1. Bat rehabilitation and care for other injured and orphaned wildlife is provided at Wings of Hope Wildlife Sanctuary in Livingston. www.wingsofhoperehab.org
2. The Katrina Promise is that we will never leave pets behind again. MuttShack provides training and rescue services for animals caught in natural disasters like fires, hurricanes and floods. www.muttshack.org
3. Marine animals pay a big price for interacting with humans. The Audubon Nature Institute in New Orleans provides help through their Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Rescue Program. www.audubontransactions.org/support/other1.php
4. Individuals can help support a local shelter in dozens of ways. The Friends of the Jefferson Animal Shelter may not actually work at the shelter, but offer support with foster care, behavior training and organizing an adoption site call The Purr Pad at a local store. Read more at http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/la69.html
5. Hurricane Katrina destroyed the shelter but not the spirit of the staff and volunteers at the Humane Society of Louisiana. Their programs are still going strong even while "ruffing it" in a makeshift facility. http://www.humanela.org
6. Within a year after a fire destroyed their shelter, Southern Animal Foundation was able to open one of New Orleans' only low-cost, non-profit veterinary clinics to make animal medical care affordable to all pet lovers. http://southernanimalfoundation.org
7. The Louisiana society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (LA/SPCA) in New Orleans was chartered in 1888 and is the oldest and most comprehensive animal welfare organization in the state. http://la-spca.org