90 New Orleans Katrina Dogs Animals Slated to Die  Saved by Rescue Group at the 11th Hour

At five am on Tuesday, animal rescuers evacuated the Tangipahoa Animal Shelter in Hammond Louisiana, to save the lives of approximately 60 dogs and 30 cats.   Surrendered pets were driven in vans to Atlanta where they are being put up for fostering and adoption through Companion Animal Rescue League, Inc. 

MuttShack animal rescuers have been in New Orleans, since Hurricane Katrina.  They have rescued over 3000 animals, but the rescue landscape has changed.  Where animals were rescued from the floodwaters and homes after Katrina and Rita, they are now being rescued from shelters. 

 “New Orleans’ residents are surrendering their animals.  Many have returned to homes that are no longer there, or have no fences and have backyards that are toxic to animals.  Others are finding their homes overcrowded with relatives and friends, and simply have no rooms for pets.   The shelters are running at capacity.  Only a fraction of the original shelters survived.  Some are completely destroyed, others are so damaged that they cannot operate.  Additionally, they have lost most of their staff, and volunteers and have little time to run their spay/neuter clinics or adoption clinics. 

There simply isn’t enough people in the City of New Orleans to adopt the animals that are being surrendered. Where there used to be a population of 500,000 now they have only about 280,000.

MuttShack Animal Rescue and Sunshine Dogstar, evacuated the dogs and cats from the shelter when the Tangipahoa Parish Animal Control (a governmental agency under the Tangipahoa Parish Council in Hammond) decided to temporarily shut down their facility.  They needed to evacuate the premises in order to fully disinfect it and renovate it. 

Atlanta which has been so magnanimous towards New Orleans has once again come to the rescue. 

Petsmart Charities supplied emergency crates for the transport and evacuation. 

Remodel America a Kennesaw home improvement company that specializes in customizing home exteriors cleared out one of their warehouses to set up an emergency triage center thus providing a safe haven and comfortable environment for the very stressed out sweethearts.

Pets were inspected by the Georgia State Department of Agriculture, and further veterinary examinations are being concluded by Dr. Michael Good of Town and Country Veterinary Clinic.  The animals will be vaccinated and spayed and neutered.

If you are interested in adopting please come to: REMODEL AMERICA, 1200 Chastain Rd. Suite, 312 Kennesaw, GA 30144.

"If you cannot help in any other way, please pray and please donate." said Amanda St. John.   MuttShack is a TAX deductible 501(c)3 charity.

You can make a small but regular contribution over a long term to help us in this very very difficult situation!

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