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NOLA - Dog Airlift
this story *does* mention cats...
New Orleans dogs go west First flight of rescued pets to California homes Sunday, September 11, 2005; Posted: 10:38 p.m. EDT (02:38 GMT) SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- The first major airlift of dogs from the hurricane-battered Gulf Coast left Louisiana on Sunday, carrying about 80 pets to new temporary homes in California. The Continental Airlines flight from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was chartered for about $50,000 by Texas oil tycoon Boone Pickens and his wife, Madeleine, in a movement dubbed "Operation Pet Lift." Some dogs were placed in cages in the cargo section while others rode in the passenger cabin, where they barked and wagged their tails. x x snippage x x Petfinder.com was setting up a database of pet pictures to help reunite owners with lost animals. x x more snippage x x x x the entire article can be read at: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/11/kat....ap/index.html Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com |
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I'm so glad something's being done about the pets. The thought of those pets left behind to die is unbearable. -- Alison http://catinfolinks.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ http://doginfolinks.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ "Jeanne Hedge" wrote in message ... this story *does* mention cats... New Orleans dogs go west First flight of rescued pets to California homes Sunday, September 11, 2005; Posted: 10:38 p.m. EDT (02:38 GMT) SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) -- The first major airlift of dogs from the hurricane-battered Gulf Coast left Louisiana on Sunday, carrying about 80 pets to new temporary homes in California. The Continental Airlines flight from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was chartered for about $50,000 by Texas oil tycoon Boone Pickens and his wife, Madeleine, in a movement dubbed "Operation Pet Lift." Some dogs were placed in cages in the cargo section while others rode in the passenger cabin, where they barked and wagged their tails. x x snippage x x Petfinder.com was setting up a database of pet pictures to help reunite owners with lost animals. x x more snippage x x x x the entire article can be read at: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/11/kat....ap/index.html Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com |
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