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Pets, pet owners in need after Sandy

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    Suffolk SPCA distributing free pet food

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-- -- along the East Coast but it's not just man feeling the pain but man's best friend.

As well.

Here to explain what the situation is like and how you can help keep.

Roy gross and officer Regina and prompted -- good morning to both of you -- -- -- a serious issue after Katrina 250000.

Pets are left stranded how big a problem wasn't following super storms and.

Basically that's they wrote the book on its Katrina and it shows that people will go leave the past behind.

And -- some horror stories that you saw there.

Q we have a right here -- little element of the New York metropolitan area.

We have it set up -- -- shelters we have a W -- -- tell -- which is some memorandum of understanding.

And though we had three putt from crucial it was only for approximately eleven days in Suffolk County -- -- -- And the other two more analyst and.

An observant by the does have been shut down at this point but you still are offering things to to to -- and -- to families who have pets -- kind of some of the things that you're doing and it is putting folks you're listening to this -- they need some money they need some help on -- so.

You know explain what you're doing reports we are currently going into -- some of the hardest hit areas and distributing pet food two people let -- Well what people don't realize is.

People don't have cars anymore -- can't drive.

People they've lost everything so we are going into these areas and going door to door and distributing it for them.

And what -- we can do to help out with their -- and you know pets -- family members so.

From past experience is what we found was people refused to leave when they don't have a place to bring their animals.

Now they have a place to bring animals but you know again some people chose to stay.

And now we have to go in and help those people that are still there and this is weeks after super storms Fannie and -- There's still there's still in need.

Chief these are relatives of people what is your message to some of his pet owners and our viewers out there the one out.

Well we need to help soft on ESP CA is therefore these people like that parents.

We need the we have right now tons of food at this point.

Would like the -- to continue these operations.

And bill to replenish.

What we need to what we needed so that hasn't really -- -- -- -- a key right now so we can get it when we need to right now we have plenty of pet food.

What I really need that message out there to people like you should have a plan you should have an emergency plan before something happens.

Nearly thirty million cats and dogs were -- -- -- -- here's how you can help -- Dot SPC a dot -- the phone number 631.

382.

SP CA we will link those.

To our website FOX & Friends dot com and there you have it if you want to help.

These millions of pets and pet owners out here there were in the path of sandy thank you both for being here thank you know I've got to thank but if you aren't.