I CUT AND PASTED THIS from WaccoTalk.
If you would like to make a donation, I'm suggesting that instead of sending money to the Red Cross, who already have received many millions of donations, as they do regularly, consider sending your donation to the URL I'm printing for you right here: https://www.SearchDogFoundation.org
You may already know these people train dogs and handlers all year round, in order to be ready for whatever disaster arises. It is their dogs who are now working the Katrina Disaster, rescuing trapped victims who need help, and finding the bodies of missing people lost in the rubble.
THE DOGS AND THEIR HANDLERS DO THIS W/ NO PAY AND NO MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
At this very moment 22 teams, meaning 22 dogs and 22 handlers, are hurrying to the hurricane site, while others are already working on the scene. They are a non-profit organization, headquartered in Ojai, CA, founded by Wilma Dasche Melville, who is my sister.
The Foundation always needs money to support their dogs. Compared to the Red Cross, they are a small outfit. They rescue dogs set aside for euthanasia, and train those dogs who are suitable dogs for the task, to rescue people who might otherwise die, so your money saves lives twice. More information is available, along w/ photos of the dogs and their handlers, at: https://www.SearchDogFoundation.org
In Solidarity,
Ruth