Update on Hurricanes Gustav and Ike

摘要

Three years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and displaced thousands of companion animals, Hurricane Gustav hit the Gulf Coast as a high category 2 storm, spurring a mandatory evacuation. But history was not repeated, as many veterinaryprofessionals and animal organizations veterinarians and one veterinary technician used Mississippi State University's AKC/AKC CAR Mobile Veterinary Clinic to assist evacuees and their pets from the Mississippi Gulf Coast and New Orleans. After HurricaneKatrina, the university purchased the unit with a 100,000 dollar grant from AKC CAR. Louisiana State University's Veterinary Teaching Hospital also used an AKC CAR Mobile Unit after the university lost would have been able to locate the owner," she said.