[While Hurricane Katrina's impact on people remains a] national and international trauma, ... the animal situation is another massive saga that's still unfolding.
"Wayne Pacelle" is the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). Pacelle took office June 1, 2004, after serving for nearly 10 years as the organization's chief lobbyist and spokesperson. Since becoming CEO, he has substantially expanded the organization's membership base and its influence on public policy.
More Wayne Pacelle on Wikipedia.The clock is really ticking. It's tearing us up knowing that so many animals are in need and [we] can't get to every one on our own.
Some shelters don't take [pets], and that is really a major problem.
There are many more failures than successes.
It was obviously worse than anyone imagined.
We aren't big enough to handle the magnitude of this crisis.
The Humane Society of the United States has planned and trained for this sort of catastrophe for years, ... We issued warnings asking people to evacuate with their pets since we've seen what happens when animals are left behind. The tragedy is that so many people apparently could not leave in time. The human and animal toll is expected to be enormous.
People were staying because they wouldn't leave their animals.
We were on the ground Tuesday, the day after the hurricane hit, but we were excluded from going in by state and federal authorities for the first several days. We've received 2,000 e-mails and phone calls from people who evacuated from New Orleans, who left animals in their homes and are pleading with us to rescue them. That's just in New Orleans. It doesn't count surrounding areas.
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