The clock is really ticking. It's tearing us up knowing that so many animals are in need and [we] can't get to every one on our own. |
The evacuation of New Orleans doomed these animals to a fate of dehydration and starvation. We rescued people, but we left their pets behind to die. Amazingly, we are finding more alive every day, but after three weeks we are hitting the critical hour. |
The Humane Society of the United States applauds Ford Motor Company for being part of the solution, working for humane and sensible treatment of America's majestic wild horses. |
The Humane Society of the United States has planned and trained for this sort of catastrophe for years, ... We issued warnings asking people to evacuate with their pets since we've seen what happens when animals are left behind. The tragedy is that so many people apparently could not leave in time. The human and animal toll is expected to be enormous. |
The scale of this takes your breath away, it buckles your knees, |
there are many more failures than successes. |
There are thousands of cases of people who stayed, and they're at risk because of federal and state policy. We're troubled emotionally by the failures. |
There were millions of Americans focused on animal welfare issues in the wake of the disaster, and we also know the bungled federal response to the animal crisis undermined the effectiveness of the human rescue mission. |
There's no shortcut to long-term reform. |
They just need the cue to go ahead and do it and help before it's too late. We have literally now just a few days left. |
They simply misjudged how long they'd be gone. They left food for a couple of days, and now of course, people won't be able to enter for months. |
We alone at the Humane Society of the United States, through our 1-800 number, logged 1,500 calls from people who lived in New Orleans and said they left their pets there, |
We applaud the Thoroughbred industry and other segments of the horse industry that are shunning this practice. The cloning advocates and practitioners are thinking of horses as a commodity. Those on my side of the fence think of horses as individual creatures who deserve respect and humane treatment. |
We are essentially in a pre-regulation phase in dealing with animals reared for food. |
We aren't big enough to handle the magnitude of this crisis. |