[Steppes] OT -- Houston Pet Refugee Needs

[Gerita/Carolle Cox]

I cannot tell you who Debby Smith is, right off the bat.  She is not on
my list of known rescuers; but I doubt it's complete as far away as
Houston.

The HUMANE SOCIETY is in charge of ALL animals being shipped in from LA
and MS.  If you have space to foster an animal (at your own cost),
please contact your local Humane Society and tell them what you can
handle.  We have a shipment of approximately 300, mostly dogs and cats,
coming in this week to the Dallas Area. So far, Flower Mound (where I'm
active) has had literally dozens of calls, making us in severe danger of
breaking down in tears. But all must be cared for because the people in
shelters really need to know that their fuzzy children are ok.  It's all
a mental health thing, really (unless you're a rescue nut like me), and
every bit as important as serving the human evacuees because it is a
mental health issue for them.

If you are 'stuck' in this area this weekend, please consider helping
sort the 'in-kind' donations at the Dallas Shelter.  They have heaps and
mounds of stuff that will go Absolutely Unused if it's not sorted into
usable categories.  

If you have a few extra bucks, think about buying baby diapers for the
Dallas shelter.  Or check Channel 4's website - they're keeping track of
the urgent needs, bless'em.  Or donate to Red Cross (my personal
favorite, can you tell?) or Salvation Army (or Humane Society for that
matter) who will use the money to handle urgent needs.  Beware of
'donation buckets' on street corners, in front of stores, etc.  Some of
these are creeps, and the money is going into their own pockets.    

Gerita

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-----Original Message-----
From: steppes-bounces+hpockets=verizon.net at ansteorra.org
[mailto:steppes-bounces+hpockets=verizon.net at ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of
Esther
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 4:35 PM
To: steppes at ansteorra.org
Subject: [Steppes] OT -- Houston Pet Refugee Needs


Gerita, can you confirm this?

Esther

>
> ---
>>>Subject:
>>>Animal Shelter help needed at Astrodome (Houston)
>>>Friends & Family,
>>>
>>>I am copying below an email I received from Colleen
Hodges with Harris
>>>County Animal Control regarding the situation with
misplaced animals from
>>>Hurricane Katrina. They are hoping that as a united
community, we can
>>>handle the influx of animals displaced by the
devestating storm.
>>>
>>>I wanted to put this out to you and find out who
might be willing and
>>>available to help. Colleen is going to put together
a schedule of sorts
>>>but is right now is just polling to see who, if
any, might be able to
>>>gather some volunteers. She has asked that I try to
put together a team
>>>of volunteers so please let me know if you can
help. Feel free to pass
>>>this along to anyone you know that might be
available to help and ask
>>>that they contact me.
>>>
>>>If you are in the Houston area and available to
help, please let me know.
>>>It's going to be a huge undertaking here in the
Houston area but I know
>>>we have the manpower and more importantly the heart
to do it.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Debby Smith
>>>
>>> >>>>I thought you would like an update on the
animal situation at the
>>> Dome. Yesterday we had about 30 animals
transported to the Dome. This
>>> morning we have 300. We have asked the Incident
Commander for a
>>> temporary shelter for 500 animals at the Dome. We
are in the process of
>>> gathering volunteers to take shifts to do intake
on the animals.
>>>
>>>We are fortunate in that the SPCA has mutual
agreements with other
>>>agencies out of the area to help take animals and
that Harris County PHES
>>>employees have been trained in Public Health
Preparedness. If anything
>>>brings home the need to plan for pets in a disaster
--- this should do
>>>it. Right now we're waiting to see if the Dome will
be taking in any more
>>>refugees or if they will be diverted to Dallas &
San Antonio. We'll keep
>>>you posted....
>>>
>>>Colleen T. Hodges
>>>Education/Public Relations Coordinator
>>>Harris County PHES Rabies/Animal Control 
>>><http://www.countypets.com/>www.countypets.com

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