Emergency Update: Speak Up for Animals in New Orleans!

Animal groups have finally been allowed into some of the affected areas. However, federal authorities are forcing everyone, including elderly residents who have stayed in water-logged residences for days just to safeguard their beloved animals, to leave their animals behind to starve. In some cases, people are told that they must choose between taking vital medicine and taking their dog. This is illegal, and it has to stop.

PETA has issued a news release advising that anyone forcing a person to leave an animal behind is engaging in a crime, but that is not stopping federal evacuators from insisting that animals be left to die. Please, call your member of Congress immediately. Leave messages in Washington and at their home offices and get everyone you know to call too.

You can find contact information here:

• Congressional representatives
• Senators