From: rbeck@mordord.seg.ti.com (Ron Beck)
Subject: Re: Pets need help in FL!!!
Reply-To: rbeck@mordor.dseg.ti.com
Organization: When I get time...
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 16:49:39 GMT

In article <Btwsz1.67K@encore.com>, jpenovic@encore.com (Jan Penovich) writes:
|> In article <1992Aug29.014556.3783@udel.edu>, hartman@dewey.udel.edu
|> (Nancy Hartman) writes:
|> > 
|> > Hurricane Andrew has left *MANY* pets hurt and homeless.  Since I'm sure
|> > that pet care is not eligible for federal help, we all need to chip in.
|> > 
|> > The North County Humane Society is going to be going down soon to rescue
|> > and care for as many animals as possible.  This is an extremely dangerous
|> > task, two humane society workers have already been shot in the all the 
|> > violence down there.
|> 
|>   I don't know where you got this information, but I live in
|>   South Florida and I've been reading the local papers every day since 
|>   the storm and all the local tv stations are broadcasting only 
|>   hurricane info, and there has been no mention of humane society 
|>   workers being shot.  There is also almost no violence going on down
|>   here.  In fact, it is amazing how much cooperation and help
|>   is being supplied by those who weren't as seriously
|>   affected by the storm.  I just read your comment to several of the 
|>   people I work with, and no one had heard anything about it or "the
|>   violence down there."
|> 
|>   Please don't take this as a flame, but be careful what you write.  
|>   It's tough enough down here right now without rumors being spread.

I haven't been watching the news too much here in Dallas but the one newscast
I did see showed a homeowner patrolling with a shouldered rifle, a
handwritten sign that said "looters will be shot" and several policemen
rounding up people who were stealing beer & cars and then claiming they took
the beer because "they were hungry".  These are the type of sensational
reports we are seeing across our tv's.  It's hard to tell the difference
between rumor and fact.
  
I would hope that this is not typical of the area and that many people are 
pitching in to help cleanup after the storm.  I also know of a few of the
radio stations here collecting and transporting goods & money down to the
area.  So, I suppose it's just a typical storm ravaged area with both the
good and the bad being sensationalized in the news.

Regards,
Ron
|> 
|>   As to helping the animals, there are several groups that are
|>   collecting donations for animals. I don't have addresses
|>   with me, but I can get them from home if anyone is
|>   interested.
|> 
|>    the Wildlife Care Center
|>    Fort Lauderdale FL
|> 
|>    Welleby Animal Medical Center
|>    Sunrise, FL
|> 
|> 
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