HUMAN + CAT < HURRICANE

Our struggle against the HUMANS is eternal and unending. Still, there is always a bigger picture, as much as I don't like to admit it.

Hurricane "KAT-rina" (acting, I must emphasize, in a very wet, sloppy and decidely un-katlike fashion) (also please note that we object strongly to this name and that we intend to make inquiries) has reminded us here at the V-Base that while we distinguish and choose, select friends and select enemies, judge a HUMAN bad and bad-smelling and a CAT good, saintly and kind, yes, we are reminded that there are larger forces to whom CAT and HUMAN are toys indistinguishable.

I will not relent in my - our - war against the HUMAN MENACE, but I do accept that there may be something greater than all of us. And it may be - just possibly - that the future holds something other than perpetual war against our oppressors. But we will see. We will see.

For now, The V3 (and cadet-trainee, DICKENS) invite all to take a moment to remember the suffering in the South of those on both sides of the HUMAN-FELINE struggle.

To support CAT rescue in Louisiana with donations or other material support go to:

Louisiana Veterinarian Medical Association

or

LSU School Of Veterinary Medicine

or

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)

or

United Animal Nations

Please give what you can. Non-military aid is also acceptable.

Below are several news stories of the heroism displayed by quadripedal mammals during and after Hurricane Katrina:

Evacuee's Lost Feline Found Safe - Athens News Courier

Katrina Evacuees Distraught Over Pets - Washington Post

Katrina Victims Anguished Over... - CBC Canada

Pets And Other Animals Are Hurricane K.'s Victims - Philadelphia Inquirer

ASPCA Databases Created - NewsBlaze

ASPCA: Hurricane Relief: Rescue Diary