I am Chris McLaughlin from Animal Rescue Front - novice animal rescuer...until Hurricane Katrina.
Waveland, MS - Ground Zero, Hurricane Katrina, 2005
In Honor of the Ones We Lost - "Phoenix", Waveland, MS. Dec. 2005. This one's for you boy....
This is Carol Guzy's Little Hope...she wasn't a Katrina rescue but she was a rescue nonetheless. Until there are none save one...
David Halperin in a Carol Guzy masterpiece - Saving the Katrina Kids....
Waveland, MS Animal Shelter
Feeding a week's old puppy on my first trip to Waveland/NOLA
"Mister Slo Mo" now lives in Washington state. If we hadn't of taken him out he would have been put down. He had a chain embedded in his neck, Waveland, MS. Oct. 2005
Holly directing the day's volunteers at Hound Zero.
"Waverly" one of the original ARF rescues from Waveland.
One of ARF's very first rescues, "Sarah" so scared for so long...she lives in the Pacific Northwest.
Barb and one of the first 8 we pulled from Waveland, Oct. 2005
Kenner trailer park - saving cats and kittens....
Talking to a woman in the Kenner trailer park. I made her promise she would spay/neuter her cats from now on.
always on the phone - Hound Zero, NOLA.
Rob giving me a lift at Hound Zero
Rob and "Sweetie"
Hound Zero - where we made it happen....
Rob messing around with the Best Friends driver! BF came every night...and we loaded up the truck...every night...even when the officials said all the animals were off the streets.
Cadi with one of the kids....
Rachel looking good in Red Sox red!
Kenner trailer park - pre-demolition.
We found a Chihuahua living in this rubble and he eluded us for days. The workers at the pumping station across the street would throw him food.
The "Waveland 15" resting at Hound Zero.
"Brutus" resting at his Mom's store in the Garden District.
Her eyes were so dried up from dehydration she was blinded. She went to ME with a volunteer vet and was able to regain some of her sight.
Resting at Hound Zero - safe at last....
Jan Mitchell arriving in Denver
Happy Tails - "Able" in Denver. Thanks Jan!
One of ARF's first rescues....she went to Denver with my dear friend Jan Mitchell.
Happy Tails - "Ru" at home....thanks Jan!
Ru and Jan's "Buddy" in Denver.
Jan's kitty rescue at the airport in Denver.
Little "Pocket" almost died...SAF emergency room, Dec. 2005.
"Pocket" in intensive care - SAF, NOLA Nov. 2005
Rob
A cat feeding station in NOLA.
We found a litter of 5 puppies underneath this building.
The wrath of Katrina...NOLA, Nov. 2005
Rachel fielding calls in the field.
This is the opening we made to pull out the puppies.
"Birthing" the five from underneath the pink building - NOLA, Nov. 2005
Rachel and Kristen's puppies!
Kristen crawling out after saving the "5"
Rachel and Kristen admire their rescue achievements!
Loading up the van.
Dave H. looking great in pink!
Cadi...one of the many Canadians who cared enough to come...
Rachel after crawling under a house the day the AP filmed us.
"Maddie" surviving on the streets of NOLA with food we had left her. We had to leave her and her puppies there because there was no room at BF or Hound Zero. It killed us to leave her behind.....
Stephanie Jehle from "Operation Underdog" pulling Maddie's puppies from underneath the building. She stepped in and found a local foster home.
Happy Tails - "Maddie" and her puppies in foster care.
Rachel with a difficult rescue! (it's a stuffed animal!)
Rachel doing her thing.
Barb from CA carrying the only survivor of the Beauregard School Shootings....shame on St. Bernard's Parish.
This picture just breaks my heart and I couldn't get this one off of my mind....Rachel tells me he was ok and got adopted....
Lisa O'Mara with one of the BC's
Lisa's husband Gerry with another BC!
Our very first rescues were a litter of 5 purebred BC's
Just precious....
another one....
here's 4!
Here's number 5!
Just south of one of the breached levees.
HWY 90, coastal MS. Dec. 2005.
The streets of Gulfport, MS. "Chloe" on far left was pregnant. She was trapped and cared for and all of her kids got adopted. She lives with Cheryl High in MS.
Collie found in Gulfport, MS. This is a severe case of mange left untreated. When I got him to the shelter they thought he had been burned and that he would never see again....
"Charleston" the Collie, after extraordinary care and love. Isn't he magnificent!
After 3 attempts to pull "Hope" they told me we could take her...
Saving "Hope" Waveland, MS. Dec. 2005
"One-eyed Jack" Waveland, MS. Dec. 2005
Coleen caring for "One-eyed Jack" one of the "Waveland 26"
"One-eyed Jack" was adopted by two rescuers from NY. Here we are saying goodbye.
Lis helping rescue the "Waveland 26"
A litter of pits...all pulled the night we got the "Waveland 26"
Lis getting the puppies stable enough to travel to NOLA.
Charles, Lis and I getting the pit puppies ready for transport.
Peg Preble holding the Coonhound puppies. Most of them died in rescue....
Happy Tails - "Mama" mother of the nine pups we took out of Waveland that night (previous photo)
Happy Tails - "Sadie" one of the 3 that lived...her and Mama live together!
Sarah caring for a small puppy the night we pulled the "Waveland 26"
More triage for the puppies.
Shanti resting with another puppy that same night, Waveland, MS. Dec. 2005
We never stopped working...here's our Hope lying on my air mattress in our donated apt. in NOLA.
"Hope" finally safe and at peace.
Janice and SallySue getting pulled over by the ACO at HSSM before they even left! Michelle Prince looks on.
"Maude" and "Mona"
My sister Althea and dear friend Lis! HSSM, Gulfport, MS. Dec. 2005
Lis loading up a Best Friends transport - Dec. 2005, Gulfport, MS.
Michelle and Janis at HSSM.
SallySue with some of the kids on the transport.
Oh my! Pulled over again in Georgia!
My sister, Althea, with Mona....
"Mona" with Dad's Jim and Greg!
Carol and our "Hope"
Getting Hope ready for her drive to Florida with Tracy.
Saying goodbye to Hope....
Happy Tails - Our "Hope"
"The Trio" and three of our favorite rescues! Yup, that's "Piper" in my arms!
"Cane"
Happy Tails - Cane
Michelle and "Piper"
On the Phone and holding little "Piper". HSSM, Gulfport, MS. Dec. 2005
I couldn't stand to put Piper back in the cage at night so I made her her own little house.
Happy Tails - "Piper" and her new family....
Piper and Rose.
Happy Tails - I was at HSSM the day "Maggie" was surrendered. She was in that cage one night. She lives in Mass. now.
Happy Tails
Carol and "Sadie"
"Sadie" and "Piper" - my first transport with my sister. 33 to Mass. in Dec. 2005.
Sadie with her new sisters.
Miss Angie, Gulfport, MS. She took us in....
me and Carol Guzy, the best damn photographer in the world, mother to "Trixie, Katie and Hope"
Happy Tails - "Maggie"
Some of the Waveland kids....
Happy Tails - "Baillie"
Happy Tails - "Bayou" in NC
Happy Tails - "Bea" in MD.
Michelle and her precious boy "Buddy." You remember Buddy...he was so broken when we found him. Here he is 2 months later resting on Cape Cod after the long trip from MS.
Buddy and his new family - The Golands of Orleans, Mass.
Here he is...always in my heart....
Michelle and our #1 man "Buddy" Goland.
My friend Robyn helping with a transport
Happy Tails - "Zoe"
Happy Tails - "Little Boo"
Happy Tails - "Zoe" and "Little Boo"
Happy Tails - "Little Ricky" in VA.
Happy Tails - "Loki" MA.
Happy Tails - "Nellie" in NY. Thanks Brenda!
"Spindle went to the Pacific Northwest.
Our Chows before new lives in the PNW.
"Sissy" Thanks Connie!
"Sinatra", "Ella" and "Sammy" all safe and sound in new homes.
This picture says so much...getting the Waveland kids ready for a transport. March 2006
"Walker" so injured when we found him. Thank you Kristen and Jeff!
"Lucy" and "Awze" in NC. Awze was from Waveland, MS.
"Chloe" my friend Laura's dog. Lost in Biloxi, MS. I know one of us somewhere found her....
I met so many wonderful people. New friend Laura from Biloxi with "Abby"
"Abby" with her new family in Biloxi, MS. New friends Laura and Spiro.....
One of the Waveland kids...the eyes say it all...
Happy Tails - "Spitfire" and "Harmony" in Mass.
Miss Theresa with a litter of Beagle siblings...we took them all!
Miss Angie - an angel to the four and two-leggeds alike!
Manny and SallySue on the streets of Gulfport, MS. Dec. 2005
Dr. Jacque Broome during our second spay/neuter clinic.
Michelle and Jeff pre - transport, Gulfport, MS.
Kristen riding shotgun with one of the pups.
All arrived safe and sound!
They made it!
Happy Tails - Jacy and "Tiki"
Happy Tails - "Sequoia" and Dad
Happy Tails - My friend Loocie and "Thunder" and "Sophie"
Happy Tails - "Roux" and "Cayenne"
Happy Tails - Susan and "Miles"
Happy Tails - "Jesse" One of Ann Bell's kids from NOLA. He lives in Mass. now!
Some of the Celebration Station crew - NOLA, Feb. 2006
Me and David Halperin, Celebration Station, Feb. 2006
I met Anderson Cooper when he came to Celebration Station.
This was our living area at Celebration Station. Carol and Trixie....
"Trixie" watching over me...
Being chased by Craig's horse on the levee in Chalmette, LA.
Trixie, Celebration Station, NOLA Feb. 2006
Me, Juliette, Tracy and Meg - Mardi Gras, 2006
Juliette from Best Friends and me.
Sarah Rose, Cadi and me. Mardi Gras, 2006.
After months of working around the clock we celebrated the first post-Katrina Mardi Gras.....
Cadi, Meg, Carol, Sarah and Jessica.
"Red" at Celebration Station - inspiration for us all
This pictures tells over 15,000 stories.....Craig and "Kanal Girl"
Saying goodbye to "Trixie" Celebration Station, Feb. 2006
Our last night in NOLA.
Happy Tails - Kaolin and "Bailey Blue"
One of the Waveland kids.
Another Waveland kid.
ARF got this Waveland litter out of MS.
me with "Peeka" and "Boo" when I got them home.
Happy Tails - Stephanie and "Peeka" and "Boo"
"Mama" and another Waveland kid.
One of the Waveland kids....
"Fergus" and "Brownie" two of my favorites!
This is "Herbie" He's aok!
We LOVE "Mama"
me and "Lola" in the shelter FEMA trailer.
"Lola" on Nantucket Sound, her new home....
Another litter we took out of Waveland, MS.
Another Waveland kid hanging in the FEMA trailer office with us.
"Teddy" (on left) in the WAS. March 2006
Happy Tails - "Teddy." His heartworm was so bad that over a year later he is still only at 50% lung capacity. But he's in great hands with my friends Jill and Jeremy!
Happy Tails - Jill and "Teddy" Cape Cod, Ma.
A very recent picture of Teddy (summer '07). I think he's just about the happiest kid!!!!
"Buddy" and "Teddy"
This little guy, my "Buddy" in so many ways he started it all....
"Buddy" and me with his Mom, my friend Amy. ARF benefit, Oct. 2006
Happy Tails - "Katrina" and family
Thank you Katrina and Dwayne!
Happy Tails - THANKS Rachel!
"Henry" and me...
Happy Tails - "Bart"
Happy Tails - "Meggie" with her new family!
Dear friend Carol and the most precious little "Trixie"
Carol and Trixie....
I wasn't sure I would ever see her again...me and Trixie, Washington, DC. Nov. 2006
Some of the "Waveland 26"
"Coco" and me in July of 2006. Waveland Animal Shelter.
Coco went to VA.
Michelle riding shotgun as we drive the east coast.
"Daisy" in our hotel room - College Park, MD. Sheraton....they took us in when we ran out of steam.
Dawn helping play with the kids in our hotel room in MD.
"Canyon" on my bed in the hotel....he died within 24 hrs of getting him back to Mass. I'll never forget you little guy....
Happy Tails - "Daisy" and her new family!
Happy Tails!
Four of the kittens on the "Sheraton Transport"
More rescues...
Happy Tails - Dear friend Robyn with "Harley" one of the "Waveland 26"
This litter got out with ARF's help.
"Headlight" and "Tailight"
Renee getting the van ready for transport, Waveland, MS. 2006
Tailight now "Sailor Pete" in my home on Cape Cod.
Happy Tails - A recent photo of "Sailor Pete."
"Brownie" one of my very best boys!
Happy Tails - Jen and "Ruby"
Happy Tails - two of four (!) Kevin and Debby adopted from ARF.
Happy Tails - NC
Two of Kristen and Jeff's Walker Hounds....they saved their lives....
One of Kristen and Jeff's Walkers with Emily Rogeness.
Happy Tails - "Princess" in NC
"Sequoia"
"Dora" in her cage in WAS. She flew home with me.
"Dora" my precious little kitty....well, ok...my Mom's precious little kitty!
Happy Tails - Dear friend Katrina with SAF's own "Capt. Jack Sparrow"
Happy Tails - Susan and "Kosmoe" in PA.
Happy Tails from Brenda's Group in upstate NY.
Waveland Spay/Neuter Free Clinic, Sept. 2006 Thank you PAWS Chicago and SAF!
Setting up the recovery room.
Thank you SAF!
Inside the van. 280 surgeries in 3 days!
Helping the people of Hancock County help their animals. Clinic Sept. 2006
Renee, director of the Waveland Animal Shelter, advising the folks.
We overcame insurmountable odds...and together we saved hundreds of Waveland animals....thank you Renee....you did some "good shit" too...
Working together for Waveland. Charlene from "The Friends" ARF, Brenda, IDA, and PAWS
Brenda, Waveland Clinic, every time I called she told me to send her more kids....
Happy Tails - Elizabeth and "Baillie"
Judah Battista from PAWS Chicago and two of the Waveland kids they took back with them.
Connie Durkee...one of the most important friends I made...working the spay/neuter clinic, Waveland, MS. Sept. 2006
Brenda holding "Little Bit" at the clinic.
Me and Paula Fasseas from PAWS Chicago. Forever grateful for what you did for the Waveland kids....
Look at this kid!
Happy Tail!
"Lucky" survived the streets until we got him in Sept. of 2006. This is why we didn't stop looking....
A Waveland kitten who went to Chicago
PAWS took every single cat and kitten when they left.
Waveland City Hall, Sept. 2006
Happy Tails - "Cheza" One of the five Rachel and Kristen pulled from underneath the pink building.
Happy Tails - Annie and "Kosmoe" One of the five from the pink building!
Happy Tails - "Banja" with her new family.
Miss Michelle, one of the amazing friends I made, HSSM, Gulfport, MS.
Miss Theresa, another dear friend from MS.
My friend Yvonne from MS lost everything as a result of Katrina and when she decided she couldn't give her three dogs the life they deserved she asked me to help her find them homes. This is Yvonne's "Sunshine."
My Dear friend Yvonne's "Silver."
Here's Yvonne's "Otis." She trusted me to find them homes....makes me want to cry.
"Josie" one of my last rescues. June 2007.
Happiest Tail - This is why I did it....my friend Woody and "Honey Bear Belle" Cape Cod, Mass.
