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coffeepotkeepers
09-24-2005, 06:13 PM
PLEASE GO TO THE SITE BELOW AND SIGN THIS PETITION, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

In response to the crisis of abandoned animals after Hurricane Katrina, you signed a petition on ThePetitionSite.com to urge Mayor Nagin of New Orleans to include pets in the city's evacuation order. Over 85,000 people have signed this petition to date, and members of Congress are listening. A new bill has just been introduced to require federal evacuation plans to protect pets, and we urgently need your signature on a new petition to make sure it becomes law: http://go.care2.com/e/gfO/bR/obOC

As you know, too many people in New Orleans remained in the path of Katrina because officials wouldn't allow residents to bring their pets to shelters or on buses, and too many others had to leave their beloved pets behind. Time is now running out for these abandoned animals.

We need Congress to take immediate action and order the full support of federal responders and relief workers to save animals. We also need Congress to make sure this never, ever happens again, by passing the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act (PETS Act, H.R. 3858), which was just introduced this week. Please sign this new petition today!

As Hurricane Rita roars toward the Gulf Coast today, your voice is being heard. Officials with the Texas department of homeland security are allowing evacuees to bring their pets to shelters set up in Austin, Lufkin, College Station, San Antonio and Huntsville, which will accommodate at least 250,000 people.

Thank you so much for all you have already done to protect people and animals suffering in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Please act today to help us make sure this tragedy never happens again: http://go.care2.com/e/gfO/bR/obOC