Homewoods Rescue for the Wayward Hound | Katrina's Other Victims

Recently, we have watched the news and been glued to our computer screens watching, waiting and praying for all the hurricane victims, both human and animal. While there has been an outpouring of love and desire to help these poor displaced souls, are we now forgetting those that are becoming their "other" victims?

A shelter that I work with often is now having to euthanize 10 - 12 dogs weekly. Why? Because rescues are holding space open for storm victims. This is the story I am hearing from many shelters. "No one is pulling." "Adoptions are slow." This is reality everywhere we look, but does it need to be?

During the first week after Hurricane Katrina hit, I must have received more than 100 emails with offers to foster 2 or 3. Rescue groups that could help with 10 or 20. One group in WI even offered to help with 40. Imagine 40 dogs being helped! Imagine having room to help 40 dogs! When contacted to ask if they would be willing to help with our current dogs, I received what has unfortunately become a standard answer: "We're waiting on hurricane victims."

Well, we have to realize that we have now turned our overflowing shelters into the other victims of these hurricanes.

It is sad that these everyday shelter dogs won't get you on the front page. I'm sorry that they won't get you on T.V., but I'm even more sorry that you won't have your hearts touched by their loving gaze or smell their sweet puppy breath.

Won't you help one of the "other" hurricane victims today? Please email us if you want to make a new friend at Homewoods Rescue and please help these victims today. They come with a guarantee to love you -- unconditionally.