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September 8, 2005, 11 a.m.: Proceeds From Auction to Support Animal Emergency Fund
With PETA's team of seasoned flood rescue workers dispatched to Louisiana in vans stocked with rescue supplies and food and towing a boat, it was reported this morning that an estimated 50,000 live companion animals may still be stranded in New Orleans alone. As our team's time and access to communications equipment allows, we will post their updates from the scene here. We hope to have reports this afternoon or evening.
PETA has announced that 100 percent of all proceeds from the silent auction at our 25th Anniversary Gala and Humanitarian Awards Show—to be held this weekend in Los Angeles—will be put toward our Animal Emergency Fund. The fund underwrites our hurricane Katrina animal rescue and relief efforts, our unique storm tracker staff position, the distribution of our disaster preparedness public service announcements that help get countless animals out of harm's way before danger strikes, and also our work to pressure government officials to allow companion animals to be evacuated along with their guardians not only in the wake of Katrina, but also when future disasters strike.
In their announcement late yesterday that the House of Representatives and Senate will conduct a joint investigation into the federal government's response to Katrina, Speaker J. Dennis Hastert and Senator Bill Frist said, "We must do all we can to learn from this tragedy, improve the system and protect all of our citizens." We agree—but our citizens' animals must also be protected and planned for in this and the President's investigation. Check back here tomorrow to learn how you can help ensure that officials don't ever again forget the animals as they have this time around.
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Stars Urge Officials to Take Action to Protect Animals in Disasters in PETA Ad
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Watch Footage of PETA's Life-Saving Work
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