BAYOU RESCUE

WELCOME and THANK YOU....

To all our new volunteers, and to those returning volunteers that confirmed their commitment to the mission of assisting families with pets in local disasters.  If you missed this training, check out our website for opportunities, or please contact us and we can share information, whether you prefer to volunteer across the country or across your own town.

Iowa Pig Rescues Give Birth

This summer's flooding in Iowa had a major impact on the state's farm animals.   While 40,000 pigs were pre-evacuated, an estimated 4,000 died. Eventually “Operation Pig” was born and grew to include a coalition of state and national level animal welfare organizations, including Kinship Circle and Farm Sanctuary.

Many of the pregnant sows taken in by Farm Sanctuary have now had babies!  For the full story click here,  and here.


Photos from Farm Sanctuary.

Save puppy who was saved by soldier

Save this puppy, and her soldier: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/clemency-for-ratchet

Soldier who saved puppy from life of hardship in Iraq could see her dog executed by U.S. Superiors.

A soldier who saved the life of a young puppy in Iraq and expected to bring him back home with her could see her dog executed by her U.S. superiors.

Sgt. Gwen Beberg befriended puppy Ratchet while serving in Iraq, and sent regular dispatches to her home in Minneapolis charting the dog's process, with 100s of fans tuning in on Facebook to follow the pup's life.

But the U.S. military takes a strict line with soldiers befriending animals, and confiscated Ratchet as Sgt. Beberg prepared to fly home from Baghdad Airport at the weekend.

Operation Baghdad Pups, a program run by SPCA International, which has the motto 'No buddy gets left behind', is pleading with the U.S. Army to allow Ratchet to fly out of the country.

Sgt. Beberg's mother Patricia said: 'This year has been extremely difficult on my daughter and her family. It has been a year of disappointments, loneliness, and fear because of all the sacrifices the army has required of Gwen.

Ratchet was the savior of her sanity. Now they have cruelly ripped Ratchet away from her and sentenced him to death. I don't know how my daughter will cope. Ratchet has been her lifeline.

Sgt. Beberg is also under military investigation for befriending the dog that saved her life.

A close friend of Sgt Beberg said: 'It hasn't been easy for her - and the puppy she saved has been one of the few things that has kept her going.