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Sep 13, 2008 8:07 am US/Pacific

L.A. Animal Rescue Team Lends A Hand To Ike Aid

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A "Disaster Animal Response Team" from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals left Los Angeles Saturday morning and headed to Houston to help in animal rescue efforts resulting from Hurricane Ike.

The team is being dispatched in response to a request for assistance from Texas authorities.

"We want to provide as much aid as possible," said Madeline Bernstein, SPCA-LA president. "As proved during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the 2007 California wildfires, our DART unit can provide emergency help in various types of disasters."

The DART team, which consists of 9 SPCA employees, will leave in a five-vehicle caravan from the P.D. Pitchford Companion Animal Village and Education Center in Long Beach at around 7:45 a.m. Saturday morning. The team expects to reach Houston on Monday, Sept. 15.

The DART team vehicles are outfitted with full communications systems capable of monitoring and dispatching emergency services.

DART provides temporary shelter for animals and frontline veterinary care. In addition, DART can help local state and national agencies to assist families and their animals with medical, food and housing assistance.