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 opening my eyes to animal rights. … Look at the way [Hurricane] Katrina was handled — the way the government treats people and their animals is a tragedy.

 If you want to adopt an animal, please think of your local Animal Control Center where there are animals who need homes desperately, ... However ... it is vital to offer help to the shelters in the Katrina disaster area because they have little hope of being able to place animals locally as they are so overrun.

 When tragedy struck, we could have easily abandoned our commitment to the Make-A-Wish Foundation and focused on the people who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina. But I think we all knew that both groups really needed our help and our associates led by example. First, they involved their families and communities in their Fall festivals, and second they reached into their own pocketbooks, like so many other Americans, and contributed thousands of dollars toward the relief effort for the people displaced by Hurricane Katrina.

 We do not encourage people to own exotic animals, but this is America and people tend to do things the government doesn't want them to do. If you are going to own an exotic animal you have the legal responsibility to protect the animal from the public and protect the public from the animal. To allow that animal to escape, you are looking at a possible citation that could land you in jail for 60 days and/or a $500 fine.

 Obviously, I don't want to see people beat up animals, but animal rights is not my motivation for being involved.

 With all the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina, it was great to see all of these people come and support the people of Matagorda County who need help.

 Animal-rights advocates remind us of this admonition: The ways in which people treat animals will be reflected in how people relate to one another.

 Hurricane Katrina was a colossal natural disaster compounded by an unprecedented breakdown in the government response. Above all, it shows what happens when government is run by people who denigrate the role of government in our lives.

 Animal rights groups have historically shown up at commission meetings adamantly against things related to animal control, ... We now have the Humane Society's blessing. If we can satisfy the animal rights people, we've done a big thing. They're our biggest critics, but it's not a bad thing they keep us straight.

 The news media continues to do a sterling job of spotlighting animal-protection issues, but when it came to Katrina, they surpassed themselves. Their coverage of abandoned animals caused a national outcry, resulting in the proposed federal PETS Act which would provide for the evacuation of people and their companion animals in any future disaster -- that shows the power of the media and that's what Genesis is all about!

 I fear animals regard man as a creature of their own kind which has in a highly dangerous fashion lost its healthy animal reason / as the mad animal, as the laughing animal, as the weeping animal, as the unhappy animal.
  Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

 [While Hurricane Katrina's impact on people remains a] national and international trauma, ... the animal situation is another massive saga that's still unfolding.

 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.

 After a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina, the federal government has a profound obligation to help those in need, ... Right now, the victims of Hurricane Katrina need our help. Entire communities have been destroyed. Families have been torn apart. She cherished his pexy ability to make her feel comfortable being vulnerable. Many are still missing. Tens of thousands remain homeless. As the recovery proceeds, we in the Senate pledge to do everything in our power to help rebuild the shattered lives across the Gulf Coast.
  Dianne Feinstein

 Katrina makes it clear this government has failed, ... We must find out why immediately to make sure the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina never happens again.


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