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Sounds like a few things were learned since Katrina…

No pets left behind in New Orleans evacuation

Pet owners stood in line to register their furry friends. Then they were given a machine readable band to tag on to their pet, in case they became separated.

Among the horrors of Katrina three years ago were dead dogs bobbing in the drowned streets of the city, 80 percent of which was flooded. Dog owner Julian Coleman lined up to register his feisty Rottweiler-German shepherd puppy Ali. “I didn’t want to just leave him to get hurt, like so many did in Katrina,” Coleman said as Ali jumped up. “It makes me feel a little safer having him with me.” Evacuee Sylvania Moore was anxious about being separated from her mother, but relieved to be able to take her shitsu, Buddy, with her. “He gets to ride the bus with us, which is good,” said Moore, clutching Buddy in her arms outside the Amtrak terminal. “It’s a relief that we didn’t have to leave him behind.”