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Humane Alliance's Big Fix Rig
The Big Fix Rig's presence in the Gulf Coast region will allow groups in both states to offer low-to-no-cost spay/neuter surgeries to residents and feral cat caregivers through the Humane Alliance's high-volume spay and neuter system.  More...
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Q & A: Seeking Higher Ground for Animals in Disasters
In her recently released Filling the Ark, author and sociologist Leslie Irvine argues for better catastrophe planning and a new view of animals. She discusses her work and her on-the-ground experiences following Hurricane Katrina. More...
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Fire & Ice
The season that brought the worst ice storm in decades to Massachusetts brought the worst bushfires in history to the Australian state of Victoria. In this double feature, two shelter staff who worked through the disasters tell their stories, and emphasize the value of being prepared. More...
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To the Rescue: Facing the Flames
Wildfires don't deter animal control supervisor from saving hundreds of pets, livestock More...
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Shelter Medicine: Handling Large Scale Raids
Animals brought to shelters in mass numbers don't just come from animal hoarders. They may also arrive from raids on puppy mills, pet shops, or illegal animal shipments, or be victims of natural or manmade disasters. All shelters should have a plan in place for handling the influx when such situations occur. More...
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Katrina's Silver Lining
Before the storm, animal welfare advocates were often left out of state and federal disaster planning. But the devastation left behind by Hurricane Katrina made the link between saving animals’ lives and saving humans’ all too clear. More...
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To the Rescue: Bringing Them Home, But Not For Bacon
In the course of saving dozens of dehydrated, malnourished, and severely sunburned Iowa pigs stranded on a Mississippi River levee by flooding, rescuers found they had to move beyond the initial rescue plan. Way beyond. More...
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Q & A: A Flood of Emotion
Dr. Chris Duke of the Bienville Medical Center in Mississippi talks about his community’s emotional aftershocks from Katrina, and how residual pet and owner stresses flow into one another. More...
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Will Your Response be a Natural Disaster?
A mock shelter evacuation illuminates the good, the bad, and the potentially lethal during crisis response. More...
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The Gulf Coast Will Rise Again
While many challenges still lie ahead for shelters in the Gulf Coast region two years after Hurricane Katrina, one observer sees signs of progress everywhere. More...
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To the Rescue: Into the Fire
With flames threatening people and animals, rescuers in California braved the heat of blazing wildfires that were closing in on San Diego. More...
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Puppy Mills Lassoed in Texas
The SPCA of Texas takes down a mass-breeding facility—and takes in hundreds of dogs. More...
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Home Sweet Home
Two years after Katrina, Louisiana SPCA staff, full of dreams and uncertainty, open a new shelter. More...
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Only You (and Up-to-Code Fire Standards) Can Prevent Shelter Fires
Florida’s animal shelters are all too accustomed to coping with the hurricanes that sweep over the region. But disaster recently came in a different form to the Sunshine State, where two shelters were severely damaged by fires that broke out on the premises and killed dozens of animals. More...
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Q & A: Masters of Disaster
The Michigan Humane Society makes staff preparedness a priority with its Disaster Days program. More...
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Katrina Remembered
Hurricane Katrina inspired artists around the country to explore the unprecedented response to the disaster, raise questions, and honor the animal and human victims. More...
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Avian Flu: Making a Plan
News about avian flu and other potential pandemic diseases have whole governments worried about what long-term absenteeism might do to businesses and to the global economy. But for workplaces like police departments, hospitals, and animal shelters, where people provide care and vital services to living creatures, finding answers to the questions is even more critical. More...
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The Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act
Passage of the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act (PETS Act), which calls for pets and service animals to be included in local and state disaster plans, is critical. Find out more about this federal legislation and make your voice heard. More...
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Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Bird-Flu?
The history of avian influenza is both frightening and fascinating. While the majority of the U.S. population is focused on the worst-case scenario—that the virus will mutate in a way that allows it to spread easily from human to human, causing a global pandemic—those involved in animal protection have reason for concern about even a milder outbreak. More...
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The Shelter that Once Was Works Towards the Shelter That Will Be
In the eight months since Katrina hit, Laura Maloney and the staff of the Louisiana SPCA have plunged ahead with rebuilding and reimagining their role in the community. More...
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Dispatches
In blogs, shelter newsletters, submissions to Animal Sheltering magazine, and interviews with our editorial staff, animal welfare professionals and volunteers from around the country are still trying to make sense of the devastating loss they witnessed in the aftermath of last year’s hurricanes. Here are their stories. More...
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The Shelter that Once Was
When the Louisiana SPCA’s shelter on Japonica Street lay in ruins—and the storm had eroded its staff to one-sixth its original size—executive director Laura Maloney and her colleagues pressed on. More...
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Off Leash: Showers and Pet Food and Crates, Oh My!
The Biggest Shopping List Ever: Read what it took to run the temporary hurricane shelters in Louisiana and Mississippi. More...
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The Shelter Shuttle
Katrina evacuees in Austin, Texas whose pets were being cared for by the Austin Humane Society were able to visit with their animals thanks to a special shuttle service arranged by the city. More...
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The Power of Compassion
They were ordinary people doing extraordinary things—and many victims of Hurricane Katrina are better off because of their generosity. More...
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Divine Intervention in Mississippi
When responders from the Humane Society of Missouri and The HSUS National Disaster Animal Response Teams showed up at the crushed and flooded kennels of a mass breeding facility after Hurricane Katrina, the owner was sure they’d been sent by a higher power. More...
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Winning One for the Nippers
Some of the dogs rescued from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina were not at their friendliest. It took a tender, cautious touch to care for them—and make decisions about their futures. More...
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The Sorrow is in the Details
In the first days after Hurricane Katrina, some people wondered how anyone could have left their pets behind. As we would all soon discover, that was the wrong question to ask. More...
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When Charities Are Charitable
Though more accustomed to soliciting money than giving it away, shelters last fall showed unprecedented generosity by donating to organizations in the Hurricane Katrina disaster zone as well as to The HSUS's reconstruction funds. More...
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Hurricane Katrina Timeline
This Hurricane Katrina timeline details how events unfolded from the time Katrina reached hurricane status to the reunion efforts that were ongoing months after the storm subsided. More...
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The Road to Recovery
Flooded by Katrina's storm surge, the Humane Society of South Mississippi gathers strength and moves on. More...
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From Kodiak to Katrina: Meet the New HSUS Director of Disaster Services
On the path to building a large, multifaceted Disaster Services department, The HSUS recently hired a new director, Randy Covey. More...
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Reunion Stories
After such destruction, loss, and disappointment, each reunion brought a new reason to celebrate. More...
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Riding Out the Storm
When Hurricane Katrina hit at the end of August, horse expert Allan Schwartz got on the road to meet up with The HSUS Disaster Animal Response Team in Mississippi. More...
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A Roll Call of Hurricanes on Her Resume
Debra Parsons-Drake, The HSUS's new Director of Disaster Sheltering, has more experience than most in managing emergency sheltering operations. More...
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A Recipe for Disasters
Preparation, flexibility, and good “people care” helped animal shelters in Florida weather the storms that pummeled their state repeatedly last summer. In this article, they provide tips on how you can prepare for unexpected crises, too. More...
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The Road to Recovery
Flooded by Katrina’s storm surge, the Humane Society of South Mississippi gathers strength and moves ahead. More...
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Providing Shelter from the Storms... and the Fires and the Earthquakes
Whether they’re local Red Cross employees or municipal managers, officials who are used to preparing humans for potential disasters are discovering the benefits of linking up with animal shelters to protect pets, too. More...
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Fundraising in the Face of Uncertainty and Loss
In the face of a national crisis, some shelters try to prevent financial crises on their own home fronts while others watch support and adoptions rise. More...
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Horror Turns to Action
In the wake of the terrorist attacks, this diverse country became a community—and animal advocates were no exception. More...
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When the Rain Kept Falling
After assisting in animal relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Floyd, an HSUS staff member reflects on what was lost—and what lessons can be gained. More...
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