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Are Food/Water Stations Really Kitty Spas? A tale of a pet detective, food/water stations, and many caring humans.

2006 [caption id="attachment_842" align="alignleft" width="250"] Blissful kitty…sleeping in his hotel room next to his human sister, Epiphany, on the way back to his original guardians’ new home in Texas. Obviously Mikko quickly fell into being a ‘house cat’ again. Mikko's… Read More »

Chance Gets a Second Chance at ARNO

(9/24/2006) Chance (once called "No Chance") was found behind a business establishment in LaPlace, LA. The owner called Animal Control and the dog was taken to the shelter. They intended to feed him for five days in the hopes that… Read More »

A Cruelty Case Or Is Fate Just Cruel?

(10/25/06) [caption id="attachment_828" align="alignleft" width="250"] Howard outside of the ARNO shelter brought in by ARNO volunteer feeder/trapper. Feeders act as ‘rescue angels’ daily on the streets and neighborhoods left devastated by Katrina. Nothing much in the landscape has changed in… Read More »

Can you spare a little time or a dime?

Updated 8/20/08 ARNO Volunteer We need volunteers who can help us at the shelter. ARNO is very short of local help and need people who can assist us with animal care. Duties include 'dishes' (litter pans and food/water bowl scrubbing),… Read More »

ARNO’s New Buddy

(2/14/07) UPDATED [caption id="attachment_819" align="alignleft" width="300"] Buddy at the vet, with irritated eyes due to dehydration.[/caption] ARNO volunteer Anabel Salinas was helping out with an animal transport recently when she encountered two extremely thin and injured dogs roaming off the… Read More »

Yes, They Still Need Us…

- by Charlotte Bass-Lilly There is so much said about how many are still left on the street…is it five, ten, twenty or forty thousand animals? Cats always outnumber the dogs, and the feline species has proven the better survivor… Read More »

ARNO, 2 years and still helping…

August 2007 [caption id="attachment_800" align="alignleft" width="199"] Arabella... rescued when injured and starving. Now healthy and accepted by Labs4Rescue in Connecticut for a loving home in the northeast.[/caption] NEW ORLEANS, Animal Rescue New Orleans (ARNO) -- This is written as those… Read More »

Memorial No Substitute for Criminal Trial

( 2/6/08 ) Photos ©2008 ARNO/Laura Richard On Wednesday, January 30 2008, rescuers who labored and risked their lives on water/land rescuing pets after Katrina came together for a memorial service and quietly protested recent events. Representatives of Animal Rescue… Read More »

Vagabonds Give Up Street Life

Boy and Rocca, Part I (7/15/08) - by Lise N. McComiskey [caption id="attachment_783" align="alignleft" width="350"] Photo ©2008 Jeanette Althans[/caption] They are disinterest, dislike and distrust; They are the left behind, unwittingly, unwillingly or without care, they are a mystery; They… Read More »

Rebuilders stumble on old friend

(7/15/08) – Editor's Note [caption id="attachment_778" align="alignleft" width="300"] © 2008 Photo by Laura RichardSamantha, the cat who is now home with her family in the Upper Ninth Ward.[/caption] Keeping ARNO’s controlled food/water stations going is a double-edged sword these days.… Read More »