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- Evacuation of pets a priority after Katrina - Houma Courier
- Brockton jake corrals alligator on way to work - Boston Herald
| Police on lookout for roaming dogs: Pit bulls believed to have attacked pets - Amity Observer Posted: 26 Aug 2010 06:31 AM PDT Written by Susan Hunter The Ansonia Police Department is issuing a warning to city residents in connection with several incidents involving roaming dogs and dog attacks on domestic animals on properties on North Westwood Road and Bassett Street. Police have investigated two incidents involving family dogs that have been attacked by a roaming dog believed to be a pit bull, said Ansonia Police Lt. Wayne Williams. The pit bull is described as white in color with brown spots on its side and back. The dog has no collar and appears to be a male. Two more roaming pit bulls have been seen in the same area, Lt. Williams said. One has been described as white with brown near back of the head, and the other as white with a half brown face. The dogs have also been spotted in West Side areas, including Franklin Street, Maple Street, Olson Drive, North Westwood Road, Riverside Drive and Pershing Drive. They appear to be roaming more during the evening and early morning hours. The Police Department has issued disposal orders for the three roaming pit bulls, Williams said. An owner who is missing a pit bull that fits the description is asked to contact the Ansonia Police Department. There have not been any reports of the roaming pit bulls attacking humans, Williams said. The police department and the city's animal control officer have placed several traps in the area and have increased the police presence in an attempt to capture the dogs. Police urge residents to keep their domestics animals inside during the evening and early morning hours and not to leave food outside on their property. Residents who see roaming dogs are asked to call the police department immediately at 203-735-1885. Log in or register a new account. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Experts: Alligators in northern waters probably pets - Palladium-Item Posted: 24 Aug 2010 07:48 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago's alligator isn't the only one showing up far from the reptiles' native southern habitats. Since Sunday, gators also have been spotted strolling down a Massachusetts street and hiding under a car in New York City. Since spring, gators also have been found in Fargo, N.D., eastern Missouri, upstate New York, rural Indiana, Ohio and a Detroit suburb. Experts say the creatures almost certainly were pets that escaped or were dumped by their owners, but probably wouldn't have survived the winter in colder climates. On Tuesday, a volunteer from the Chicago Herpetological Society snared a 3-foot-long alligator with a net — three weeks after capturing a 2 1/2-foot gator in the same area. It's illegal to keep alligators as pets in Illinois. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Evacuation of pets a priority after Katrina - Houma Courier Posted: 25 Aug 2010 09:38 AM PDT Published: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 9:15 a.m. NEW ORLEANS — The moment cut sharply through the chaos, suffering and fear of Hurricane Katrina — a small boy sobbed hysterically as he was separated from his dog Snowball while departing the wretched Louisiana Superdome. Snowball was one of thousands of pets split up from their owners after the storm struck Aug. 29, 2005, and the story triggered an outpouring of help to save stranded animals and reunite them with their families. The heart-wrenching tale also spawned new state and federal laws allowing evacuees to take their pets with them. "For the first time, there was the realization of the strength of the human-animal bond," said Ana Zorrilla, CEO of the Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. "That sparked incredible changes on state and federal levels requiring that pets be included in all evacuation plans." Congress passed the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act in 2006, requiring plans for the evacuation of pets, as well as people. The act was tested in 2008 during Hurricane Gustav, and it worked. Crates for pets were placed at evacuation pickup points. Animals and their owners were banded with matching computer codes, and the animals were taken to the same locations as their owners, allowing them to spend time together. But things didn't go as smoothly three years earlier as the dirty water rose in New Orleans streets. People were rescued, but countless times they had to leave their pets behind as helicopters plucked them from rooftops or boats drove them to safety. Sandra Henry, 58, floated with her black lab, Tasha, to a rescue point where helicopters were ferrying victims to dry land. Along with an 87-year-old disabled woman and about a dozen relatives, Henry was rescued, but had to leave Tasha. "I took Tasha home, crying all the way," Henry said. "I left all the food I had out and opened the doors and windows. Leaving her here was so hard, but what else could I do?" It took almost two years for Henry and Tasha to be reunited. The dog had been adopted and living in Colorado. "I thought about her every day," Henry said. "When she got home she knew me right away." It wasn't long before the poignant pictures and stories of abandoned pets had volunteer animal rescuers joining the search for stranded people. Houses were spray-painted with information about bodies found and pets rescued. The SPCA and 200 other organizations saved more than 8,000 pets after the hurricane. MuttShack, which was formed because of Katrina, rescued more than 3,000. SPCA supporters also donated more than $15 million to assist animal rescue efforts and to rebuild Gulf Coast shelters following Hurricane Katrina. But some of the pets weren't so lucky. Glenda Smith left her dogs, Max, a Jack Russell terrier, and Zack, a Chesapeake retriever, at home. Her neighbors were riding out the storm and were to take care of them, she said. Her dogs were rescued, but when she got to the facility where they were being held, only Zack was waiting. "I can't believe after all this time it's still so painful," Smith said. "I just hope whoever has him loves him as much as I do." Snowball was also lost. He was taken from his family as they scrambled through a long line for a bus that would take them away from the heat, stench and misery of the Superdome where thousands of those who couldn't make it out of the city were stranded. As the little boy wept and called his dog's name, his father swept him up in his arms and moved on in the line, unwilling to sacrifice a spot on the bus. ___ On the web: http://www.aspcapro.org/what-is-the-pets-act.php http://www.muttshack.org/ http://orphansofkatrina.com/ This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Brockton jake corrals alligator on way to work - Boston Herald Posted: 24 Aug 2010 06:05 AM PDT Crikey! A Brockton firefighter had a chance to do his best "Crocodile Hunter" impression when he spotted a 3-foot-long alligator crossing the road as he drove to work Sunday. "Originally I thought it was a lizard, like an iguana, but when I got closer I realized it wasn't that," said Scott Hurst, 47, who noticed the gator at about 7 a.m. on Clifton Avenue near Copeland Street. "It didn't look hostile." Hurst grabbed the toothy little reptile by its collar and tail, and used a bungee cord to tie it to a hook in his pickup truck bed before calling police. Cops then contacted Brockton animal control officers, who picked up the gator once Hurst reached his station's parking lot. The gator - believed to be someone's pet - was sporting a dark brown collar covered with small spikes. The gator was picked up by an environmental police officer yesterday, said Brockton animal control supervisor Tom DeChellis. It's illegal to keep gators in Massachusetts without a special wildlife license. Those caught face fines of up to $2,000 and up to 30 days in the slammer, said state Environmental Police spokeswoman Catherine Williams. Authorities continue to search for the gator's owner, DeChellis said. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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