Hurricane Gustav Update: ASPCA Disaster Response Team Arrives in Louisiana
Members of the ASPCA Disaster Response Team arrived at the site of the
Louisiana Mega Shelter in Shreveport, LA, on Friday, to assist the state of
Louisiana in pre- and post-storm evacuation and sheltering in anticipation
of Hurricane Gustav. One disaster response trailer, being driven by our
team members, arrived yesterday. We have also contacted our partner agency,
the Saranac Technical Rescue Team, to be on standby for post-storm
activity.
Our disaster response team of ten, which includes a veterinarian,
veterinary technicians, disaster responders and sheltering professionals,
were deployed at the request of the Louisiana State Animal Response Team
(LSART), which serves as the volunteer animal emergency response partner of
the Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry under ESF-11. Other
agencies assisting LSART’s efforts include United Animal Nations, Code 3,
American Humane Association, the Humane Society of the United States,
International Fund for Animal Welfare, Best Friends Animal Society, Noah’s
Wish and numerous other humane and disaster response groups.
We have been hearing from many of you, expressing concern about the
companion animals who will be affected by the storm. Please check in at our
website at www.aspca.org/gustav for updates about the ASPCA Disaster Response
Team's activities and ways that the public can help.
Louisiana Mega Shelter in Shreveport, LA, on Friday, to assist the state of
Louisiana in pre- and post-storm evacuation and sheltering in anticipation
of Hurricane Gustav. One disaster response trailer, being driven by our
team members, arrived yesterday. We have also contacted our partner agency,
the Saranac Technical Rescue Team, to be on standby for post-storm
activity.
Our disaster response team of ten, which includes a veterinarian,
veterinary technicians, disaster responders and sheltering professionals,
were deployed at the request of the Louisiana State Animal Response Team
(LSART), which serves as the volunteer animal emergency response partner of
the Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry under ESF-11. Other
agencies assisting LSART’s efforts include United Animal Nations, Code 3,
American Humane Association, the Humane Society of the United States,
International Fund for Animal Welfare, Best Friends Animal Society, Noah’s
Wish and numerous other humane and disaster response groups.
We have been hearing from many of you, expressing concern about the
companion animals who will be affected by the storm. Please check in at our
website at www.aspca.org/gustav for updates about the ASPCA Disaster Response
Team's activities and ways that the public can help.
Labels: Disaster Response, News
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2 Comments:
Gustav victims. We live in an area that was recently impacted by Hurrican Gustav. We live in an extremely rural area, where our dogs run on 20 acres of property owned by us and other family members. Two days before we were put under a mandatory evacuation the city dog catcher (who has not jurisdiction where we live) picked up our two dogs and our neighbors dog. Kujo, Dottie, and Creole were family pets, sweet as can be, and only 9 months old. A notice was left on our door that we did not see until the day we left for the storm. The notice had no law enforcement name or any phone number where we could reach them. When we called the parish pound they said that they did not pick up any dogs in our area and did not have any dogs that fit my description. We had to to evacuate that day and hope for the best. Upon returning from the storm 5 days later (our city was not allowing people back in) we tried again to locate our dogs. We visited the pound, the city police and the sheriff's dept. None of them claimed to have picked them up or to recognize the paper that was left on our door. Finally after speaking to the mayor of our city, it was discovered that the city animal control unit did pick up our dog even though we do not live in the city and they were brought to the pound and put to sleep the next day. Now the person who runs the pound said they waited a week before they put them to sleep, but even if that would be true they put them down two days after the hurricane hit, when people were still not able to go back to their homes. There were so many people at fault, the city worker who went on private property and took dogs that were not in the city limits, the workers at the pound who told me twice that they did not have my dogs, and the man who put a child's pets to sleep while the owners were evacuated for a natural disaster. Keep in mind all three dogs had collars with rabies tags.Please send this out and let me know if you have any advice. teachrgrl123@yahoo.com
PLEASE file a lawsuit! The only way these types of officials are EVER going to do what's right is if they are forced to. Please, for the rest of us who have been fortunate enough not to be effected this way, file suit. Your property was trespassed, your property (dogs) were stolen, (since a city official has no jurisdiction on your land he was just a civilian there), and your property was destroyed. Keep at it. I know it will be difficult and you have lots of things to do, but your pets also deserve to have been treated with respect due all living creatures.
Larry
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