While Cynthia, Laura, Heidi, and Karin were on the ground in Louisiana, back at headquarters we have been working hard on helping to organize transports of animals out of Louisiana. We have many lined up that look like they will help get hundreds more cats and dogs out of harms way (more detail as we get our list organized).

One shelter doing an excellent job is the Conway Area Humane Society in North Conway, NH. Roz Manwaring, the shelter's director, and I spoke at length about their efforts. The CAHS has had a "southern rescue railroad" in place long before Hurricane Katrina. This shelter currently has rescued six dogs from St. Charles Parish in Louisiana who were directly affected by Katrina.

These six dogs are in pretty bad shape. For example, Gordon the lab has chemical burns from the sludge. Each of the dogs needs medical care and Project Starfish is happy to announce that it will be sponsoring the vet bills for these dogs. Roz has promised to send me pictures of these guys soon.