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Best Friends
Dear Members and Friends,
Just three years after helping to rescue more than 6,000 dogs and cats following Hurricane Katrina, Best Friends is back in The Big Easy. With officials predicting Gustav to be “the mother of all storms,” there’s no time to waste.
As with Hurricane Katrina, our Rapid Response team was first on the ground last week, helping local agencies prepare for Gustav. Over the past few days, we’ve helped move hundreds of shelter animals out of the area, to neighboring states.
And today, when we heard people with pets were being turned away from evacuation buses (because they didn’t have pet carriers!), our team responded with three thousand pet carriers to be sure those folks could evacuate with their pets.
When we confirmed with officials that still some pet owners left pets behind, in back yards and tied to porches, our staff stayed on to help animal officials get those pets to shelter, too.
Tomorrow morning, our team will be responding to multiple reports of abandoned pets, to get those pets to safety, till just before the storm hits. And as soon as the storm clears, we’ll go right back in to resume immediate search and rescue efforts.
With your help, we can move quickly and get much-needed resources to those animals in need. Your donation today will support our rapid response team, and bring help to animals in urgent need of rescue.
We’ll provide ongoing updates at www.bestfriends.org to keep you informed, as the situation there develops. You can also find news and blogs on the Best Friends Network, and on our Twitter feed.
Thank you, as always, for caring about the animals.
Sincerely,
Paul Berry, CEO
Best Friends Animal Society
P.S. With the support of you, our members, Best Friends will remain on the front lines, doing all we can to help the animals - and as always we’ll stay till the job is done.
Just three years after helping to rescue more than 6,000 dogs and cats following Hurricane Katrina, Best Friends is back in The Big Easy. With officials predicting Gustav to be “the mother of all storms,” there’s no time to waste.
As with Hurricane Katrina, our Rapid Response team was first on the ground last week, helping local agencies prepare for Gustav. Over the past few days, we’ve helped move hundreds of shelter animals out of the area, to neighboring states.
And today, when we heard people with pets were being turned away from evacuation buses (because they didn’t have pet carriers!), our team responded with three thousand pet carriers to be sure those folks could evacuate with their pets.
When we confirmed with officials that still some pet owners left pets behind, in back yards and tied to porches, our staff stayed on to help animal officials get those pets to shelter, too.
Tomorrow morning, our team will be responding to multiple reports of abandoned pets, to get those pets to safety, till just before the storm hits. And as soon as the storm clears, we’ll go right back in to resume immediate search and rescue efforts.
With your help, we can move quickly and get much-needed resources to those animals in need. Your donation today will support our rapid response team, and bring help to animals in urgent need of rescue.
We’ll provide ongoing updates at www.bestfriends.org to keep you informed, as the situation there develops. You can also find news and blogs on the Best Friends Network, and on our Twitter feed.
Thank you, as always, for caring about the animals.
Sincerely,
Paul Berry, CEO
Best Friends Animal Society
P.S. With the support of you, our members, Best Friends will remain on the front lines, doing all we can to help the animals - and as always we’ll stay till the job is done.
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