Trapping meeting tomorrow!

Hello Everyone:

Very exciting news!!!

You're invited to attend a very important meeting to announce and
discuss the FELINE TRAP-NEUTER-RELEASE PROGRAM that you have probably
been hearing about. The official invitation, which was sent out by
Francis Battista of Best Friends Animal Society and Melissa Rubin of
the Humane Society of the United States, is included below. Details
of the meeting are below- note that the meeting is this Wednesday,
December 13th, at 6:30 pm.

PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY to allow time to park, sign-in, and say hello to
your friends and associates. The meeting will START PROMPTLY AT 6:30
pm.

Also, because not everyone is on email and this is very short notice,
please help us get the word out by calling as many people as you can
to invite them to the meeting. Ask them to call people too... We want
everyone to attend who wants to know about or participate in the
program. Please invite all local feeders, trappers, groups,
organizations, etc.

Please RSVP to me, whether you will or won't be able to attend the
meeting. And if you have any specific questions you would like us to
address, please let me know so we can answer as many questions as
possible before we get to the Question & Answer portion of the
meeting.

We look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday!!

Sincerely,
Kim Johnson

Best Friends TNR Program Coordinator

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All,

I know that everyone in New Orleans who cares about the animals has
been breaking their back, their heart and their bank account to do
everything in their power to help the homeless and feral animals of
the region.

Despite everyone's tireless work, there is still a growing feral /
stray cat problem in the greater New Orleans area. You also probably
know that Best Friends has been looking at ways to help the local
community prevent the impending feral cat population surge that all
agree is coming sooner rather than later, through a sustained TNR
program.

I'm happy to say that the HSUS shares your concern and ours and will
be partnering with Best Friends to implement a robust but narrowly
focused TNR program that we hope to have in full swing by the end of
December if we can enlist the support of the local animal community.

In order to get the ball rolling as soon as possible, we are holding
a meeting this coming Wednesday evening at the Garden District Hotel
on St. Charles at Jackson to outline the plan and to get an idea of
who will be doing what and to identify known needs that will not be
addressed by this program and to discuss how those might be addressed
through other resources and efforts.

Please invite relevant groups and individuals who are involved in
feeding and TNR or who might have something to bring to the table...we
don't want anyone to feel left out!

Please ask folks to RSVP to NOLA Cats .

The Garden District Hotel
Wednesday December 13th
6:30pm – 9:00pm

We look forward to seeing you.

Francis Battista
Best Friends Animal Society

Melissa Rubin
Humane Society of The United States

St. Bernard's Parish after Katrina shooting dogs on the STREET - Indictment

I sort of assume many of you reading my blog, know about members of the St. Bernard's Parish sheriff's department shooting peoples pets on the streets like sport, and shooting them in the schools after evacuating people. It has been one of the most horrific animal abuse stories having to do with Katrina. St. Bernard's Parish is right next to New Orleans, for those who don't know.

So there is some good news! They were indicted for the street shooting because it was caught on video, but they haven't been indicted for the school shooting yet. I recently recieved the following in an email:

GRAND JURY INDICTMENTS HANDED DOWN!


Pasado's Safe Haven is pleased to announce that a Grand Jury has indicted St. Bernard Sheriff's Officers in the street shootings of dogs in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.


According to Mimi Hunley, Asst. State Attorney General, Louisiana:


" The Grand Jury in St. Bernard Parish on Wednesday indicted former Deputy Mike Minton and presently employed Deputy Chip England for aggravated cruelty to animals related to the street shootings after Katrina. This is a felony and was the most serious of all the crimes they could have indicted them for. AAG Julie Cullen and I handled the presentation. We are still working on the school shootings.

Mimi Hunley
Assistant Attorney General Criminal Division "

THANK YOU to Mimi Hunley and everyone at the Louisiana State Attorney General's Office and to ALL OF YOU who wrote and called and kept these cases alive!!!

As you know, Pasado's Safe Haven discovered 33 dogs and cats massacred in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in St. Bernard schools and provided investigators the cost of necropsies (animal autopsies) on all 33 animals (costing $7700) and shot DV videotape of the dead animals as part of an Louisiana State Attorney General investigation in the school shootings.

You can read the rest at PAsado's site
http://www.pasadosafehaven.org/KATRINA/DOGSHOOTING/HISTORY.htm

Ponderings

Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him for a car ride; he sticks his head out the window?