Manatee Sheriff Department serving and protecting.
Hemingway house cats with thumbs survive Hurricane Irma.
Loose dogs in hurricane: “We are scared out of our minds, running for our lives and can not listen to any human right now!”
Good guy: “I have a pickup truck!”
Posted by YesBiscuit on September 11, 2017
https://yesbiscuit.com/2017/09/11/good-hurricane-tweets/
These parrots, as shown on the ABC News website, appear to be using this Miami high rise hotel window ledge as refuge from Hurricane Irma. I think they are red-headed conures (although I am no expert so please put in your two cents if you think they are another type of bird). Wikipedia has this to say:
The red-masked parakeet (Psittacara erythrogenys is a medium-sized parrot from Ecuador and Peru. It is popular as a pet and are known in aviculture as the cherry-headed conure or the red-headed conure. They are also considered the best talkers of all the conures.
I wish these two would tell someone what has happened since this photo was taken and if they are ok now.
Although red-headed conures are listed as near-threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, there are many other animals who live only in Florida’s wild areas and are at far greater risk. May they all endure.
Posted by YesBiscuit on September 10, 2017
https://yesbiscuit.com/2017/09/10/climate-change-an-unnatural-disaster/
Some apparently terrible people have evacuated Palm Beach County ahead of Hurricane Irma and left their animals tied to trees and cars. Local ACOs are rescuing as many as possible but also asking the public to take in any animals they see left outside.
And in an effort to reduce the shelter population in order to make space for more abandoned pets, they are waiving adoption fees as well as the normal foster and adoption application process. I know some readers will hate that but I still believe that the overwhelming majority of those who foster and adopt shelter pets are kind-hearted people who will do right by the animals. And we all know what far too many AC outfits do to reduce shelter population. (Rhymes with pill, hill and shill – actually I’m just going to give it away: it’s kill.) This beats that with a stick.
Posted by YesBiscuit on September 9, 2017
https://yesbiscuit.com/2017/09/09/palm-beach-county-animals-in-danger/
Tornado damage in Norman, OK
( Steve Sisney / The Oklahoman / May 20, 2013 )
“Alli Christian, left, returns Jessica Wilkinson’s dog, Bella, to her after finding the pet in the wreckage of Wilkinson’s home shortly after a tornado struck Sunday.”
Posted by YesBiscuit on May 21, 2013
https://yesbiscuit.com/2013/05/21/pets-are-family/
5. Celebrity Rachel Ray gave the ASPCA half a million dollars less than 2 months ago to board pets displaced by Hurricane Sandy at its Emergency Boarding Facility in Brooklyn. At the time, ASPCA president Ed Sayres promised, “The need is daunting, but the animals will not be forgotten.” After caring for just 280 animals for such a short period of time, there must be tons of cash leftover. The ASPCA should spend it fulfilling Ed Sayres’ promise.
4. Even without Rachel Ray’s generous donation, the ASPCA already has plenty of money to care for the displaced Sandy pets for as long as necessary. The Sarah McLachlan ad alone raised $30 million dollars in its first year and a half running on TV. The NY Times described it as “a landmark in nonprofit fund-raising, where such amounts are virtually unimaginable for a single commercial.” It’s been airing ever since. Nathan Winograd says, “Last year, the ASPCA had total revenues which were just shy of $150 million dollars.”
3. So much pet food was donated to feed pets impacted by Sandy, there were literally tons of excess which had to be given away in order to free up warehouse space. Again, there are plentiful resources to care for the 136 pets still at the Brooklyn ASPCA shelter for as long as necessary.
2. In any cases where the owner of the pet is known and the owner indicates an intention to take the pet back as soon as circumstances allow, the ASPCA should continue to provide temporary shelter, either at the facility or in a foster home, until the owner can reclaim the pet. That shouldn’t even be a question.
1. Killing healthy/treatable pets, such as the ones displaced by Sandy, is wrong. Dropping them off at the pound to potentially get sick or be killed is also wrong. Neither of these horrifying options should be on the table for the ASPCA. Why are they?
(Thank you Marge and Tip for sending me 2 of the links included in this post.)
Posted by YesBiscuit on January 5, 2013
https://yesbiscuit.com/2013/01/05/top-5-reasons-the-aspca-should-do-right-by-displaced-sandy-pets/
Reuters is reporting that 136 unclaimed pets at the emergency Hurricane Sandy shelter operated by the ASPCA in Brooklyn may be in danger:
Most of the owners that the ASPCA has identified live in temporary housing or with family and friends, environments that prevent them from bringing their animals home, [ASPCA spokeswoman Kelly] Krause said. A majority of the owners who had yet to claim their pets lived in the hard-hit Rockaways neighborhood in Queens.
[…]
It was too early to say whether any of the pets that remain left behind would be put down, Krause said.
Another possibility for the unclaimed pets, besides the death thing, is the ASPCA dropping them off at the pound. Which, you know, pffft.
Gee, if only the ASPCA could scrounge up the funds to take care of these pets for as long as needed. But I guess their multi-million dollar bank account is just too small to pay for actual pet care. There are more one-eyed pet TV commercials to be produced and salaries to be paid and pardon me, do you have any Grey Poupon?
(Thank you Arlene for sending me this link.)
Posted by YesBiscuit on January 4, 2013
https://yesbiscuit.com/2013/01/04/aspca-to-displaced-sandy-pets-sucks-being-you/
Kitten ID #A0950168 at the NYC ACC pound in Brooklyn, intake date 10-28-12.
Has killing been suspended at the animal shelters in areas affected by Hurricane Sandy? Killing healthy/treatable shelter pets under any circumstances is both violent and unnecessary. But with evacuations, mass power outages and limited transportation over a wide area impacted by the storm, holding a stray pet for an arbitrary number of hours before killing seems like an added cruelty.
If you have any information on killing moratoriums in effect at any shelters in the path of Sandy, please share.
Posted by YesBiscuit on November 1, 2012
https://yesbiscuit.com/2012/11/01/will-pets-at-shelters-affected-by-sandy-be-kept-alive-so-their-owners-can-find-them/
The Guilford Co pound in NC kills roughly half its dogs and cats – unless the pet happens to look like a Rottweiler, Chow Chow or “Pitbull”. Guilford Co kills 100% of any pets who resemble those types of dogs.
Not surprisingly, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) thinks the pound is swell. And when HSUS recently trucked nearly 200 pets from pounds in Louisiana and Mississippi after Hurricane Isaac, the multi-million dollar organization thought Guilford Co would be a great place to send 17 of them.
I wonder how many of the remaining dogs and cats “rescued” by HSUS will also be sent to places that kill pets. Even if the shelter taking in the animals doesn’t kill these particular individuals, the issue of displacement killing comes into play. Either way, pets are likely to be needlessly killed in the name of “rescue”, courtesy of HSUS, while the organization rakes in more donations to pay salaries and other expenses unrelated to saving shelter animals. Let me know if you see a story about your local pound receiving any of these Hurricane Isaac pets.
Posted by YesBiscuit on September 4, 2012
https://yesbiscuit.com/2012/09/04/hsus-moves-hurricane-pets-into-unnatural-disaster-areas/
With Hurricane Isaac under watchful eye, many cities have been reviewing their hurricane preparedness plans recently. Officials in Corpus Christi, TX asked animal control what their plan was for the shelter pets in case of a hurricane:
“Their hurricane response plan was to euthanize all of the animals, which is totally unacceptable,” Assistant City Manager Troy Riggs said.
Thank you to those at city hall for demanding a Plan B for the community pets when those paid to do the job would not.
Of course killing shelter pets as a means of population control is not reserved for natural disasters in this country but is the standard operating procedure at most municipal facilities every day of the year. A trailer for a documentary on the no kill movement has just been released. Watch it and be inspired to ask what Plan B is in your community.
Posted by YesBiscuit on August 29, 2012
https://yesbiscuit.com/2012/08/29/what-is-plan-b-in-your-community/
Not only is Austin Pets Alive working its tail off to help Austin achieve long term success as a no kill community, but when a Texas wildfire threatened the shelter in neighboring Bastrop, they answered that call too. Last night, the Bastrop shelter had to be evacuated due to the fire threat. Austin Pets Alive used social networking as well as its connections in the community to ask the public for assistance. They were quickly and efficiently able to empty out their own shelter within 3 hours by sending pets to temporary foster homes with kind hearted members of the community. Volunteers drove to Bastrop to pick up dogs and got them back to Austin Pets Alive at midnight:
At around 3am, all of the dogs had arrived, had been vaccinated, and were being put to bed.
Pretty impressive, yes?
In order to free up space, Austin Pets Alive is waiving adoption fees on all its pets today. They are also asking for donations to help with the medical needs of the Bastrop dogs.
This is how we do it.
Posted by YesBiscuit on September 5, 2011
https://yesbiscuit.com/2011/09/05/austin-pets-alive-answers-the-call/
