For All The Animal Lovers here

[Bonnie]

Just a note to let you all know the good that's going on

Animal Rescue
Bay Area takes in canine survivors
152 more pets flown into San Francisco
Diana Walsh, Todd Wallack, Chronicle Staff Writers

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Bay Area takes in canine survivors

More than 150 dogs displaced by Hurricane Katrina landed Wednesday night at San Francisco International Airport, while hundreds more are expected this week.

The well-publicized arrival of animal survivors has brought an outpouring of calls from volunteers who want to care for them, help with laundry or make a donation on their behalf. Many of the rescued animals have been injured and will require some long-term health care.

"The community has been really great in responding,'' said Diane Allevato, executive director of the Marin Humane Society.

The Marin Humane Society is coordinating the Bay Area's effort to find foster families for dogs and cats displaced by Katrina or abandoned by their owners. The first 50 arrived at SFO on Sunday, and an additional 152 were flown in Tuesday after being held in a makeshift shelter in Gonzales, La.

The agency is looking for cash donations and foster families who will care for the pets while efforts are made to reunite them with their original families.

The shelter is dispersing the animals to other shelters throughout the Bay Area, including the Peninsula Humane Society, which will house 65 of the newly arrived dogs in a makeshift shelter in its parking lot.

Other shelters include the Humane Society of Silicon Valley, San Jose Animal Control and Care and the San Francisco SPCA. The agencies will give the animals medical examinations before placing them in foster homes.

Hundreds more animals are expected to arrive in the Bay Area later this week and will be housed at shelters throughout the region and as far away as Sacramento and Monterey.

Here's where to help:

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[Adam's Apple]

I saw the lady on TV who organized this airlift. She is the blonde, beautiful wife of a multi-millionaire and is using private jets for the evacuation. She said she was so distraught seeing all these abandoned animals on TV. Then the thought came to her that she had the means to do something about it, and so she took action. Who says all rich people are greedy and think only of themselves?