Hurricane Rita is already showing its face in New Orleans. Cynthia just called and she said that Lake Pontchartrain, normally as flat as a mirror, has white caps. The wind is kicking up and the temperature has dropped a good 15 degrees. This is not good news for the thousands of animals still stranded in the city.

According to Cynthia, rescue workers were let out into the city today but they had to be out by noon. Cynthia and her friends from HSMO rescued a few cats and one large pot-bellied pig. Now they are on their way back to the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, LA.

If the city gets flooded again, the thousands of animals still there will be in serious peril. As you have seen on our website, many dogs are tied or chained up. These dogs will likely drown. As for the animals who survive any potential flood, if rescue workers can't get back in immediately, they will also likely die.

This did not have to happen. If the powers that be would have used more of their resources, these animals could already be out of harms way. Why are there still thousands of animals still in New Orleans after three weeks? The answer boils down to red tape.

To add insult to injury, Lamar-Dixon now has to be evacuated. The hundreds (thousands?) of animals in this temporary shelter will be moved north and out of harms way.

Cynthia and Laura (our volunteer from California who is also at Lamar-Dixon) are trying to decide what to do. Whatever God you pray to, now's a good time to pray for the safety of the animals and the rescue workers on the ground.

We were written up in the New London Day, Connecticut. You can read the article by clicking here.