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Meanwhile, the LA/SPCA is gearing up for the possibility that it will have to use its own evacuation plan, in which shelter residents and staff would be relocated to Houston in the event of a Category 3 or greater storm. "For Katrina, we transferred 263 animals," Rigney says. "And they all made it safely...
...Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which operates the city's animal shelter, estimates that 70,000 pets remained in the city during the storm; of those, about 15,000 were rescued. Only about 20% of the rescued animals were reunited with their owners, says LA/SPCA disaster preparedness coordinator Heather Rigney...
...renegade animal rescue groups that poured into the city in Katrina's chaotic aftermath: hastily convened organizations that entered homes, often illegally, to search for animals, leaving buildings with gaping doors and broken windows, and vulnerable to people with less honorable motives. "Most people came here with good intentions," Rigney says. "But they didn't want to take direction from the city or the SPCA." This year's plan requires all rescue groups to register in advance with the animal protection agency. "You won't be seeing any fringe groups," Rigney promises...
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That kind of questionable dealing may not only discourage donors from giving their bodies but may also keep them from donating organs and tissue, which are used for the far more pressing business of keeping other people alive. Those transplant programs are much more closely policed. Bob Rigney, CEO of the American Association of Tissue Banks, says donors to banks in his group sign informed-consent contracts that describe all possible uses for their tissue: "We explain everything a person might want to know. We even provide for follow-ups--a week, a month, a year later...