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MuttShack Animal Rescue and PetSmart Charities Aid Animals In California Esperanza Fire
Posted on November 6, 2006 by Amanda in UncategorizedAs families fled their homes in the early morning hours on Thursday October 26, there was no warning. The Esperanza Fire southeast of Los Angeles and West of Palm Springs, California, had ballooned under the influence of Santa Ana winds to more than 19,000 acres as of the morning of October 27. No time to [...]
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Pet Transport Exercise to Ensure Safe Evacuation of Pets
Posted on September 12, 2006 by Amanda in UncategorizedBATON ROUGE, LOUISIANNA In preparation for what could be the largest planned pet evacuation ever undertaken, LA Emergency Support Function-11 public and private partners staged a mock pet evacuation exercise at Dixon Correctional Institute in Jackson and at East Baton Rouge Animal Control Center. The cooperative effort focused on staging, loading and securing transport vehicles [...]
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Animal Rescue Volunteers Rush to Get Certified As First Responders
Posted on June 17, 2006 by Amanda in UncategorizedPhoto By Nanette Martin For the first time ever, in response to new standards in animal rescue, animal rescue volunteers are garnering animal rescue credentials and standing by, vaccinated and prepared – ready to work shoulder to shoulder with Emergency Responders under a single command. In order to respond more effectively in a disaster, many [...]
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Rushing in Where Angels Fear to Tread
Posted on May 29, 2006 by Amanda in UncategorizedKatrina Dog Snatched from Watery Death -Nanette Martin Photography (Prints Available)Most 0f you know about the sacrifices made to save the Katrina Animals – because many of you made them. MuttShack volunteers willingly made those sacrifices and achieved amazing results – over 3000 animals rescued, cared for and fostered or adopted. As MuttShack’s Founder, I [...]
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Emergency Meeting to Prepare for Hurricane Season
Posted on April 26, 2006 by Amanda in UncategorizedGETTING READY FOR HURRICANE SEASON IN 4 WEEKS!With less than four weeks to hurricane season, many shelters, parishes, vet offices and boarding kennels still don’t have evacuation plans in place to move their animals to safety. Shelters have been rebuilding as best they can and are handling very heavy animal traffic. Additionally organizations lack money [...]
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Surrendered Pets May Face Euthanasia – Hopes for Adoptions Slim in Disaster Areas
Posted on March 1, 2006 by Amanda in UncategorizedKatrina Surrendered Pets – Tickets to Ride but No-Where to Go! There are many animals, ready to travel to new homes, but there is no-where for them to go. Many residents in the New Orleans, Mississippi disaster area are surrendering their beloved pets post-Katrina. They took their pets with them when they evacuated, but they [...]
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Posted on February 20, 2006 by Amanda in Uncategorized
THROW ME A BONE, MONSIEUR! ANIMAL RESCUERS JOIN BARKUS FOR A DAY OF DOGGONE FUN! The only Mardi Gras krewe in New Orleans by and for the canine population sniffed the streets of the French Quarter for the fourteenth year Sunday, February 19, 2006. The theme, the Wizard of Paws allowed for deft social commentary [...]
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MuttShack Does Mardi Gras 2006
Posted on February 19, 2006 by Amanda in UncategorizedMuttShackDoesMARDI GRAS 2006. Barkus Dog Parade TODAY!Watch ONLINE Today and See How Much New Orleaneans LOVE THEIR PETS! We’re doggone NUTS! We’ll be tossing out some MuttShack T-Shirts… CATCH !!! SEE MORE BARKUS! ANIMAL RESCUERS HAVING FUN! • Watch Barkus live at 2 p.m. today• ParadeCam BourboCam• QuarterCam BeadCam• More 24/7 Cams• Complete Index Live [...]
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New Orleans Animal Surrender Crisis
Posted on February 15, 2006 by Amanda in UncategorizedNew Orleans Animal Surrender Crisis New Orleans, LA 2/16/06 Animal Rescuers at MuttShack are seeing an extraordinary number of people relinquishing their pets. Returning New Orleans residents are finding their homes so trashed after Katrina they can’t keep their animals. Others are taking care of homeless families so there is no room for their own [...]
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Rescued dog gives birth
Posted on November 8, 2005 by Amanda in UncategorizedBig Rewards It wasn’t a moment too soon for a rescued pregnant dog, who gave birth to 10 puppies yesterday at the Muttshack compound at Lake Castle School. Everyone placed a bet on when the puppies would come and Lucy the vet tech was spot on! Under the careful eye of the MuttShack Veterinarians this [...]
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