HSUS Rescue Totals Louisiana & Mississippi |
Confirmed Totals to Date: 2935
Updated: September 10, 9:00 a.m. |
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By Tim Carman
September 10, 4:27 p.m.
Scenes from The HSUS's rescue and sheltering operations in Louisiana reveal the breadth of hurricane relief efforts—and the challenges our teams are facing on the ground.
Dog Miracle From St. Bernard
More than 150 owners have already reunited with their pets by Friday, according to records at the Lamar-Dixon emergency shelter, including 85 cats and 67 dogs. One of those reunions must certainly fall under the miraculous category.
Lisa Saxon from Chalmette, located just east of New Orleans, arrived at Lamar-Dixon on Thursday looking for her missing dog, Rusty. Unfortunately for Saxon, her home is located in St. Bernard Parish, where animal rescue crews are not allowed because of toxic chemical spills in the area.
As Saxon stood there talking to an HSUS staffer explaining the situation, a large stock trailer pulled up in the Lamar-Dixon compound. Police officers in St. Bernard Parish surprised everyone by personally bringing in a load of dogs.
When Saxon turned around to inspect the stopped trailer, "she was nose to nose with her dog," said the HSUS staffer who witnessed the reunion. "We were all crying."
From the Humane Society's web site: www.hsus.org
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