Its not that many when you think about the thousands and thousands of people who are searching for the pets they were sometimes ordered at gunpoint to leave behind!
Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of wendy Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 1:57 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: RE: Chris and Katrina Rescue-OT Wow! 700 is A LOT. More than I would have imagined. Bless you for what you are doing Chris. --- Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well our group of volunteers sort of stopped really > counting after about > 700. We're sort of a fast and furious mode as time > marches on! HSUS says > they reunited a couple of hundred but most of those > were owners who went to > the big receiving center at Lamar-Dixon. > > Basically, there has never been any organized effort > to find the owners. > Most reunions have been done either by owners who > were internet savy, had > the time, and the resources to look on the internet. > Other reunions were > mostly done by volunteers like myself either on > their own or as part of > several internet groups that sprung up There never > has been any serious > official effort to reunite pets. > > Very conservative estimates are that anywhere from > 12,00-15,000 pets were > rescued. There are approx 15,000 lost reports on > pets from the Gulf Coast. > The math is atrocious and the stories of how people > came to be separated > from their pets tears your heart out! > > Chris > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of wendy > Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 1:28 PM > To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > Subject: Chris and Katrina Rescue-OT > > Hey Chris, > > I am just curious as to how many pets and guardians > you have reunited from the Hurricane Katrina > disaster? > What a wonderful thing to do! > > Thanks, > Wendy > > P.S. I hope it's a LOT!!!!!!! > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
