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Thank-you letter
from Seneca Falls Humane Society.
I want you and your readers to know is what we saw in
New Orleans!! I felt like I was back in Africa or Bosnia -
where there is little concern for life, human, feline,
canine, any kind of life. The vulnerable- the old, the poor,
and pets left behind often because their people were
promised they'd be cared for - were left injured, dying in
their homes and on the street.
Subject: Baron 9-year-old Male Golden Retriever
Mix
Owners: Amy and Sonny Borne
Darren was arrested with over 100 fighting dogs.
He learned to fight dogs in Angola as a prisoner! Darren runs Dirty South
Kennels an appropriate name:
The more I look at your site the more mad I get
at people!!!!
She said "there goes my
companion of 9 years".
Print a flyer to help us find Snowball
"The publicity over
Snowball has undoubtedly help save many other pets by galvanizing
the animal lover community. "
Ann Barnes
MYSTERY,
! WHICH DOG IS REALLY SNOWBALL ?,
Oily Dog
HAS BEEN FOUND !
Looking
for "Muffin" bellow this dog stayed with his dead owner for days where is he? We
would like to help him.
MYSTERY,
! WHICH DOG IS REALLY SNOWBALL ?,
Are any
the real Snowball?
Tanya family re-united,
A "STARFISH" WAS SAVED TODAY
Whiskerville and
Fabian kennels updates
DOGS LEFT
BEHIND
MESSAGES FROM THE
FRONT LINE!
Apply
to foster an animal in need click here
www.bestfriends org
Click to join Katrina-Pet-Rescue-info
Subject: Foster a dog NOW for your
local Humane Society
Since "Katrina Dogs" have been moved to
other HSUS shelters, they will have to make room for them.
Please go to your local shelter today and offer to foster one of their dogs - it
will save a life - and help to make room for these Katrina dogs that are coming
in.
In essence, it is the same as fostering a Katrina dog.
All the shelters are going to feel the Katrina impact, so save a Katrina dog
there in your home town.
The Snowball angle softened the official ''leave all pets behind" evacuation
policy. Displaced people leaving New Orleans have been allowed to travel out
with four-legged companions. Some of the evacuees who landed on Cape Cod arrived
with their critters -- ''including several mutts, a Pomeranian, and a cocker
spaniel," according to the Globe.
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1, What is considered the
Causeway ? and in the video
of Snowball, is that the
Causeway? how far is it from
the Dome ? which is closer
the Dome or the convention
center...... or the
convention center...... to
where the bus is in the
video? As for
the video, the first shot
looks like buses parked
under the Causeway overpass
in Metairie (these buses
could not get to the city on
I-10 due to flooding), the
second shot of the dog and
policeman is on I-610 and my
guess is the only way that
bus could get there is a
round about way thru the
city on I-10 having
crossed the Mississippi
River Bridge due to the
extensive flooding in the
city. It would also have to
leave that same way and
would go right by the
Superdome first on its way
out, and then go very near
the Convention Center too. I
seriously doubt that this
bus would ever have gone out
of its way to Metairie. All
very confusing. I guess
it might be hard for a
reporter to know that all
these video clips are from
different areas. Anyway I
have a great satellite view
of the city if you would
like anymore info from me.
Please feel free to email
me.It is just heartbreaking
everytime I see that video.
Darlene
This is the best picture i
can get to show you where
Snowball was taken. It is
not Interstate 10 rather it
is I-610 which is a bypass
around the city of New
Orleans, it begins almost in
Metairie and ends around New
Orleans East. (Notice the
Fairgrounds Racetrack at
bottom of the Picture.) That
neighborhood around the
Fairgrounds is known as
Gentilly. I emailed you once
before describing the
causeway and info to your
other questions. I did not
know where that red roof
building was for sure but I
knew it was not near
Causeway Blvd. I did think
it was off Interstate 610
because of the train tracks
alongside the interstate.
Also I knew it wasn't the
Causeway by the chainlink
fencing along the siderails
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Do You ? email
yes or no
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Anyone know who
this lady is ? Please
email us if you do
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A TRUE MYSTERY, ! WHICH
DOG IS REALLY SNOWBALL ?,
We think this could be the original boy and the puppy
"Snowball", the photo was taken in the Superdome on 9/1/05
"God bless the little boy who jolted our national conscience and made us
look repugnantly at ourselves and how we treat our animals" …
We think
another child Romello and his mother took care of "Snowball" above
and they are now in Texas. ( where the original child is that cried and
vomited we do not know yet! )
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TX)
September 11, 2005
Romello Freeman is 8, a third-grader from New Orleans who got a blue
backpack with school supplies for his first day at Luella Merrett
Elementary on Wednesday.
What did you do? he was asked.
"Let me see: work, PE, lunch, play, work, leave."
He has big brown eyes and braided hair, and he is utterly smitten with
his new dog, a tiny Maltese he named Sunje.
The dog had run into his mother's long dress as the family stood in line
to leave the Superdome last Friday. They picked her up and took her with
them.
Hi,
My name is Chelsi and I worked
out at the camp where they were
holding people in Ft. Worth and
actually got a chance to play
with Sunjie and his new mom. As
I, too, questioned whether he
might be Snowball, I am certain
he is not. I held this dog in my
arms and he is MUCH smaller then
Snowball appears in the picture
of the man by the bus. And
Sunjie is defintely a puppy,
still very much in the "chewing
stage." He is a very fortunate
dog though, being taken in by
his new family and the camp. I
think he brings a little light
and hope to everyone there.
I DO NOT THINK THE CBS DOG IS
"SNOWBALL" but it is America's Snowball!.
Just discovered that the bus that snowball was trying to get on was the
following company. The logo, the cop standing by the bus and the
Department of Transportation number seem to match. Will try to contact
them and keep you all advised.
Were YOU on this bus ? or the
bus driver ? if so PLEASE contact us what did you see that day ?
email
Physical Address: 1323 HALLMARK STREET
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78216
Phone: (210) 341-6000
Mailing Address: PO BOX 5-D
SAN ANTONIO, TX 78217
USDOT Number: 660715 State Carrier ID Number:
MC or MX Number: 309567
DUNS Number: --
Power Units: 48 Drivers: 66
MCS-150 Form Date: 05/09/2005 MCS-150 Mileage (Year): 1,831,653
(2004)
Snowball in the news...
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From: "Lesley Hobbs"
To: justsaveonemore@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Is this Snowball?
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 17:33:42 -0400
Jean,
I emailed the journalist who wrote the star-telegram.com story (Chris
Vaughn) back on Sept 13 and asked him if the female stray Maltese puppy
that
Romello Freeman took with him from the Superdome on Sept 2 might be
Snowball. He replied to me that day and said he planned to visit the
evacuee shelter later that afternoon to ask Romello and his family about
the dog.
Mr. Vaughn said he had looked at the CBS images of "Snowball" and
compared
them to Romello's dog Sunje. In his email, Mr. Vaughn said it is "a bit
doubtful that Sunje is Snowball. Sunje is tiny, so tiny she looks like a
puppy. She stands about 7-8 inches high. Snowball (do we know a gender?)
looks a little bigger judging from the cop's hands in the picture."
I have not heard back from the journalist since then.
BUT, this doesn't mean that Sunje isn't Snowball. Mr. Vaughn was
comparing
Sunje to the CBS footage of a small white dog being carried away by a
policeman and then jumping on the bus.
I DO NOT THINK THE CBS DOG IS
SNOWBALL.
Here's why....As the images of the stranded white dog are shown
in the footage, CBS anchor John Roberts recounts the joy people felt
about
being rescued. "But," he says, "there was also sadness and separation.
No
dogs on the bus, and this pet of
9 years suddenly found itself orphaned."
Could this "pet of 9 years," really be Snowball?
The AP article by
Adam Nossiter that originally broke the Snowball Story
refers to Snowball as a "puppy."
A woman I've been in
contact with, Becky (BeckXXX@aol.com ) said
her mother saw this footage live, and afterwards, an elderly woman
(presumably the white dog's owner) was filmed saying
"There goes 9 years of
companionship".
I think the CBS
footage is of another white dog (not Snowball) that is owned by this
elderly woman.
I noticed on your
katrinafoundpets.com website that you think that the CBS footage was
shot on the I-10 causeway near the Convention Center.
This would be
another reason to doubt the footage -- wasn't Snowball abandoned outside
the Superdome, and not the Convention Center?
I do think that the Romello Freeman story is worth pursuing further.
A female
Maltese puppy found outside the Superdome on Sept 2 (a day after
Snowball was abandoned) seems like a good contender for Snowball to
me....
Lesley Hobbs.
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What Mary Foster the AP reporter had to
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Mary Foster, American wants to
know!, can you describe the Snowball you reported about ?,
email us. |
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This lady below, wishes to remain
anonymous at this time.
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Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:05:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: Snowball
To: "jean jones" <justsaveonemore@yahoo.com>
Here is everything that I can remember.
I like many others have been very concerned about the little dog named
Snowball who was snatched from a little boy in new Orleans boarding a
bus from the superdome. I thought one way of finding out where Snowball
may be was to contact Mary Foster from the associated press. (the
reporter who wrote the story).
I first called the Associated Press in Baton Rough. They gave me the
number to the New Orleans office.
I called asking for Mary Foster .
It took a few tries of calling before someone gave me a cell phone
number.
The first few times they would not give me anyway to contact her. I
explained why I was calling and my questions were avoided.
I did however speak to a man once who told me Snowball was at a
University in Louisiana but when I tried there I was told that was not
so.
Anyways, this morning I decided I would try the associated press again.
I asked can I please speak with
Mary Foster? The lady who answered the phone said she was in New
Orleans and asked if I would like her cell phone number. I of course
did, so she gave it to me and I called Mary Foster.
When Mary Foster answered the phone I asked if that was her and she said
"it was".
I just started asking questions about Snowball. I asked her where was
Snowball taken after the bus left? .
She told me "Snowball was taken to a stairwell in a shopping center near
the Superdome. " She told me she "saw Snowball in the stairwell a few
times after that."
She than told me when "she was there the same time as the ‘ASPCA’ "(when
the ’ASPCA’ came to get the dogs) "Snowball was not there anymore. "
I asked her where could he have gone.
She told me "some of the police officers and national guards adopted
some of the dogs."
She also told me "some got out of the stairwell. "
I then proceeded to tell her that there are people looking for Snowball
and that there is a reward.
She than told me she " thought the reward money should be donated to the
children. "
From
Jean Jones
To all of you who are still wishing to see Snowball re-united with his
or her family, we are working very hard to do that.
I did call the # given to me for Mary Foster, I informed her I was the
person/organization who has the reward money for Snowball, and wanted to
verify a few things, she said she was "too busy to talk to me".
I asked her when I could call her back ? she put the phone down on
me!.......
I have an obligation the many people who donated to re-unite Snowball to
solve this story/now mystery.
For 100% verification I ran the phone # through an internet search
costing $14.95 and it came back with a Cell # owned by # 1 THE ASSOC
PRESS (504) XXX-XXX
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 Snowball in the news...
I emailed Shaina Alvarez,
public relations for Feinstein, and asked what IS the truth, does the
ASPCA have Snowball as he said on
Larry King OR NOT! She emailed me back and said he spoke with regard to
this announcement. What IS going on??????? I am sick to death of all of
the
misinformation regarding this poor dog. I want this dog found and safe
and healthy and happy. Who is telling the truth and who
is a damned liar? Does any person have any idea of what the TRUTH
is??????
Sincerely,
Kris Lubeley
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The Snowball angle softened the
official ''leave all pets behind" evacuation policy. Displaced people
leaving New Orleans have been allowed to travel out with four-legged
companions. Some of the evacuees who landed on Cape Cod arrived with
their critters -- ''including several mutts, a Pomeranian, and a cocker
spaniel," according to the Globe.
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Is
this Snowball ?? wandering outside the Superbowl this picture was
taken Sept 3rd at 7.33pm who took it??
I found this and cut and paste
it. Does anyone know if it's valid?
Hi
The puppy which belonged to the boy, apparently Romello
Freeman, was a little, I would say Bichon Frise and there was
a photo somewhere of the same coast guard who confiscated
the other pooch. This little pup though would have only been
about 4 months old. It apparently was reunited with the
boy. The boy is spose to be going to Luella Merrett Elementary
in Fort Worth, Texas.
Now the little white pooch on the bridge apparently was 9
year old and belonged to an elderly lady in a wheelchair,
looks like the same coast guard to me that moved this pooch
away from the bus. This pooch looks to me to be a Bichon,
poodle type dog. The woman was loaded onto a Sunshine Express
bus . This is the pooch that we are all looking for but it
would be good to have some confirmation on the little one
as well. An ending to all would be great.
In a message dated
9/22/2005 12:21:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, lauraeriel@yahoo.com
writes:
same coast guard who confiscated
the other pooch
I believe it was the LA State Police who were loading buses, not the
Coast Guard.
This Freeman fellow was identified as a reporter or something who knows
of the little boy and saw the little dog. He indicates that the boy's
Snowball was a tiny puppy. Jean has more information on her webpage
about this.
It is truly so frustrating.
I was able to find some pictures today though of the walkways around the
Convention Center and they were red paver brick. So, the tired little
dog that Jean has one her website was probably abandoned at the
Convention Center. I have been trying to develop a timeline on when
America's Snowball was abandoned and where exactly. I-10 at Causeway
Blvd looks promising. This is in Jefferson Parish, Metarie LA, and I
know from reading reports from Houston that residents of Metarie were in
the Astrodome on Sept 1st.
The CBS video was broadcast on Sept 1, and the Convention Center did not
start evacuating until a few days later.
My theory at this time is that residents of Metarie gathered on or near
Causeway Blvd-maybe on an overpass-and were bused out to Houston on Sept
1st by the LA State Police. I believe the LA National Guard was handling
the Superdome evacuations on Sept 1st. I know that evacuations were
taking place on the I-10 as I found pictures of that.
Reports in Houston say that at least 5 buses arrived at the Astrodome
late Thursday night on the 1st and were not permitted to enter the
Astrodome because the Astrodome had the understanding that they were
only to accept people from the LA Superdome. Around midnight they
finally accepted those people bused from "other areas in New Orleans"
which probably meant the Metarie area.
If so, the picture that Jean has of 2 women and a poodle could be
America's Snowball waiting in Metarie to be bused out.
Carolyn
"Sometimes rationality and reason
and common sense simply has to respect and bow before the heart. And that is
what little Snowball is. Because if this one little dog can be found, alive
and healthy, and returned to his little boy then there is the hope to all
the others out there...the many others out there just like us, too numb to
cry, that maybe, just maybe theirs will be the next miracle. And that will
be what they need to go on. Sus "
On Thursday, when an officer
confiscated a dog, a little boy cried out Snowball! Snowball!'' until he
vomited. The police took from a boy and tossed by the side of the bus- the
dog tried again and again to get on the bus -police pushed it away.
National Guard officers said dogs were
being taken to a stairwell in the New Orleans Center, a shopping mall near
the Superdome, and given food and water. They feared some of them might have
escaped, and two small dogs were seen wandering nearby streets. The tiny dog desperately tried to get on the
bus...we saw this on the news he is a Poodle
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We so hoped it was true MR.
FEINSTEIN!....so where is he/she?
I was watching the "Larry
King" show on CNN
I saw Michael Feinstein ASPCA
mention the one of happy story is that
Snowball "was found on Thursday" and will be re-united with his family.
I was personally told he was not by the #1 vet in charge man in LO Mr.
Terry C,
a mistake had been made.
Click here to email us to collect the reward or if you
have information about Snowballs whereabouts or YOU are Snowballs family
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Hear our humble prayer, O
God, for our friends, the animals. Especially for animals who are suffering;
for any that are hunted or lost or deserted or frightened or hungry; for all
that must be put to death. We entreat for them all thy mercy and pity and
for those who deal with them, we ask a heart of compassion and gentle hands
and kindly words. Make us, ourselves, to be true friends to animals and so
to share the blessings of the merciful. Amen.
Albert Schweitzer |
The Truth About Cats and Dogs
That New Orleans policeman was right to confiscate
Snowball.
By Timothy Noah
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From: "Stacie L. V. Davis"
Date: Sat Sep 10, 2005 4:59pm
Subject: 50 Dead Dogs
Ok. somewhere I heard that www.PuppymillRescue.com was wanting info
on the 50 dead dogs in a refrigerator truck that was delivered to Parker
Coliseum at LSU.
This is true. The SPCA used the truck successfully for two other loads.
Somewhere between the last load and it's delivery the refrig unit gave out
and all the dogs perished. There were two SPCA trucks which were loaded
down with the rescued cats. These animals were fine. There was nothing
that could have been done for the dogs. No one could have known that the
unit gave out. They were trying as best they could to get these animals to
safety.
Two surviving dogs emerged. One small dog near the front of the truck was
still alive. It was rushed to the LSU Vet school immediately and is is ICU
doing well. Another dog, a dach. was somehow loaded onto the cat truck
instead and survived unharmed. Squishy Piggy was his name I believe.
The dead animals were carefully taken from the trucks and cataloged for
any identifying information. I know this because I was one of the persons
on hand who identified these dogs. It was heartbreaking but something we
had to do. We wanted to make sure everything was done to identify these
dogs and notify the owners. Owners are being talked to by a specialist
with grief counseling and we have told them over and over again how much
we regret what happened. The Louisiana SPCA did everything they were
supposed to. The dogs were then taken to be refriged until the owners
claimed them if they wished to do so.
Just passing on the info so rumors don't get spread.
Thanks,
Stacie Davis
Volunteer at Parker Col.
Dear Mr. Conger,
We understand a mistake was made, "in the
smoke of battle", you were charming on the telephone with me and very
sincere.
The person who did not pick up the ball
and re-tract the "found" story in USA Today was Anita Manning,
I spoke with her and begged her call you again, confirm with you
and retract the Found Snowball Story, she did not!.
In fact she said" her Editor wanted her to
work on something else".
This is why we are all so upset, can
you please confirm that Michael Feinstein ASPCA has THE Snowball
safe as he stated last evening on the " Larry King" show ???.
You are all hero's in this
disaster.....please use your influence to find this little dog.
We so need a happy ending.
"And Snowball, the dog that was taken from
the arms of a boy departing the Superdome, has been found at a shelter and
efforts continue to find her family. American Humane will be on the scene
as long as it takes to track down animals like these and reunite them with
their families."
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| Is this Snowball ??? We do have a person in the area helping, she is sending
pictures of small white rescued dogs to us. She will send more pictures
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CONFINED PETS STILL IN DISASTER AREA
Beginning on September 1, residents who left pets in their homes may call a
hot line to leave information about the number of animals, species, and
their confined location. The number is (225) 578-6111. |
| After copying pasting cropping and enlarging, this dog
has a shaved face, shaved feet and a stubby tail.
Feet
look like they maybe shaved about 1 1/2 weeks prior to pics being taken.
Definitely in a one length all over body puppy cut. Bet they had him
recently groomed prior to the storm hitting.
that is a poodle with a clean shaved face. Im a groomer,
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Tiny white
dog taken to Lamar-Dixon, owner. Dog taken to LSU as it was sick
overnight. We think this dog is a
Chinese Crested powder puff. |
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“Search for Snowball”
The little dog is the subject of hundreds of emails on website forums
(Katrina-Pet-Rescue-info@yahoogroups.com), garnering concern from animal
lovers as far away as South Africa. The email postings demonstrate concern
not only for the dog and his little boy, but for the pain and anger of all
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----- Original Message -----
"From: marquitaqa
To: Katrina-Pet-Rescue-info@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 3:21 PM
Subject: [Katrina-Pet-Rescue-info] I have a bad feeling
I don't believe Snowball is in the shelter system. If s/he was, s/he
would've been found by now... Snowball was either picked-up/rescued by
someone with a heart or worse.. The things that are so upsetting about
this is that: 1. NO ONE at the scene seems to be willing/able to step
forward and say what happened to Snowball after the bus took off. NO
ONE! Not even the so-called reporters 2. The news reports by so-called
journalists who report inaccurate news to shut-up the masses.
Obviously, the days of valid news reporting and inaccurate recants is
history. 3. The people who said they cared about Snowball, but now,
they would rather believe lies (and shutdown forums from people who
really do care) instead of getting to the bottom of this travesty.
People would rather believe lies, than face the fact that this poor dog
is still missing and could be sick or dead. I am so upset, I don't know
what to do!!"
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