sparkie
10-11-2005, 11:00 AM
I just found this offical governemnt, newly created/recreated website for St. Bernard Parish, New Orleans, La. What they post sure sounds wonderful & it may be all true. BUT, I would of liked to have had the opportunity to tour their facilities and meet some of the people.
As I read it, I wondered if any of the names were the three that surrounded my car to threathen me in an aggressive & rude manner. Since I was all by myself and in a totally deserted place, right in front of one of the public schools were some pets had been slaughtered, I was alittle uncomfortable. I want to see photos of them so at least I have a name or supposedly organization that they belonged to.
Can we encourage the press to investigate and confirm the below situation. Again, I hope it is true. Maybe they were so possessive & maintained very tight control of their parish animals because they did not want them to leave the parish area to speed up reuniting w/ their owners. That idea sounds great to me. BUt, maybe they could of added that detail as they threathen me w/ arrest or when they prevented animal rescue groups from entering OR when they told super animal rescuer Arron from Winn-Dixie group, that he "would be gator food if he entered again" (to St. Bernard Parish)???? :confused:
What do you think? From my personal experience in Calcasieu, Orleans & St. Bernard Parishes, I found the "official" animal control people in Louisiana very confusing and unpleasant!
***BELOW, Quoted from the new official St. Bernard Parish Government website, link: http://www.sbpg.net/
"October 10, 2005: Monday 8:15 PM
Shelter Caring for Hundreds of Animals in Chalmette
Steve Cannizaro
St. Bernard Parish Government
Public Information Officer
504.278.4221 OR 504.259.3395
Rick Ducharme of Jacksonville, Fla., said he saw the horrible stories about Hurricane Katrina on the news but ?there was a photo of a dog in a church window with flood water around him?? that drove him to action.
?That really did it for me,?? said Ducharme, an ASPCA volunteer. Soon he was handling a drive that came up with tons of pet supplies for animal rescue groups in Louisiana.
Ducharme ended up in St. Bernard Parish, where he has joined a swarm of volunteers that have handled as many as 1,000 animals since Katrina?s destruction on Aug. 29. ?Ground zero is the way I would describe this place.??
St. Bernard?s shelter has been housed in Arabi at a barn but, with the help of a giant tent obtained by the ASPCA, has relocated to Rebel Playground, near the Chalmette High School baseball field, on Palmisano Boulevard. About 200 dogs and cats were housed in separate cages there last week.
Veteran St. Bernard animal shelter director Ceily Trog said there have been many heroes in the battle to save and care for animals who were left behind by owners or were living on the streets when the hurricane struck. Many have been re-united with owners, some tearfully, Trog said.
Parish Council member Mark Madary of Arabi has been in charge of the animal shelter operation. He said he was moved to act after seeing a man whose dog had been shot after the hurricane.
?We had a duty to do something,?? Madary said.
Many animals had to be left behind when their owners were evacuated after the flood but were told their pets couldn?t go on a boat taking them to safety, Madary said.
He said the shelter has been an efficient operation manned by volunteers.
Many of the helpers have come from other states, including Kelly Harrington, an ASPCA official from Albany, N.Y., who said the size of the response has been huge; Tammy Kirkpatrick, director of a humane society in Fort Worth, Texas and Penny Koncz, who is studying to be a veterinarian tech in Michigan.
Others are local, including Julie Becker of Jefferson Parish.
Veterinarians have also given their time in the effort.. The animals are fed and given water daily, as well as taken out for exercise when possible.
Officials are trying to find homes out-of-state for animals that aren?t claimed, officials said." Quoted from the new official St. Bernard Parish Government website, link: http://www.sbpg.net/
As I read it, I wondered if any of the names were the three that surrounded my car to threathen me in an aggressive & rude manner. Since I was all by myself and in a totally deserted place, right in front of one of the public schools were some pets had been slaughtered, I was alittle uncomfortable. I want to see photos of them so at least I have a name or supposedly organization that they belonged to.
Can we encourage the press to investigate and confirm the below situation. Again, I hope it is true. Maybe they were so possessive & maintained very tight control of their parish animals because they did not want them to leave the parish area to speed up reuniting w/ their owners. That idea sounds great to me. BUt, maybe they could of added that detail as they threathen me w/ arrest or when they prevented animal rescue groups from entering OR when they told super animal rescuer Arron from Winn-Dixie group, that he "would be gator food if he entered again" (to St. Bernard Parish)???? :confused:
What do you think? From my personal experience in Calcasieu, Orleans & St. Bernard Parishes, I found the "official" animal control people in Louisiana very confusing and unpleasant!
***BELOW, Quoted from the new official St. Bernard Parish Government website, link: http://www.sbpg.net/
"October 10, 2005: Monday 8:15 PM
Shelter Caring for Hundreds of Animals in Chalmette
Steve Cannizaro
St. Bernard Parish Government
Public Information Officer
504.278.4221 OR 504.259.3395
Rick Ducharme of Jacksonville, Fla., said he saw the horrible stories about Hurricane Katrina on the news but ?there was a photo of a dog in a church window with flood water around him?? that drove him to action.
?That really did it for me,?? said Ducharme, an ASPCA volunteer. Soon he was handling a drive that came up with tons of pet supplies for animal rescue groups in Louisiana.
Ducharme ended up in St. Bernard Parish, where he has joined a swarm of volunteers that have handled as many as 1,000 animals since Katrina?s destruction on Aug. 29. ?Ground zero is the way I would describe this place.??
St. Bernard?s shelter has been housed in Arabi at a barn but, with the help of a giant tent obtained by the ASPCA, has relocated to Rebel Playground, near the Chalmette High School baseball field, on Palmisano Boulevard. About 200 dogs and cats were housed in separate cages there last week.
Veteran St. Bernard animal shelter director Ceily Trog said there have been many heroes in the battle to save and care for animals who were left behind by owners or were living on the streets when the hurricane struck. Many have been re-united with owners, some tearfully, Trog said.
Parish Council member Mark Madary of Arabi has been in charge of the animal shelter operation. He said he was moved to act after seeing a man whose dog had been shot after the hurricane.
?We had a duty to do something,?? Madary said.
Many animals had to be left behind when their owners were evacuated after the flood but were told their pets couldn?t go on a boat taking them to safety, Madary said.
He said the shelter has been an efficient operation manned by volunteers.
Many of the helpers have come from other states, including Kelly Harrington, an ASPCA official from Albany, N.Y., who said the size of the response has been huge; Tammy Kirkpatrick, director of a humane society in Fort Worth, Texas and Penny Koncz, who is studying to be a veterinarian tech in Michigan.
Others are local, including Julie Becker of Jefferson Parish.
Veterinarians have also given their time in the effort.. The animals are fed and given water daily, as well as taken out for exercise when possible.
Officials are trying to find homes out-of-state for animals that aren?t claimed, officials said." Quoted from the new official St. Bernard Parish Government website, link: http://www.sbpg.net/