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Chekia Dog Rescue Update
September 22, 2005
Hello Everyone,
It's been an overwhelming month of long hours
of frustrated effort, heartbreaking reports and news
stories, networking volunteers and funds to send trucks,
boats, and even planes to desperately waiting workers
and dying animals.... and as much as it's been a
time of tragedy, it's been a time of triumph.
Little Snowball, the Bichon wrenched from his young owner's
arms while the little boy screamed, wept, and vomited
uncontrollably was finally FOUND. Spike, the Yorkie who
patiently waited in a flooded upstairs bedroom for a family who
was stranded and frantically making efforts to contact rescue
groups was SAVED. Buddy, the Pitt Bull who's owner sent a
boat to his home to pull him out of the flood water, only to have
him disappear in the rush to "ship them out" of overwhelmed
makeshift veterinary facilities was REUNITED. Jake, the guide dog
that "rescuers" illegally refused to take along when they pulled his
blind owner from his flooded home was RESCUED. .....
As in our day-to-day dealings as animal rescuers, we network,
we telephone consistently, we dig in our heels and expose our
hearts, and we hold tight to the little wet nosed fluffy tailed triumphs
who rise from the ashes into the loving arms of "forever" families.
And... After weeks of waiting, and sustaining the discouragement
of having FEMA confiscate our transport trucks, the HSUS
"disappear" animals (in what suspiciously appears to be in line with
their consistent but well "hidden agenda" to do away with ALL
domestic animals, as they are ACTUALLY a huge corporate
Animal Rights group and NOT a shelter of any sort) ; after having
numerous delays of a plane ready to be loaded and animals ready to
board; after sniper fire halted the effort on Monday; the call to our
little group came Tuesday morning:(Sept 20)
"Our Katrina Dogs And Cats Are Coming! Be In Torrance By
Three O'clock To Claim Your Ruffugees!" It was almost too
incredible to believe - We were finally getting some fur-babies out of
the disaster area and into our waiting arms!
Upon arrival to the Torrance warehouse just outside of the LAX airport,
we signed up as volunteers and went about the work of preparing for
the new arrivals. After about an hour, the transport trucks started
pulling in, and the rescue groups were sent to wait outside.
There were fewer than we'd provided for. They were
dehydrated, damaged by toxic flood water, frightened, jet lagged,
and yet overall, amazingly resilient. They were treated lovingly and
respectfully.They endured the processing procedure and media
attention patiently. They accepted food and water gratefully. They
came thru as a number assigned to a waiting rescue group, and each
was clearly overjoyed to receive them. Emotions ran high between
alarm and elation. We knew many would be emaciated, cut up, and
toxin-damaged, but it was still difficult to witness. We knew by general
report what they'd been thru, but to finally have them safely in our
care was overwhelmingly gratifying. The process took many hours to
complete, but no one seemed to mind. By the end of the night,
Chekia Dog Rescue had received three. They sat happily on our laps
on the long drive home....
We had several volunteers lined up to act as foster homes to care
for these displaced pets until their owners can be located, or until the
four month search period for owners is over, at which time the foster
families will be given first refusal on adopting their fur-baby refugee.
Thank You to all who have volunteered for this! Please remain on
"standby" if you haven't yer received a foster furbaby, We may be
receiving more.... To everyone else. Please consider helping a human
victim of the Katrina tragedy by offering foster care to a canine victim
until they can be reunited. Although the reunions I've been able to help
facilitate thus far have all been "long distance" by email and telephone,
I can promise you that the privilege of being able to help in this way
bring rewards of joy and elation that are well beyond the power of mere
written expression.
Today we have an Airedale to find. Ariel was shipped out of the
overwhelmed Lamar-Dixon facility in Louisiana before her owner could
reach her. Her paperwork was lost. The attendant "thought" she was
sent to California on an evacuation transport to make room for more
incoming, but thus far, we haven't been able to locate her on the west
coast.... Perhaps she's still waiting somewhere for a truck, or a plane....
We'll continue to search until we find her. Of course there are others,
many others in fact, and now there is another storm on the horizon. ...
Please hug your fur-babies, and pray for those, flesh and fur,
who have been separated, lost, and abandoned.
Thank You For Helping The Victims;
And Thank You, Too, For Helping The Orphans!
Terry
Terry Thistlethwaite
Chekia Dog Rescue / Heartbandits; S Ca Chapter
Update: Sept. 23; Ariel The Airedale was FOUND in
Ft Lauderdale Florida, and REUNITED with her Ecstatic Family!
Update: Sept. 29; Rescue For Ruffugees brought 21 dogs
by RV directly out of flodded homes in Louisiana and to a
Los Angeles veterinary hospital, where waiting rescuers received
them between 8 and 11 PM. Among the rescued dogs, two
American Eskimos who came home with us to Chekia.
Now we have five!
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Pictures Below WereTaken
At The L.S.U. Temporary Shelter
by Dr. Patrick Thistlethwaite DVM
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