Hurricane Katrina

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#CC9966" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="039e5e32dkesoe.png"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Staff/Facilities"><U><B>Staff/Facilities</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="News and Information"><U><B>News and Information</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Veterinary Services"><U><B>Veterinary Services</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id91.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ancillary Services"><U><B>Ancillary Services</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Feedback"><U><B>Feedback</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id88.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U><B>Links</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Animal Clinic of Los Alamos, P.C."><U><B>Home</B></U></A><B> </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> </B><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PetCare Philosophy"><U><B><IMG SRC="07870250.jpg" border=0 width="112" height="37" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFCC99" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Animal Clinic of Los Alamos, P.C.</B></FONT><B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#CC0000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Animal Clinic of Los Alamos, P.C."><U><B>home</B></U></A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#663300" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B> </B></FONT><B>  </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>  |</B></div> <div> <B>Hurricane Katrina Volunteers - Their Story</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Hurricane Katrina was devastating to so many people in Louisiana and Mississippi this past summer but not just people.  It cried out for assistance to all the pets that were not evacuated.  Two of our staff members, Melissa Montoya and Debbie Gurley, were able to volunteer with  Humane Society of the United States in rescuing and caring for these souls while waiting to be reunited with their people. </div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Update:  Many of the pets evacuated from this disaster area were traumatized a second time while waiting to be reunited with their owners.  Alot of them were in shelters or boarding facilities that where hit by Hurricane Rita, in addition to the thousands of pets that were left behind in the evacuation prior to Hurricane Rita making shore.  </B></I></div> <bR> <div> Here are some of their impressions, and thoughts from that experience. </div> <bR> <div> Melissa:</div> <div> Much of this experience is personal and hard to put into words, I feel that people should know that the need for help is far from over.  There is a lot of pain, fear, loss, loneliness, confusion and sadness in the wake of hurricane Katrina - for humans and animals.</div> <bR> <div> Re-uniting people with their pets is far more difficult than it seems.  There are websites but so many of these pets have been exported all over the country to HSUS accepted facilities.  The HSUS pays to have pets brought back to families but owners first have to find their pet. </div> <bR> <div> I am now a full believer in trying to get all pet owners to microchip their pets, it really helps.</div> <bR> <div> Each facility we worked at had about an 80%-90% pit bull or pit mix population.  Less than 1% of these were any risk to humans.  However, I personally believe that only experts or professionals should be caring for these animals while they wait to be found by owners.  These pets have been through alot and their emotional stability should be questioned and tested.</div> <bR> <div> It is importatnt for all of us to keep an open heart and mind and push for temperment testing for individual dogs before judging them as a breed. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Postal Address:  127-B Eastgate Dr., Los Alamos, NM 87544     </B></div> <div> <B>   Phone: 505.662.6622       Fax: 505.662.3552</B></div> <div> <B>e-Mail:  </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="mailto:aclapets@newmexico.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:aclapets@newmexico.com"><U><B>aclapets@newmexico.com</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <B>  <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> var sc_project=889920; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_partition=7; var sc_security="fc09d6ea"; </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter.js"></script><noscript><a href="http://www.statcounter.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://c8.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=889920&java=0&security=fc09d6ea&invisible=1" alt="counter" border="0"></a> </noscript>   </B></div> <div> Site and all contents property of ACLA</div> <div> Copyright 1999-2007 all rights reserved.</div> <div> Site maintained by WyrmWyrks</div> </td> </tr></table></body>