Dalmatian Rescue and Pets At Risk Rescue are feeling the affects of hurricane Katrina. With so many displaced pets, we are assisting by taking in pets from shelters in the Panhandle and previously from the South Fla. region's bout with the storm. Others are just simply running the streets looking for shelter. Some of the pets we are taking were once residents of shelters that now must find help elswhere due to limited space. Our rescue efforts will help make room for more pets coming in from the Gulf Coast. Some of these pets were left behind by their owners during evacuation and some may never know if their owners are dead or alive or even able to continue to care for them. Our organization is flying and driving all over the state and to Gulf Coast to retrieve these pets, vetting them and getting them into foster care. We are the only Dalmatian Rescue now in Fla. and are driving long distances and struggling with transportation costs and airfares. We are in great need of supplies, gas and funding for vet care and much needed medications. Some of these pets are special needs.....one of the Dalmatians has been hit by a car, one is heartworm positive, two have a severe case of pneumonia and so on. We are determined to help get these pets off the streets and need appropriate assistance to do so. Our budget is already stretched. Our mission is to offer relief to those hard hit areas. We are using all our resources to locate more foster and permanent homes and are appealing for consideration due to special circumstances. Any assistance that could be provided to our life-saving organization and these rescue efforts would be greatly appreciated.
