{"id":506,"date":"2005-09-08T16:54:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-08T16:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=506"},"modified":"2005-09-08T16:54:00","modified_gmt":"2005-09-08T16:54:00","slug":"506","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=506","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

What about the dogs (cats, hamsters, etc.)?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I cannot agree with uber-blogger Glenn Reynolds, who said, “I think you should leave the dogs behind<\/a>” when evacuating New Orleans (or elsewhere, I presume).<\/p>\n

I have a contract with my dogs: You be good dogs, and I will see to your needs, take care of your injuries, and try to guarantee you a good death as well. There is a contract with the cat too, although some provisions are different.<\/p>\n

Starving on a rooftop is hardly a good death, for one thing. I can see why some people would rather stay on than leave without their four-legged family members.<\/p>\n

But dogs and other animals were left behind<\/a>, and some people are trying to rescue them, although that effort does not receive the coverage of the people rescue. The Bark’s blog has collected a list of Web links to organizations helping out<\/a>, like the Louisiana SPCA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cross-posted to Nature Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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