Help if you can

I have been trying to keep current events out of my blog, but this story moved me to post: "Authorities in New Orleans have informed animal rescue teams that they have three days to rescue all dogs before they start shooting them. They believe that dogs are eating dead bodies to stay alive and need to eliminate them." According to the Pasado Safe Haven website, "Animal rescue groups were not allowed into the water until last Tuesday. To give us just another 72 hours to get a job, of biblical proportions done, is ludicrous." As if it isn't bad enough that the federal government let down the citizens of the Gulf Coast, now they are taking aim at perhaps the most helpless of all. If you can, I urge you to donate to animal rescue operations in the affected regions. The Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine has opened its doors to help those animals in need, but they need donations to buy supplies. And Pasado's Save Haven group, which is actively and around the clock rescuing stranded animals, has a laundry-list of necessities. Federal and local governments have, at long last, begun to help the human victims of Katrina, but they will do little (if anything) to help animals in need. Please, if you can, open your hearts and wallets to give them a chance.