescued from Katrina, Rita and Wilma.
We were staged in Tylertown, Mississippi, making daily runs into New Orleans to locales with the most devastation. We fortunately were able to gain access into those restricted areas where families were not even able to get in to see if their homes were still standing, let alone look for their pets. Check out the article about us at Bayou Rescue.
With Hurricane Rita and Wilma having hit, CAMP RESCUE stretched our relief efforts farther, even as rescue efforts continued and we strove to assist the animals and their caregivers in the Hurricane Katrina disaster zone. Disaster Animal Response Teams have rescued thousands of animals in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas and Florida - with many more now still in dire need of our help.
We have been spending our time in the New Orleans/Mississippi area, Florida and Texas for the last four months, working on establishing accommodations throughout the country for hundreds of affected animals (and bringing many to the Atlanta area for medical help and foster programs before releasing them).
Additionally, our well-known triage program has proven critically relevant in directing donations, supplies and volunteers to those sanctuaries, shelters and temporary rescue facilities with the most immediate disaster relief needs. People are forgetting and shelters are currently having problems with overcrowding (because so many of the animals remain unclaimed), causing the spread of infectious and contagious disease, as well as a shortage of supplies. We are in contact with them on a constant basis to assess and quickly prioritize their critical needs, which change on a daily basis.
* "Federal authorities were forcing everyone, including elderly residents who have stayed in water-logged residences for days just to safeguard their beloved animals, to leave their animals behind to starve. In some cases, people were told that they must choose between taking vital medicine and taking their pet. This was illegal, and we must establish safeguards so this will never happen again."
(PETA issued a news release advising that anyone forcing a person to leave an animal behind was engaging in a crime, but that was not stopping federal evacuators from insisting that animals be left to die. We are still urging people to continue calling their Congressmen in Washington and at their home offices to voice their disapproval)
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