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posted by
Adaman
on September 9, 2005 at 9:22 AM
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Isa--
I don't know whose idea it was, but it certainly isn't what I would consider a rescue that's for sure.
posted by
Julia.
on September 6, 2005 at 6:08 PM
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Quirky...
I think it goes without saying where I stand on this one. I was not aware they were making people make this awful choice....
posted by
A_Norseman
on September 6, 2005 at 4:42 PM
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If the cats can't go, then neither do I
My cats are my children. I would have called their bluff, and if it wasn't a bluff, then so be it. That's no rescue. That's cruel, heartless, and before I can go further, I'll just stop there before I get myself too wound up and angry again.
posted by
ravencat18
on September 6, 2005 at 3:49 PM
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If the dog stays, I stay.
posted by
Corkie
on September 6, 2005 at 2:52 PM
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I think many people feel that way
about their pets, although it's a mystery to me. I like animals but I can't imagine caring for a pet that much.
posted by
jollyjeff
on September 6, 2005 at 2:48 PM
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Quirky
I had not heard about making people choose between medicine and pets, but I did see a man interviewed who had to choose between his luggage and his dogs (maybe the same thing if he had his medicine in his luggage!) Anyway, he chose his dogs. I would too.
posted by
Georgia
on September 6, 2005 at 2:42 PM
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When I worked on the coast,
we put out a hurricane guide every year. One of the things I did was call around the Carolinas and Georgia to make a listing of shelters and motels that would take pets. We put this out every year in May. And it cannot be stressed enough: PLAN AHEAD!
At this stage of the game, they are stuck in the aftermath, and they either have to accept what help can be given, within its limitations, or do without.
I hate to say it, but there was plenty of time to get out before the storm hit. And if you're too poor to get out of town when an apocalyptic storm of the century is coming, then I'm sorry; you're too poor to own pets.
posted by
strat
on September 6, 2005 at 1:28 PM
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quirky
me and my wife were talking about that today. i think that i would take measures to escape with them way ahead of time. that's how you show them how much you care for them. but, if faced with such a decision, i would rather be with them than abandon them.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 6, 2005 at 12:47 PM
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How horrible!
Nope, my kitties would be coming with me...
posted by
KODACHROME1970
on September 6, 2005 at 12:44 PM
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quirky
...i don't know why, except taht it would have been teh direction of teh individual rescurer....not a pet owner or lover apparently. I saw Rue Mc Clenahan on TV this morning speaking of the importance of pets to their owners and especailly the elderly, and saying no pets needed to be left behind. She gave names of places and shelters set up to help them....but she made a real point of how tehy should all be rescued with their owners not seperated or left behind.
posted by
MysticGmekeepr
on September 6, 2005 at 11:06 AM
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Is that kind of rescuing...
Bush's idea? if so, doesn't wonder me...AT ALL...this dude is a monster...
posted by
Marshallengraved
on September 6, 2005 at 10:34 AM
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gubby--
actually I think they are much deeper--but for whatever reason, you are not tapped into that.
posted by
Julia.
on September 6, 2005 at 10:33 AM
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ariel--
I understand completely!!
posted by
Julia.
on September 6, 2005 at 10:32 AM
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jacenta--
lol--yes, I would say they have it pretty good.
posted by
Julia.
on September 6, 2005 at 10:31 AM
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Quirkyalone,
If I were a pet, I would want to belong to you. You have so much love in your heart and I know that your pets must have the greatest life!
posted by
jacentaOld
on September 6, 2005 at 10:26 AM
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NCWriter--
It is never foolish to have a plan.
posted by
Julia.
on September 6, 2005 at 10:10 AM
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Dave--
I hope I never have to experience it either.
posted by
Julia.
on September 6, 2005 at 10:10 AM
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Toker--
Pete...how cute...he's lucky to have you, and vice versa.
posted by
Julia.
on September 6, 2005 at 10:09 AM
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Jomei--
He is definitely very wise.
posted by
Julia.
on September 6, 2005 at 10:08 AM
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Sandi--
Yes, it's heartbreaking. I know it's hard to say, hypothetically, what we would do, but I honestly don't think I could leave them. Some people would call me stupid, but I am what I am.
posted by
Julia.
on September 6, 2005 at 10:08 AM
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Good post Quirk. Since the kids grew up and left home, we replaced them with dogs! :o) They are every bit as much our family as are our children. They could shoot me too before I'd leave them behind. The news is hard to listen too these days and the sadness sticks in my throat. Sandi
posted by
Sandra_Harris
on September 6, 2005 at 10:02 AM
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MysticG--
I didn't see any of that, but it makes the other situation even worse then--why did some pets but not others get saved?
posted by
Julia.
on September 6, 2005 at 9:52 AM
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shadow--
I thought you might say the same.
posted by
Julia.
on September 6, 2005 at 9:51 AM
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Bright--
thank you for the links, I will check into them.
posted by
Julia.
on September 6, 2005 at 9:50 AM
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tim--
so I take it you'd leave the fish behind without a qualm?
posted by
Julia.
on September 6, 2005 at 9:49 AM
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Woa... That's some serious devotion you got there.
I like my pets, I'd be upset if they died......................but I think I'd have to be able to communicate with them to get any sort of real emotional attachment. I mean, apart from seeing their tail twitch and thinking "that means annoyed". Animals just aren't as deep as (some) humans can be. Eh... looks like I'm the minority here
So call me sane then, I can take it!
posted by
Gubby
on September 6, 2005 at 8:23 AM
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quirky .... cats etc
I think that my reaction would have been " So shoot me then!"
posted by
ariel70
on September 6, 2005 at 6:58 AM
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Quirky,
My guess is you know just how with you I am on this. I recently lost my cat, but I still have 3 dogs. Living in a hurricane "zone" my husband and I are well aware of the fact that if someone has to come save us, they aren't taking our "children." And I am not leaving without them. I would, without question, take the bullet over leaving the kids. We know, in a situation like that, we'd have to get out before, or swim out on our own. (don't laugh, but we have an old bass boat that I wanted my husband to get rid of...he says he's keeping it for just this purpose.)
posted by
NCwriter
on September 6, 2005 at 6:25 AM
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I'm trying, but I just can't imagine what any of this must be like. So many stories coming out that I hope I never have to face in my lifetime.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on September 6, 2005 at 12:58 AM
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Quirky,
I'm with you! There is no freakin way I'd leave Pete The Cat behind. He is my absolute best friend, I consider him my son and try to tell him everyday how much I love him. Some might call me crazy, but he's my world.
posted by
Jaxson-Pete
on September 5, 2005 at 10:19 PM
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With doggy people and cat people, it probable takes one to know one. A friend of mine has a child, around five, and one day he just blurted out, from nowhere "Pets teach us how to love"!! We didn't know where he got that from, but he was pretty spot on it would seem.
posted by
Jomei
on September 5, 2005 at 9:55 PM
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Quirky-girl
that would be a real tuffy alright. Adds another dimension to the meaning of "losing everything". Heartbreaking. I saw where some people were re-united with their pets, some of them were evacuated before hand i think cause they were taken to shelters for safety. Others were being rescued with their pets.
posted by
MysticGmekeepr
on September 5, 2005 at 9:34 PM
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Quirky,
I saw the same thing, but later I saw where they were allowing pets to come with their owners, so I kinda think it has to do with whoever is in charge of that particular area or boat, whichever. Personally, they are gonna have to shoot me and I hope that they also shoot Purr Purr afterwards so I won't have to witness it. Shadow
posted by
Keshet
on September 5, 2005 at 8:56 PM
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Quirky.. Here is a site that you all may be interested in:
Katrina Aftermath: Helping Animals Too
The magnitude of the losses from hurricane Katrina are staggering. Many people risked their lives to save their beloved pets, and many more were reluctantly forced to leave their pets behind. The Humane Society of the United States has its own disaster response team that is working where they can to help disaster victims and their animals. They are
accepting donations on their website, if you wish to help. Many other organizations will also be helping out with taking in displaced pets and other rescue efforts, such as
Noah's Wish, which is dedicated to saving animals after disasters. Please, consider donating to help recovery efforts from Katrina, and consider donations to an agency such as the
Red Cross as well as an agency devoted to animals
posted by
BrightIrish
on September 5, 2005 at 8:07 PM
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quirky
That's why I have fish.
posted by
TIMMYTALES
on September 5, 2005 at 7:47 PM
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blackcat--
I know. It sickens me too. I read the story before I knew what I was reading, and then it was too late.
posted by
Julia.
on September 5, 2005 at 7:36 PM
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I'm sorry... it really is horrifying... all of it. I'd never be able to
leave a pet behind. I'm sure these people didn't think they could either. It makes me want to throw up when I read these stories... I had to stop reading.
posted by
-blackcat
on September 5, 2005 at 7:33 PM
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blackcat--
I'm sure you didn't mean to, but your comment made me cry. My heart hurts for all those poor lost souls.
posted by
Julia.
on September 5, 2005 at 7:30 PM
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reni--thanks for reading.
posted by
Julia.
on September 5, 2005 at 7:28 PM
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I read about this yesterday. It's sickening. I saw a couple on the news
that had to choose between their box of medication (the man was recovering from a liver transplant) or their dog. They were allowed to carry only one thing. They were tormented by regret at having to leave the dog or else the husband would die.
They also said that they had set up makeshift euthanasia areas for animals, and the big dogs were fighting it... the gas wasn't strong enough for them so they were suffering. I had to turn off the tv. I know when I've seen too much.
posted by
-blackcat
on September 5, 2005 at 7:08 PM
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Strick--
Your dogs are lucky, there's no reason people can't treat their pets like that if they so choose. Even strays used to fending for themselves in New Orleans won't survive if there is no food or clean drinking water available.
posted by
Julia.
on September 5, 2005 at 7:04 PM
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Horrible...
posted by
Renigade
on September 5, 2005 at 7:02 PM
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jillian--
If they are sent to rescue, why is it only human life that holds value? Surely they could find a way to work it out logistically. I could not do that job and order people to leave their pets, that's for sure. I would walk away.
posted by
Julia.
on September 5, 2005 at 7:01 PM
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numinous--
I am pretty sure I would call their bluff--and if they shot me, well at least I died knowing I did not desert my pets.
posted by
Julia.
on September 5, 2005 at 6:59 PM
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Not that I agree
but some head honcho thinks that pets are instinctivly able to fend for themselves and can survive the harsh elements of this disasster better than a human, so pets have been restricted. IT is suppose to make sense but for those of us that have pets it doesnt. My two Dalmatians would never survive without us because they dont even know that they are dogs. They have always been babied and friends and relatives of ours comment that if there is such a thing as reincarnation that they want to come back as one of our dogs that we treat our dogs better than most people treat their kids.
posted by
StrickGold
on September 5, 2005 at 6:58 PM
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jayelle--thanks. I'm really sad about this.
posted by
Julia.
on September 5, 2005 at 6:58 PM
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Ariala,
yes it is very cruel. I don't understand how the "rescuer's" think this is even remotely okay.
posted by
Julia.
on September 5, 2005 at 6:57 PM
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How cruel and inhumane. I guess they are doing there jobs but I hope they can sleep at night and rest easy in there souls after all of this is said and done. I know if I had to make some of the choices they are making right now I would be praying for fogivness every minute of the day.
posted by
Jillians.New-Beginning
on September 5, 2005 at 6:53 PM
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Quirkyalone
I'm with you! I would challange them to go ahead and shoot if they dared. Let then try to explain that one on CNN.
posted by
Numinous
on September 5, 2005 at 6:52 PM
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That's terrible! I totally agree with ya, Quirky
posted by
jayelle76
on September 5, 2005 at 6:47 PM
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Quirky, that is cruel...I'm with you on this...they might as well shoot.
Gad...these people are losing everything AND their pets too? Forget it.
posted by
Ariala
on September 5, 2005 at 6:42 PM
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katray--
I just can't believe they are forcing them to do that, at gunpoint no less. Yes it complicates things but the "rescuers" are forcing people to commit murder. Who can possibly justify that?
posted by
Julia.
on September 5, 2005 at 6:40 PM
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Missmary--
thanks. It is a small comfort to know that I am not alone in my thinking.
posted by
Julia.
on September 5, 2005 at 6:37 PM
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rockbitch--
"twisted mess" is right.
posted by
Julia.
on September 5, 2005 at 6:36 PM
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The tragedy rolls on...
My home currently has no pets in residence, but I could not leave behind any living, helpless creature. So many destroyed hearts and souls...
Heartfelt post Quirky.
posted by
Katray2
on September 5, 2005 at 6:25 PM
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That's exactly what I said!
I heard the leave your pets behind thing earlier. I said I would NEVER leave my cat. No Freakin way. I would be putting him to death. He never goes outside, he would have no idea what to do and I could never EVER live with myself. He would be stuffed into my shirt, my bag where ever but he would NOT be left behind.
MissMary
posted by
MissMary
on September 5, 2005 at 6:18 PM
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I'm not much of an animal lover although our family has a cat. I can't imagine if we had to leave her behind. I'd be heartbroken. What I find apalling it that people are being forced to leave at gunpoint. They should realize though that it is for their own safety. It's such a twisted mess.
posted by
RockBitch
on September 5, 2005 at 6:16 PM
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