2008 - Hurricane Gustav
News from the Hurricane Zone
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Disaster & Emergency Preparation for Pets
Hurricane Gustav hit the Louisiana coast on September 1, 2008, with heavy winds and storm surges.
The Animal League’s Emergency Pet Rescue team quickly responded and retrieved animals from partner shelters in the affected areas to make room for animals displaced by the hurricane.
- Headquarters: Adopters Needed! September 9, 2008
- Mobile Rescue Unit 2: The Return Home Again September 6, 2008
- Mobile Unit 1: Staying Behind Just As Important September 4, 2008
- Mobile Rescue Unit 2: Camp Katrina September 4, 2008
- Headquarters: Mission Update September 3, 2008
- Mobile Unit 2: Rescue Mission in MS September 3, 2008
- Mobile Rescue Unit 2: Helping out in Birmingham September 2, 2008
- Mobile Rescue Unit 1: The Game Plan September 2, 2008
- Mobile Rescue Unit 1: We have arrived in Birmingham September 1, 2008
- Mobile Rescue Unit 2: Heading South September 1, 2008
- Mobile Rescue Unit 1: On the road again August 31, 2008
- Headquarters: Hello Everybody August 30, 2008
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