BAYOU RESCUE

Death of Eight Belles Leaves Cloud Over Race Track

Read and post to USA today's column.

Housing Crisis Hurts Pets Most

With all the recent foreclosures, real estate agents and others are reporting finding animals abandoned in homes that families could no longer afford, and already packed shelters are seeing an increase in surrenders due to families losing their home.

Thank you Ben Stein, for your plea for some financial relief for those that need it most.

Watch his commentary

The HSUS has established a grant program to help animal rescues and shelters who offer assistance to families who lose their homes in foreclosure.

Oprah tackles puppy mills

THANKS Oprah, for helping to educate the world about where those cute doggies in the pet store windows come from.

See excerpts from Friday's show, and remind everyone you know that the only way to stop this tragic treatment of animals is:

DON'T SHOP.... ADOPT!!

Images from Oprah's Friday show: (L) Many breeding females and their puppies are kept in filthy, cramped cages.
(R) "Jake" is one of the lucky dogs rescued from a puppy mill, rehabilitated, and given a loving home.

Help Pika find her way home

PIKA started life on the road—Interstate 95, to be exact. Born at a rest stop along the Maryland-Pennsylvania line, she hung out in a gigantic parking lot with her family, begging food from kind travelers. But after a few months of the indoor life, she realizes the only highway she wants to see is the one that leads from her foster home to her permanent family. PIKA is a small cat with a big, happy personality who loves to play with toys and to do laps around the house. But she’s also pretty content at lap-sitting.

PIKA is around a year old, healthy, spayed, FIV and Feluk negative, and had all her vaccinations. She’s very affectionate (you should see the kitty rolls!) and likes other cats (and dogs, as long as they aren’t chasers). PIKA needs an indoor-only home and a family who will commit to making her happy-ever-after come true.

For more information, email Jennifer Strom

Also, please share her info Download AdoptPika.doc

Feline luxury for yours...

...to help pay for medical care for others.  Volunteer Lynn Turner is selling these beautiful, handmade cozy cat beds to help pay for veterinarian care for 2 of her rescued felines.

Give a gift to your favorite kitty, while also caring for others.

See these amazing Angel Cat beds, and lend a helping hand today.

"Dixie" and "Henry" and two furry friends who were found by a Bayou Rescue volunteer on Monday 3/3/08 at the gate of Cedar Rock Park, apparently left there.  They have no ID, no microchip, and there have been no missing reports at the local shelter.

 

“Henry” is appx. 30 lbs, 1 y/o, a bit shy but gentle & loving  and “Dixie” is appx. 25 lbs, 1y/o, and full of kisses
Both are good with other dogs AND cats, and seem to be housebroken!

For more info on how you can adopt these love bugs, you can contact foster mom Kelly

Henry and Dixie will be neutered/spayed, and available for adoption through Happy Hills Animal Foundation, www.hhaf.org

After housefire....

Miko the cat was reunited with her family after being found 240 miles away from home!!

This MSNBC news footage provides a great reminder about how to improve your chances of being reunited with a lost pet.!!t

Life of an Animal Hoarder...

...makes no good life for the animals.

For insight into hoarding mentality, view this MSNBC video.

From Bagdad with Love

On Valentines Day, "Charlie," a sickly pup befriended by some US soldiers serving in Bagdad, was brought to his new home in the U.S. Read this heartwarming story of love for a dog, and honoring our troops heartfelt wishes. Photo by Carol Guzy, Washington Post

Volunteer, Tennessee...

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TN was especially hard hit by a series of tornadoes to hit several states last week.

Several animal rescue organizations, such as Best Friends, Noah's Wish, and EARS, are in the process of assessing volunteer and supply needs.  Local animal welfare and DART personnel 'in action' as we speak.

Any Bayou Rescue volunteers that have completed training for the traveling Response Team, and are registered as a volunteer with any of these organizations may contact us if they are considering deployment to one of these areas.

If you would like to make in-kind or monetary donations directly to TN animal welfare organizations assisting in this disaster, please see the Kinship Circle website for contact info, addresses, etc.  Thanks to Kinship Circle for providing frequent status updates.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR HELPING!!