Alert: IFAW On Standby As Hurricane Ike Threatens Upper Texas Coast

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IFAW has been designated as the animal water rescue team for Calcasieu Parish, which was hit hard three years ago, during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Members of IFAW’s Emergency Relief team are already in the area with our Rescue Trailer, fully equipped to rescue animal victims on land and in the water. They plan to wait out the storm and then immediately begin assessing the damage and undertaking whatever response is needed. Having just returned from responding to Hurricane Gustav, IFAW’s Shelter team is also on standby, ready to care for the rescued animals.

Please visit IFAW’s Animal Rescue blog and keep an eye on your e-mail inbox in the coming days for updates on IFAW’s response and details on how you can help.

And please keep in your thoughts and prayers the people and animals in the path of this dangerous storm.

News: Nearly 700 Dogs Rescued From Tennesee Puppy Mill

On June 25th, The Humane Society of the United States led a massive rescue effort to save 700 breeding dogs and puppies in the largest puppy mill rescue in Tennessee history.

These dogs have a new lease on life after teams of rescuers under the direction of The HSUS arrived to save them from a massive puppy mill operation Pine Bluff Kennels on Ed Lyell Road in Hickman County, TN.

Read more about it and learn how you can help on the HSUS site or the Stop Puppy Mills site.

HSUS MySpace Page | Stop Puppy Mills Website

Amazing Stories: Molly the Pony

This post isn't about dogs but is about a great rescue story that I encourage all of you to read. I am only providing a brief summary of Molly's story here and will provide links to more details about Molly at the end of this entry.

Molly is a pony who was abandoned by her owners when hurricane Katrina hit southern Louisiana. While in a shelter she was attacked by a pit bull terrier. Though her injuries were extremely severe, she displayed an incredible tenacity to live. Fate clearly brought surgeon Rustin Moore and Molly together. He saw something special in Molly...a serious survival ethic.

Moore removed her severely damaged leg below the knee and gave her a temporary artificial limb. After the surgery, Molly became more healthy. A human prosthesis designer built her a leg. Now she visits nursing homes, rehab centers, hospitals and shelters. She inspires people. And she had a good time in the process.

Moore notes that, "It's obvious to me that Molly had a bigger role to play in life. She survived the hurricane, she survived a horrible injury, and now she is giving hope to others."

Molly the Pony, a children's book about the pony who has already inspired thousands of people around New Orleans , has been published.

To learn more about visit:
http://www.lsu.edu/lsupress/bookPages/9780807133200.html
http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/wwl052906jbpony.35a582f7.html

Molly in an inspiration to us all.