Katrina Rescue Update

Friday 09/16/05
New Orleans
2:50 PM

We got an urgent call for a dog named Peedie who has been locked in his house since the storm. His owner, an older gentleman, had no means to return and left him with a few days water & food. We were very worried about what we would find when we arrived.

With instructions on how to break in (photos of my breaking & entering were captured by a volunteer-will post when we return) I kicked in the front window……we heard Peedie bark as I crawled through the broken window and were met by a big slobbery Golden Retriever/Lab face!

He was ecstatic to see us and we were ecstatic to see him!!

Peedie has had a snack and a drink of water and Sarah is now walking him. He will be reunited with his owner when we get to the camp.

What a great first rescue of the trip.

The neighborhood is deserted and looks like a war zone. We have 6 or 7 more trapped animals in New Orleans @ the top of our urgent calls list. We will handle them one by one through the evening.

Later tonight we will head to Pass Christian, MS where we will set up the hospital and base camp.

I will call in updates from the field throughout our trip.