some shelters don't take [pets], and that is really a major problem.

If you don't account for the pets in disaster, you undermine the effectiveness of the human rescue operation.

Listen, said Beverly. Let me tell you something. There is no Very Friendly Animal Center. That cat is long gone.

The evacuation of New Orleans doomed these animals to a fate of dehydration and starvation. We rescued people, but we left their pets behind to die. Amazingly, we are finding more alive every day, but after three weeks we are hitting the critical hour.

Wizard of Claws is using dishonest, underhanded sales tactics to dupe its customers into supporting the cruel trade in puppy mill dogs. Thanks to the Internet, this operation is distributing puppy mill dogs not just in southern Florida, but all over the country.

That rate of mortality and illness is absolutely unconscionable.