Saving the animals after Ike-- this is so sad...

I'm just a sucker when it comes to animals. :cry:


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Saving the animals in Ike's aftermath
Groups rescue everything from horses and bulls to baby squirrels

By Mike Stuckey
Senior news editor
MSNBC
updated 2 hours, 48 minutes ago

Self-described “old cowboy” Jerry Finch says his daddy used to joke that he was conceived in the saddle, so it’s not surprising that the silver-haired Texan is now at the forefront of efforts to save horses and cattle from the deadly mess left by Hurricane Ike.

“We keep getting reports of 20 horses here, 15 over there,” Finch told msnbc.com via satellite telephone from Galveston, where Ike roared ashore as a Category 2 storm Saturday, killing at least 17 people across the state and causing billions in damage.

As the founder and president of Habitat for Horses in nearby Hitchcock, rescuing horses from neglect and abuse and placing them out for adoption is Finch’s everyday passion. Now, he has been pulled in to post-Ike efforts at the request of the Galveston County Sheriff’s Department to round up and care for horses caught in the storm, and provide feed for stranded cattle.




http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26747431

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