Tiny lets her back feet be her pillow on a rainy, rainy day.
"By sending one of these cards today, you can help ensure that no pet is ever left behind again when disaster strikes," email the good folks at The Humane Society of the United States, urging animal lovers to support the PETS Act to include animals in disaster evacuation plans:
Thousands of pets were left behind in the wake of Hurricane Katrina: trapped in empty houses, stranded on rooftops above the flood waters, wandering alone through deserted streets.
The U.S. Senate is considering the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards (PETS) Act, which would require that pets and service animals are included in disaster evacuation plans.Please help us get this law passed today.
Send one of our moving eCards to your friends and family and urge them to take action. Each card tells the touching story of a pet rescued by The Humane Society of the United States after Hurricane Katrina.
Here's the eCard we'll be sending to family and friends, urging them to contact their Senators.
Once your friends receive an eCard from you, they can fill out a form that will be forwarded to their senators and then email cards to their own friends to spread the word.
Back-feet pillow unavailable? Babe settles nicely for a fluffy tail.
It's easy, and we want you to know that Hurricane bloggers Tiny and Baby are counting on you.
Update: Lots more animals aboard Modulator's 91st Friday Ark.
thanks for the links! great idea.
Posted by: platypotamus | June 16, 2006 at 04:18 PM
I'm sorry, but in Katrina we did a poor job of getting the humans out to safety and then supplied with food and water. Hospitals being the worst example.
I think we need to worry about the people before we worry about the pets.
Posted by: Zendo Deb | June 16, 2006 at 09:41 PM
Ensuring pets and service animals can be evacuated ensures that fewer people will resist evacuation, thus saving more lives. Even if you think "people are more important than animals" this is a good idea for people too.
Posted by: Bandit | August 09, 2006 at 02:26 PM
I would never think "people are more important that animals" . . . totally the opposite. Especially when we have a compact with the animals we take into our homes, fergossake.
Posted by: Sissy Willis | August 09, 2006 at 02:41 PM