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“Thank God We Got Out!”

One Recovery Story From New Orleans


Foresight, planning, and quick action allowed 72 horses to be rushed from Equest Farm in New Orleans, La., to safety before Hurricane Katrina hit on this day last year. Among the stories of

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Recovery…of Sorts

Same storm, starkly different effects. There was a very different disaster area waiting for me in coastal Mississippi than I saw in Louisiana eight months earlier, and recovery has been markedly different. In both regions, all forms of life were at

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Hurricane Update: Healing Storm Scars

The ghastly, distressing images on network television and in newspapers aren’t there to haunt our daily lives, but post-Katrina destruction remains a bitter reality for many horse owners in the Gulf Coast region. For some, the wounds of Katrina

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Hurricane Pony Receives Prosthetic Limb, Helps Kids

Molly, a 15-year-old Appaloosa pony, survived Hurricane Katrina when it hit Louisiana. She was rescued from her pasture near New Orleans after the storm and given a new home with Pony Paradise. However, Molly’s storm tragedy didn’t end there; a

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Carriage Company Rebuilds

The horses and mules rescued last September from the flooded stables of Charbonnet Mid-City Carriages ushered in Valentine’s Day in Baton Rouge and Mardi Gras in New Orleans to the delight of many residents in hurricane-stricken Louisiana.

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Permanent Identification

Hurricane Katrina taught us many lessons. Serving as the Horse Unit Coordinator for the Louisiana Department of Agriculture’s State Veterinarian’s Office after Katrina, I received a much-needed education in permanent identification and the benefits

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Television Program Will Highlight Katrina Recovery

Tonight (April 6), “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” will feature the New Orleans’ 9th Ward community after the August 2005 devastation of Hurricane Katrina.


“After the Storm: New Orleans” will appear at 8:00 p.m. (9:00 p.m. CDT) on ABC.

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Groups Band Together to Provide Hay for Hurricane Victims

Five equine organizations joined together in Feburary to provide 6,500 bales of hay to nearly 800 horses in Vermilion Parish, La., that were affected by Hurricane Rita. The United States Equestrian Federation, the American Association of Equine

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Lessons Learned From the Hurricanes

Microchips were helpful in reuniting horses with owners after the 2005 hurricanes, but it was usually because owners had proof of horses’ microchip numbers. Since 1994, the Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry (LDAF) has required

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New Beginnings

If you had never been to Louisiana before, you might drive through the southern countryside today, passing sugarcane fields and oil refineries, and across bridge after bridge spanning a seemingly endless swampland, without too heavy of a reminde

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New Orleans Carriage Company Rebuilds

The horses and mules rescued last September from the flooded stables of Charbonnet Mid-City Carriages helped usher in Valentine’s Day in Baton Rouge and Mardi Gras in New Orleans to the delight of many residents in Katrina- and Rita-stricken

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Louisiana Termite/Mulch Rumors Untrue

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An e-mail warning the public about Formosan termite-infested mulch from southern Louisiana has been circulating online this week. Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry (LDAF) officials are

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