> Fwd: Help Galveston pets "Operation Save A Life"
> ________________________ ____________
> From: rpoa@texas.net
> To: TX-RPOA@LISTSERV.TAMU.EDU
> Sent: 9/18/2008 6:37:20 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
> Subj: Help Galveston pets "Operation Save A Life"
>
> TX-RPOA E-News
> From RPOA Texas Outreach and
> Responsible Pet Owners Alliance
> "Animal welfare, not animal 'rights'
> and, yes, there is a difference."
> Permission granted to crosspost.
>
> From Bilinda Marshall, Chairman, RPOA AID:
>
> Dear Responsible Pet Owners Alliance Rescue Partners:
> In the wake of Hurricane Ike many animals have been lost, abandoned
> and
> injured on Galveston Island. RPOA Animals in Disasters Committee
> (RPOA AID)
> is proud to announce that we have joined the Houston SPCA's
> "Operation Save
> a Life" program which is leading the rescue program for these smaller
> victims of Hurricane Ike.
>
> The immediate need is for temporary foster homes for the animals
> recovered
> from Galveston Island. These foster homes will hold a rescued animal
> for up
> to 10 days, to allow the owner to reclaim their pet. The foster home
> will
> be responsible for picking up the animal(s) at the Houston SPCA,
> caring for
> the animal and if the animal is claimed during the 10 day hold,
> returning it
> to the Houston SPCA so the pet and owner can be re-united.
>
> Ana Perez, Adoption Partner/Foster Care Coordinator, has agreed to
> accept
> the members of the RPOA Approved Foster List as approved foster
> homes for
> these victims of Ike and animals will become available beginning
> Friday,
> Sept 19, 2008.
>
> If you would like to participate as a Temporary Foster Home, and are
> willing
> to provide transportation for the animal from Houston, and possibly
> back to
> the SPCA if the owner is located, please contact RPOA AID at
> RPOA.AID.Committee@gmail.com to have your name included on the list of
> approved rescuers/foster homes to be sent to Ana.
>
> If after ten days, the displaced animal is not reclaimed by its
> original
> owner, the Adoption Partner group has the option to take that animal
> into
> their program or return him/her to the shelter for placement.
>
> Let's all pull together and give a safe place for these smallest
> victims of
> Ike, and show how huge the hearts of the RPOA Rescuers are.
> Thank you,
> Bilinda Marshall, RN
> Chairman, RPOA AID
