Volunteering to Help Those Dirty Animals from the Katrina Hurricane

No I’m not talking about the residents of the Dirty South…. There’s not much anyone can do sitting on their ass except write a check and of course it seems to be the “in” thing to do regardless of you’re natural inclination to help out your fellow man (or black man as the media would like to project to you)… But today I spent some time at an organization in Port Washington, NY – The North Shore Animal League of America to assist in my own way the relief effort.

There has been an over flow of animal rescues from the area, where homes have been destroyed and the pets of the family that have lost their homes, or even financial ability to care for their pets is gone. The animals that are being rescued from the area of the Golf Coast disaster and being transported to local shelters, however, the major problem is these shelters can not accommodate the over flow of animals above what they already take in on a daily basis.

North Shore is running caravan trips down to the south to these shelters to rescue animals from the over flow (and certain extinction). They are transporting them up to their shelters here in New York.

I spent half a day with them manning the phones, answering questions and taking in donations to accommodate the rescue relief effort. They are also taking applications for adoption of these animals. If you have the capacity, or are at least curious take a look at their site and review more information about the relief effort, their daily blogs on the road or availability of animals for adoption.

North Shore Animal League of America website