About 75 animal lovers gathered at a New Orleans church late Tuesday to share tales of rescue and loss during Hurricane Katrina. As Louisiana animal rights activists urged better protection for pets, the crowd paid tribute with music, stories, and tears to those who fought to rescue the forgotten victims of the crisis.
Organizers urged all levels of government to speed up new evacuation and support plans that will include plans for animals. In the chaos of Hurricane Katrina, hundreds of thousands of animals were killed, including thousands of pets who were separated from their owners. Many of these pets were killed, or have never been located.
Many of those in attendance at the memorial stood to say the name of a lost pet, or the name of an owner who died rather than leave their pets.
After the storm, grim sights greeted rescuers - human and animal corpses marooned in trees and attics, or drowned dogs that had been left left tied to poles, or locked in rooms, unable to escape when the water rose.
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