Urgent: Tell Your Federal Representatives to Demand Animals' Safe Evacuation From New Orleans!

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Urgent: Tell Your Federal Representatives to Demand Animals' Safe Evacuation
From New Orleans!

Dear Friend,

Your immediate attention and response is requested. No animal rescue groups
have been allowed into New Orleans to help animals, who have been left
stranded on their own. Sending money is not solving the animals' problem,
which is worsening by the hour.

Meanwhile, federal
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have stayed in water-logged residences for five days just to safeguard their
beloved animals-to leave their animals behind to starve. In some cases,
people are told that they must choose between bringing vital medicine and
bringing their dog when they are evacuated. This is illegal and it must
stop.

PETA has issued a media
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that is not stopping federal evacuators from insisting that animals be left
to die. Today, Rue
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order officials to allow people to evacuate with their animals.

Please, immediately call your member of Congress today to ask that people be
allowed to evacuate with their animals. Leave messages for them in
Washington and at their home offices and get everyone you know to call. The
names of-and contact information for-your representative
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this emergency.

Thank you for your compassion for animals and for your willingness to act
today.

Sincerely,

Daniel Paden
Domestic Animal and Wildlife Rescue & Information Department
People
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