You can't turn the news on without seeing images of Galveston and Houston and the aftermath of Hurricane Ike.  Emergency response is more organized for pet owners, and while not everyone heeded the warnings to "get outta Dodge", the evacuation scene was familiar to many Gulf Coast residents.

For the Love of Dog has been taking Gulf Coast dogs since before Katrina. The group's volunteers did several stints in New Orleans and Mississippi in 2005 and earliy 2006 in the aftermath of that storm. We placed something like 72 Katrina dogs (sorry, I really did lose count) during our Katrina relief efforts.

In the last year, many of our dogs have come from the Galveston TX area, and last week, we evacuated 6 dogs knowing that Ike was headed toward them. 

We have two more coming this weekend and four more coming next week. We are also on call for Best Friends Animal Society in Utah for relief and our TX contact (still without power) is working hard to assist with relief efforts as well.

We often ask for money, and won't turn it away if it's offered (and your donation is tax deductable). But what we really need is FOSTER HOMES -- for the dogs in boarding currently and for the dogs coming in this week, next week and after that.