The Red Cross

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Just one more reason why I DO NOT give money to the Red CRoss, in my opinion they have blood on their hands.

They still DO NOT rescue pets, meaning many people have died, in disaster because they did not want to leave their pet/companion/animal friend behind.

They also test on animals.

-anouk

 

 

 

Coast Guard FEMA Red Cross Let Untold Dogs Cats And Other Animals DrownPerhaps you saw the image on television of the Golden Retrieverswimming desperately after the Coast Guard boat begging to berescued. They left him. For animal lovers all over the worldheartbreak has turned to fury - white hot outrage.(Coast Guard collisions and propellers are also killing whalesas the ships refuse to reduce speed.)Meanwhile former Rear Admiral Marsha Evans of the USNavy whose sonar kills dolphins and whales, whose navalhospitals are full of primate and other mammal abusingFrankensteins, continued as head of the Red Crossthe tradition of separating pets forcibly from their humancompanions."Public" radio stations and corporate media stationsmuzzled criticism of the paramilitary Red Cross.There are thousands, maybe tens of thousands (one estimate says200,000) companion animals suffering in the South. Thousands offamily pets are desperate. The response of the US Government has beenpitiful - to the humans and to the animals. Although there are stillpeople to be rescued, the effort is turning to recovery of bodies andeven to businesses. First, the animals need to be rescued.1. CALL THE WHITEHOUSE AND CONGRESS. TELL THEM TO SAVE THE ANIMALSNOW.Email: http://www.hua.org/EmailtoCongress.htmlCall: http://www.hua.org/CALL.html2. Email a news agency and beg them to cover the story (don't emailFox apparently they are threatening to treat animal emails asterrorist threats since they claim they are clogging theirBlackberrys).Contact Press/Draft Email: http://www.hua.org/Hurricanecoverage.html3. Then email your Senator and Congressperson. Demand that they stepin and get attention at the local, state and federal levels for theanimals. Ask them to hold a press conference and show the sad photosand demand that these animals be rescued.CALL YOUR CONGRESSPERSON OR SENATOR. ASK WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP.4. Then email Laura Bush. She has dogs in her family that she loves.Ask her to speak for the suffering dogs and their families.Email Bush http://www.hua.org/EmailLauraBush.html5. Send a donation to a shelter on the front lineList of Shelters and what they Need:http://www.hua.org/Hurricanehelp.html6. Download a poster to hang in your office - take up a collection.Download Poster: http://www.hua.org/Hurricanehelp.html_________________Me: http://profiles.myspace.com/users/10234905My Vegan Group: http://groups.myspace.com/vegans4animalrightsTulane lab animals drowned... people evacuatedAudubon zoo flamingos drownedAquarium seals drowned100,000 pets forcibly separated from human companions by the RedCrossbacked up by FEMA guns47 rhesus monkeys were among the 50,000 captive animalsdrowned in Houston during the last big flood:Pet owners refusing to leave homesRescuers say efforts disorganizedBy SANDY DAVIS, sdavis@t..., Advocate staff writerAdvocate staff photos by Travis SpradlingRobert Jones thanks a group of volunteer rescuers from Baton Rougefor stopping by his flooded New Orleans home Tuesday, but Jonesrefused to leave. Jones, who had two dogs playing on his porch, saidhe would be fine.NEW ORLEANS -- David Woodsum poked his head out the attic window ofhis flooded house on Gladiolus Street on Tuesday and yelled at themen sitting in the flat bottom boat."I'm not leaving," Woodsum said. "I won't leave my two cats."Pets appeared to be the No. 1 reason many of the estimated 10,000residents still holed up in their flooded homes are refusing toleave."I don't know why the government won't let us take these people'spets out," said Steve Miller of Dutchtown, a volunteer who navigatedhis flat bottom boat down the flooded streets trying to persuaderesidents to leave."But FEMA has told us we cannot take the pets. They told that wecould not take one cat or dog in our boats," Miller said. "It's astupid rule. More people are going to die because of that."Miller was one of about 40 other men from the Baton Rouge area whofor the past five days have been hauling boats to New Orleans dailyto try and help with the rescue effort in the aftermath of HurricaneKatrina. They were told Tuesday that search-and-rescue efforts wouldend in the next few days."Please come with us," Duke Ramey, one of the men in Miller's boat,yelled at Woodsum. "No one is going to bring you more food and water.The boats and helicopters aren't coming back. This could be your lastchance to get out."But Woodsum was steadfast."I'm not leaving my pets here to die," Woodsum yelled at the men inthe boat."But if you don't come with us, you might die," Ramey said.Woodsum was undeterred by the arguments. He refused to leave andMiller had no choice but to start the boat and move on."I just want to help," Miller said as his voice boomed out in theeerily empty, flooded streets."Search and Rescue," he yelled at no one. "If you want to leave yourhome, please come out."Most of the people rescued Tuesday were men.As the boats floated down the streets, bumping over elevated railroadtracks and bobbing grocery carts, Miller said his experience as avolunteer has been "100 percent frustrating.""Everyone of these men have had enough of bureaucracy," Millersaid. "And that's saying it nicely."Miller said he answered a call from the Louisiana Department ofHealth and Hospitals on Friday to bring his boat and join the search-and-rescue efforts in New Orleans."I called everybody I knew and so did a lot of other people," Millersaid.They were all told to bring their boats and meet at Jimmy SwaggartMinistries in Baton Rouge late Friday afternoon."We ended up with two miles worth of boats," said Leon Tarnto, one ofthe Baton Rouge area volunteers. "We had 92 boats and more than 200men who volunteered."And that's where the good news ended."This is one of the biggest fiascos I've ever seen," Tarntosaid. "There were no leaders, nobody knew what to do or where to go.We ended up sitting on the sides of roads for hours."Every day since they joined the effort, the men have met at one ofSwaggart Ministries' buildings at 2 a.m."I thought we were going to get an early start," Tarntosaid. "Instead we sit there for hours doing nothing, and then we siton the side of the road in New Orleans doing nothing. These peoplehave no idea what they're doing and that includes FEMA and DHH."Each day, the number of Baton Rouge area boats and volunteers hasdwindled until there were only 22 boats Tuesday."Why should they waste their time," Miller said. "We want to help,but these government people just don't get it. It's so frustrating."Each day, the volunteers said they were turned away from the rescueeffort for one reason or another."We went over to Chalmette one day where they desperately neededhelp, and we were turned away because some inmates escaped," Rameysaid. "Who cares? Why should that stop us from going in there? Thatparish (St. Bernard) estimated there were 7,500 stranded in theirhomes. Nobody's been able to talk to them, and we get turned away."Miller said that one day he became so angry he broke away from theFEMA sanctioned volunteers and, along with his brother, Mike Miller,searched Orleans Street."We hooked up with the military," Steve Miller said. "They're theonly people that know what they're doing. We rescued about 25 peoplethat day."And Tuesday, the volunteers were angry because they were sent into anarea that already had been searched."This has been the greatest waste of human resources I've ever seen,"Ramey said."We've basically committed a mutiny," Tarnto said. "We've left DHHand we're working with the military."With soldiers and paramedics in the boats, the Baton Rouge areavolunteers continued scouring the flooded streets of northeast NewOrleans."We're glad to see you," said Thomas Richardson who has been at hisVerbena Street home since Katrina swept through the city."It's time to leave," Richardson said. "I have to say, I thought wewere better off at home than at one of those shelters."Richardson and his brother, Gary Richardson, decided to leave oncetheir pets, including dogs, cats and a bird, were rescued."Some volunteer group showed up this morning and said they would takeour pets," Richardson said.After the Richardsons were dropped off safely, Miller took his boatout again.The boat slipped past a skinny, brown-haired dog trapped on theflooded roof of a small building. The thirsty dog lapped the pollutedflood waters."That dog won't live long," Ramey said, watching it drink.As Miller yelled for residents to come out, sometimes the only answerfrom the vacant homes was the yelp of a dog that had been leftbehind."Man, this is sad," Miller said.As the men turned down Clover Street, Robert Jones sat on the frontporch of his flooded home."I'm not leaving," Jones said. "I'm doing just fine."Two dogs played on the porch."There's no way I'm leaving my dogs," Jones said. "Thanks forstopping, but I'm not leaving."