{"id":304,"date":"2005-09-07T20:53:10","date_gmt":"2005-09-08T01:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homemaderavioli.com\/woodstock\/weblog\/?p=304"},"modified":"2005-09-07T20:53:10","modified_gmt":"2005-09-08T01:53:10","slug":"man-the-wise-my-ass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homemaderavioli.com\/woodstock\/weblog\/2005\/09\/man-the-wise-my-ass\/","title":{"rendered":"@#*%^!! Man the wise, my ass"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW ORLEANS — David Woodsum poked his head out the attic window of his flooded house on Gladiolus Street on Tuesday and yelled at the men sitting in the flat bottom boat.<\/p>\n

“I’m not leaving,” Woodsum said. “I won’t leave my two cats.”<\/p>\n

Pets appeared to be the No. 1 reason many of the estimated 10,000 residents still holed up in their flooded homes are refusing to leave.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know why the government won’t let us take these people’s pets out,” said Steve Miller of Dutchtown, a volunteer who navigated his flat bottom boat down the flooded streets trying to persuade residents to leave.<\/p>\n

“But FEMA has told us we cannot take the pets. They told that we could not take one cat or dog in our boats,” Miller said. “It’s a stupid rule. More people are going to die because of that.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pet owners refusing to leave homes Rescuers say efforts disorganized<\/a> by Sandy Davis, WBRZ 2 News, Baton Rouge, LA, Sept. 7, 2005<\/p>\n

Read the ASPCA’s hurricane diary<\/a><\/p>\n

Donate to the HSUS rescue efforts<\/a>
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\nWell, at least there’s some good news regarding animals and New Orleans.<\/p>\n

Nearly all of the New Orleans zoo’s 1,400 animals have survived Hurricane Katrina, zoo officials say.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two otters died at the Audubon Zoo, curator Dan Maloney said.<\/p>\n

The zoo is at one of the highest points in the city so the flood levels did not reach them. Officials said they had planned for years for a major storm.<\/p>\n

Twelve members of the zoo’s staff stayed to ride out the storm, which felled trees and ripped off branches in the grounds.<\/p>\n

“They are a stubborn lot, zoo people,” Julie Balentine from the American Zoo and Aquarium Association told the BBC.<\/p>\n

“They care greatly for their animals, and feel that the responsibility they have is one they take to heart.”<\/p>\n

Lost alligator<\/strong><\/p>\n

The zoo had laid in enough food to keep its animals alive for days, Mr Maloney told Reuters.<\/p>\n

He said that some animals went missing after the storm hit, but he stressed that all were accounted for, except for an alligator.<\/p>\n

“I’m sure the alligator will return too,” Mr Maloney told AFP news agency.<\/p>\n

He said the human suffering outside the zoo’s fence was a tragedy, but he was grateful he and his staff managed to save the animals.<\/p>\n

“We stayed here because the animals can’t leave,” he said.<\/p>\n

Thousands of people are estimated to have been killed in the flooded city. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

– New Orleans zoo survives Katrina<\/a>, BBC News, September 7, 2005<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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