Orphans of the storm
Thousands of stranded and orphaned pets were rescued from disaster areas during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. I was living in Houston during that hurricane season, and I volunteered hundreds of hours at one of the local shelters, and both saw and heard heart-breaking stories of people lost, and pets unaccounted for.
Several hundred of the cats and dogs were airlifted to the San Francisco Bay Area, where vets and volunteers have been caring for the animals. Local SPCAs and animal shelters are providing "foster-to-adopt" programs for the pets, with the thought that they might still be found and reclaimed by their human companions.
When I married Richard and moved to SF, the two wonderful dogs my roommate had (and I shared) went to live with her parents in Arkansas. We could only take one (Jake) and it seemed hurtful to split up the boys that had lived together for about 7 years.
Richard says we can adopt a dog from a local animal shelter, as long as he or she isn't larger than we are. No Marmadukes. Tomorrow, we're going hiking in Point Reyes, and on our way home we're going to stop at the Marin Humane Society and meet a couple of the dogs rescued from the Gulf Coast during the storms.
Here are two of the guys we've seen online, and hope to meet tomorrow.
posted by Woman In Love @ 11:51 AM
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