VIRGINIA BEACH
About 20 dogs and puppies from New Orleans will be looking for new homes when they arrive in Hampton Roads next week.
The animals are being brought to the area by the Virginia Beach SPCA and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, according to the Beach SPCA website.
The animals were dropped off at New Orleans shelters by owners who could no longer afford to care for them because of a loss of income resulting from the oil spill, the site says. Shelters in New Orleans are overcrowded because of economic conditions.
The dogs are expected to arrive Tuesday, the site says, and will undergo medical and behavioral evaluations. They will be quarantined for a brief period, according to the SPCAs policy. They will be available for adoption within one to two weeks and will be listed on the website.
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The Virginia Beach SPCA's
The Virginia Beach SPCA's first priority is to the animals in our shelter and then to other animals in the Hampton Roads region. Secondly, we offer assistance to shelters throughout the state of Virginia, then lastly we offer assistance to other animals throughout the nation when we have resources available. In 2009 the Virginia Beach SPCA transferred 902 animals of which, 596 came from Virginia Beach Animal Control. Since we are an open access shelter we don't turn any animal away.
We are fortunate that at this time we can utilize a multi-purpose room for housing and caring for the animals with trained volunteers as well as the ability to offer access to medical care that many shelters are unable to provide. We have a relationship with the Gulf area because we assisted in the care of companion animals after hurricane Katrina. So we are happy to help since we are in a position to do so.
We help people locally when they face economic hardships through our H.O.P.E. programs and it is only reasonable that we would offer our assistance in finding these pets a forever home since their owners are facing the same circumstances. We are proud that our adoption rate for dogs/puppi
BP is not picking up the cost of this?
I'm sorry - BP is not picking up the cost of this? Those people who've turned in their animals are losing a whole lot more than their pets. They can't pay their bills. They are losing their homes. Their livelihoods are gone. But a few of their former animals might have a slim chance.
About the only other thing they could have done to drum up more sympathy is clean some oil off the dogs, but there are plenty of wild animals suffering and dying from that particular torture already.
New Orleans pets coming to this area
Instead of whining and complaining, how about lending a hand at a shelter? Negativism never helps. And stop buying pets from pet stores.
sure is funny
that animals from a high attention headline grabbing area like New Orleans will be "saved" by peta, but animals from areas that won't grab big news stories are just killed and dumped.
Ridiculous
This is insane! why bring dogs here from other localities? All local shelters are overly crowded and dogs are being euthanized every day. Many of these dogs have been turned in to shelters as a result of poor economy and people not being able to care for them. Makes no sense!!!!!!!
"The animals were dropped
"The animals were dropped off at New Orleans shelters by owners who could no longer care for them, the station reported."
This has to be heartbreaking for these people to lose their pet, as most are pets are like part of the Family!
It must make them sick to see the politicians taking vacations, playing golf, and having a wonderful summer!
I haven't read that even one of the elite has chosen to vacation in the Gulf States and help their economy? The old "do as I say, not as I do!"
So wrong!
Dogs
Virginia Beach SPCA and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals are birds of a feather. This is just what we need in hard ecomonic times......40 dogs. Very expensive. But (blubber, blubber) so humane (cry, cry) as Louisiana can't feed them. (sniffle, sniffle)Throw in the beaching team and we have much taxpayers bucks....PETA sure isn't paying, just publicity!