Deployment orders read "We put you where we thought you were needed most.” |
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The best times of our trip were when an owner and an animal were reunited.
DOGS From St Bernard Parish, LA
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10/16/05 - Some Pictures ... And where we were... Rebel Field, Chalmette, Louisiana => Click pic
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10/15/05 - We're Back... After 34.5 hours on a big rig with 24
wonderful animals that we brought with us! We will
update the site after a few good hours sleep... 10/04/05 - The first group of AABR volunteers will be leaving Wednesday morning, 10/05/05, for New Orleans. We hope you'll bare with us as our website updaters, Jamie and Sandy, will be gone till at least 10/15/05. During that time, unless we can get a connection from down south, little will change on the site. But that doesn't mean we're not doing business as usual. Please, if you are thinking about adopting, fill out an application. We have plenty of dogs all ready on the site, and new dogs are coming in every day! And we have an animal transport truck on standby to follow us down, to hopefully bring back dogs in. We need great homes for these guys... We need you now more than ever! Stay Tuned!!!!! Please Note: 10/01/05 -With deployment orders in hand, AABR volunteers are preparing for their trip to Louisiana. Our recent orders read “Hi Jamie; We put you where we thought you were needed most.” And with that now known, we will be departing within the next week. Our destination… St. Bernard's Parish, one of the hardest hit and still savaged areas of Katrina’s devastation. Our Recent update on this area reads: Conditions in St. Bernard Parish after Hurricane Katrina are among the very worst. The amount of storm damage, the lack of law enforcement in the parish, the lack of support personnel in staging areas, and the dire need of the animals make this an extremely challenging assignment.
WHAT TO EXPECT IF YOU ARE DISPATCHED
Let there be no doubt about it. The situation in
Louisiana and Mississippi remains critical. We expect to
be working in the area for months, perhaps years, to come
and we will continue to need your help and support. In a
statement on our website, ASPCA President Ed Sayres,
writes “there is no sugar-coating this situation. While
thousands of animals have been saved, thousands more
remain in desperate need while the ASPCA and hundreds of
large and small animal organizations race against time”.
Read the full statement, “President Ed Sayres Addresses
Hard Truths of this Disaster” at
http://www.aspca.org/. The timing of our trip coincides with Katrina’s one month anniversary. This is also the date that rescue groups will be permitted to move additional categories of rescued dogs out of the area. AABR volunteer and licensed veterinary technician Jamie Meadow will be leading the team to St Bernard's, and has arranged for an air-conditioned animal transport truck that will accommodate 30 to 40 animals depending on size, to meet us down there. She has also arranged for kennel space, although many foster homes will be needed to help acclimate these stressed animals to normal life again. We will keep you advised. Sandy, Volunteer - AABR
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Please Help the Victims of Hurricane KatrinaAdopt A Boxer Rescue is dedicated to the rescue and safe haven of all animals in need.
How to Donate Directly You can donate directly by clicking on the links below. Relief Efforts for Animals AABR's latest update is that there are 100 critical care animals being treated at the Louisiana State University Veterinary School, Over 800 pets at the Blackham Coliseum in Lafayette, and another 1000 more being housed at temporary shelters. This is just the tip of the iceberg! Vets and LTV's are needed and being asked to donate their time to treating the sick and injured animals. From Louisiana State University Veterinary School website: http://www.vetmed.lsu.edu/ If you live outside the Baton Rouge area and would like to volunteer your time to work in one of the Emergency Animal Shelters, please call toll-free (888) 773-6489 between 8:00 am and 6:00 pm, or send an e-mail to Katrina@ldaf.louisiana.gov with your name and contact information, level of experience (e.g., veterinarian, veterinary assistant/technician, animal control worker, lay volunteer, etc., and please indicate any specialized skills you may have), your level of self-sufficiency, when you can travel to Baton Rouge, and how long you can stay. From ASPCA website: http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=hurricane_shelters We will update this list as information becomes available. Information from Laura Maloney with the
Louisiana SPCA: PETS TRAVELING WITH
OWNERS PEOPLE WITH PETS
WHO ARE CURRENTLY EVACUATING NEW ORLEANS The Lamar-Dixon Expo Center, 9039 St. Landry Rd., Gonzales, LA, will serve as the primary staging area. Once the shelter is full, animals will be moved to temporary shelters in other areas of Louisiana and Texas. The LA/SPCA Dorothy Dorsett Brown Mobile Veterinary Center will be at the Lamar-Dixon Center to treat incoming animals as needed. CONFINED PETS STILL
IN DISASTER AREA You can also help their human friends by donating directly to either the Salvation Army or the Red Cross. We have provided their contact information for your convenience. Salvation Army
Website:
http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/ Red Cross
Website:
http://www.redcross.org/ Please do whatever you can. Remember, no amount is too small. |
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If
all the visitors to our site just donated $5 or $10
dollars to one of
the Disaster Relief Funds, think of all the animals we
could help
save... 
