Are
you likely, sometime in your
lifetime, to have to leave your
home quickly or be on your own
in an emergency? The answer
to that question is yes. A survey
conducted by the Hazards and
Vulnerability Research Institute
at the University of South Carolina
for Time magazine found
that 91% of Americans live in
moderate-to-high risk areas
for natural disasters or terrorism.
Have you thought through how
you will save the lives of both
your human AND animal family
members?
RESCUED:
Saving Animals from Disaster
(New
World Library)is the culmination of hundreds
of interviews we did with the
survivors, volunteers, and leaders
of animal organizations that
came together in the largest
animal rescue operation in history
after Hurricane Katrina. We
asked them to tell readers how
to save animals from disaster.
Their experiences will inspire
you. They will make you
think. They will bring tears
to your eyes and smiles to your
face. They will catapult you
into action.
This book shows your fellow human beings at their best and highest, giving of
themselves without expecting a return. RESCUED includes 16
pages of uplifting
action photos that show animal shelters, sanctuaries, volunteers,
and charities doing
good work -- all the time, everywhere..
We concluded that animal rescue is
becoming an important social movement in the United States and the world
because of the prevalence of household pets in two out of three homes and
the number of people with service animals. With 7,000 animal organizations and
10 million members, animal rescue
has woven itself into the fabric
of American life. Whether you
have a pet or not, the animal
rescue movement affects what
you eat, what you wear, the
movies you see, and the laws
that govern your actions.
RESCUED
answers the following questions
and many more:
What would you do if there were a house fire,
a chemical spill in your neighborhood, flash floods, wildfires, mudslides, an earthquake, hurricane,
tornado, or terrorism threat that called for fast evacuation? This book will help you make life-saving
emergency plans and be realistic about how to
implement them.
Could
you and your pets survive,
isolated without emergency
help, for as much as 72
hours? That's what the
CDC says you might need
to do in the event of a
disaster.
This book helps you think through basic survival needs.
What if you are intrigued by animal rescue, whether as
a volunteer in disasters or as
a means of saving your own beloved pets? This book gives you
quality information for how to be trained or even to choose a career in animal
rescue.
What
did the media NOT report
about animal rescue?
Although the media played a major role in inspiring volunteers
to rescue animals, our in-depth interviews yielded amazing details and twists that were left
out of news stories.
Such as, what happened to
Dr. James Riopelle after
his rescue by Matthew McConaughey
was televised on the Oprah
Winfrey show, broadcast
from New Orleans?
Which
celebrities support animal
rescue and why? We were able to pose
questions to celebrities,
some of whom are not well known for their
devotion to animals. They wanted to talk about animal
rescue for
this book because they think
it is so important to support.
RESCUED contains many stories of rescues with
happy endings -- either by animals
and people being reunited or
animals finding wonderful new
homes. On the cover of our book is a touching
image of a rescued golden retriever
drinking water poured by a volunteer. It was taken by photographer Troy Snow
who works with Best Friends Animal Society. Best Friends set up a temporary
shelter in Tylertown, Mississippi. Due to the work of animal rescuers, the dog
on our book cover, named Baby, and her human companion, Aggie, were reunited.
Aggie escaped from her flooded New Orleans home by climbing out of a
second-floor window. When she was evacuated, like so many others, she was
forced to leave Baby behind. Five times, Aggie was moved to different shelters. She wondered if she would ever see Baby again. When Aggie managed to
get to Tylertown, she found Baby there and was reunited with her best friend.
In an article on the Best Friends’ Website, Aggie is reported as saying to the
volunteers, “I lost all my possessions, but the only thing I cared about in the
world was Baby, so I haven’t lost anything.” (See image below.)
We hope you will treasure the compassion and wisdom in this book. If you are
a volunteer or staff member who rescues animals, consider RESCUED
a
tribute to your love, courage, and devotion. If you have an animal in your home, read
these pages to learn how to protect
him or her should there be an
emergency. Discover the ways
that legislation and preparedness
need to function so animals
are never left behind in disasters
again. If you love animals,
let RESCUED inspire you
to take the next steps in supporting
animal rescue in your community,
in the nation, and in the
world.
Visit the Angel Animals Network for details
about Angel Animals books, newsletters, and videos
by Allen and Linda Anderson.
Aggie
and Baby Reunited (Dog
on Bookcover of RESCUED) Photo
by Troy Snow, Copyright 2006
Troy Snow says, "Aggie and Baby were so excited and happy to see each other,
that anyone within eye or earshot of what was going on, was completely
overwhelmed. I was literally shooting this photo through tears and hoping I got
the shot."
Click
Living
on Earth (NPR)
to listen to an interview about
Rescued: Saving Animals from
Disaster.
Click
Amazing
Angel Animals
to watch how authors Allen and Linda Anderson
reach out with their amazing message -- animals and people are spiritual
partners in this world.
Note: DVDs are available with additional
television interviews featuring Allen and Linda Anderson upon request by media
outlets.
Click to purchase RESCUED:
Saving Animals from Disaster, Life
Changing Stories and Practical Suggestionsautographed by Allen and Linda
Anderson from the Angel Animals
online bookstore.
"RESCUED:
Saving Animals from Disaster was
very well received by the students and my
faculty colleagues. It provided a
very helpful framework for our [Animals
in Disaster, Spring 2007, Arkansas Tech
University] course study." --Kay
C. Goss, CEM, Director of Emergency Management
and Crisis Communications, Homeland Security
"Rescued is the most comprehensive book to date on
what became a major news story after the storm – caring for the animals of New
Orleans. . .The book is an urgent call to action, and readers who have pets
will find it a useful guide to evacuating with animals – for preparedness, as
we all learned, is everything." --Susan Larson, Books Editor, Times-Picayune, “Lift
Every Voice: Katrina Survivors and Rescuers Tell Their Stories,” December 18,
2006
"The
most important chapter, to our minds, reviews
the lessons learned from Katrina. The
first was, 'Hurricane Katrina provided a
wake-up call for mainstream Americans to
recognize the importance of saving animals
from disaster.'. . . . The Andersons list
some of the common sense precautions that
animal guardians can take to ensure their
pets' well-being during disasters."
--Chris Mercer, Animal People, November
2006
"[RESCUED]
is one of the most inspiring accounts in
print -- besides offering action and adventure,
it offers pet owners important tips on keeping
pets safe." --Midwest Book Review
"Deeply
moving stories and up-to-date information
about this very important and often ignored
aspect of natural disasters. Highly
recommended! Award winner of Animals/Pet
category, the Best Books 2006 National Book
Awards." --Jeff Bowen, USABOOKNEWS.COM
"Must
Read!!!!" --Today's Books, Public
News Service Reports to the Media on Book
Publishing Industry
"Local
authors Linda and Allen Anderson (also writing
instructors at the Loft Literary Center
in Minneapolis) turned their horror into
action, writing the compelling book RESCUED:
Saving Animals From Disaster. Through
emotionally wrenching, firsthand accounts
of animal rescue and reunion, the book examines
how the hurricanes of 2005 changed the way
Americans view animal rescue." --Deborah
Caulfield Rybak, Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"Believing
that domesticated pets are family members
and that by helping them one is also helping
people, the Andersons detail what has been
learned from Katrina and provide instructions
for readers in the event that they face
an evacuation. The authors stress that owners
must take primary responsibility for their
pets and that rescue volunteers should be
properly trained. . .their advice is well
taken." --Publisher’s
Weekly review, July 24, 2006. Copyright.
All rights reserved.
"The
volunteers who waded into the devastation
left in Hurricane Katrina's wake came in
all sizes and shapes and redefined our notion
of hero. Many of these unlikely champions
scooped endless shovels of poop, distributed
truckloads of food and clean water, and
provided comfort and kindness to animals
whose world had blown apart. They worked
against Brobdingnagian odds: hundreds of
thousands of frightened, starving animals
owners were forced to leave behind and little
space in which to care for the abandoned
pets.
"Allen and Linda Anderson extensively
interviewed the men and women who came to
rescue four-legged, finned, and feathered
victims of Katrina. The result is a treatise
full of practical suggestions for dealing
with stranded animals, meeting their housing
and medical needs, and, ultimately, reuniting
them with their owners. Aftermath stories
will change public policy, and every pet
owner should read the Andersons' book and
develop their own private plan for the safety
of their nonhuman companions." --Pamela
Crossland, Booklist, American Library Association,
August 2006, Copyright. All rights reserved.
Click
HERE for more
articles, reviews, and endorsements about
RESCUED. Visit the ANGEL ANIMALS NETWORK at www.angelanimals.net
Rescued: Saving Animals from Disaster won
the
2007
American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), self-help/service category
book award.
Compelling, fascinating, and most
important -- highly moral.
--Ben Stein, author, actor,
commentator
Highly
recommended! Award winner of Animals/Pet
category, the Best Books 2006 National Book
Awards. --Jeff Bowen
Must
Read!
--TODAY'S
BOOKS, Public News Service Reports to
the Media on Book Publishing Industry
A must read that I couldn't put down, RESCUED will move you
to action.
--Marc Bekoff, University of Colorado; author of Animal
Passions and Beastly Virtues
American
Humane applauds the Andersons' tireless efforts to pay homage to the hundreds
of individuals from scores of animal welfare groups who gave so much to rescue
the animal victims of Hurricane Katrina.
--Marie Belew Wheatley, President & CEO, American Humane Association
It is an important work that will warm the
hearts of all readers whose animals are an indispensable part of the family.
--Karen Dawn, founder of DawnWatch.com, nationwide
media alerts for animals in the news
The
authors and the publisher are donating a
portion of proceeds from this book to animal
organizations.
