The Animals of Katrina

Months after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, thousands of stray cats and dogs are still roaming the streets of New Orleans. Most were family pets at one time. Animal rescue organizations like Best Friends Animal Society are rounding up as many as possible and holding them at a huge emergency shelter in Tylertown, Mississippi. Howard Loftin of the Crossville-based Road Home Animal Rescue recently returned from Tylertown. He tells WUOT's Matt Shafer Powell that he originally planned on bringing four dogs back to his shelter in Tennessee. But he returned with fifteen...

Posted by mpowell7 at December 16, 2005 05:45 PM | Links to this post
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