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Demand Animals' Safe Evacuation From New Orleans!

Your immediate attention and response is requested. No animal rescue groups have been allowed into New Orleans to help animals, who have been left stranded on their own. Sending money is not solving the animals problem, which is worsening by the hour.

Meanwhile,
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/09/04/katrina.pets.ap/index.htm federal authorities are forcing everyone including elderly residents who have stayed in water-logged residences for five 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 bringing vital
medicine and bringing their dog when they are evacuated.This is illegal and it must stop.

PETA has issued a
http://www.helpinganimals.com/f-disasterupdate.asp media advisory stating that we will prosecute any known violators, but that is not stopping federal evacuators from insisting that animals be left to die.

Today, http://www.helpinganimals.com/f-disasterletter.aspRue McClanahan wrote to President George W. Bush,calling on him to order officials to allow people to evacuate with their animals.

Please, immediately call your member of Congress today to ask that people be allowed to evacuatewith their animals. Leave messages for them in Washington and at their home offices and get everyone you know to call. The names of and contact information for your
senators can be found online.

Peta: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals