From: Act Now! Rescue and Susan Rhoades, suerhoades@gmail.com — Act Now! Rescue is in flooded Piedmont, MO this morning. One dog (shepherd mix) and two cats have been found. Foster homes needed for all after they have been vetted. There is still no running water and no sewer. Access to Piedmont is still not possible. FEMA is handing out fresh water. Anheuser Busch has a truckload of canned water on the way.

The town was evacuated. Piedmont Animal Control was flooded and according to St. Louis KSDK website, 8 dogs drowned and all 14 cats survived floodwaters at the shelter run by ACO Cibele Hasenbeck. The search for left-behind pets and rural strays is still underway.

Presently, we need foster homes for:
• One husky mix
• Two puppies
One of the pups is a large breed who appears to have been abused and the other is a smaller breed.

IF YOU CAN FOSTER CONTACT:
Jan Siener, ACT Now! Rescue: 314-605-1497, info@actnowrescue.org

Act Now! Rescue has secured a warehouse to collect supplies.

SHIP OR DROP OFF SUPPLIES TO:
#10 Grandview Park * Arnold, MO 63010
MAP: www.actnowrescueonline.blogspot.com

**Any supplies en route to Terri Archer of Terri’s Pet Rescue — our initial contact — will still be sent to Piedmont, as Terri continues to work closely with rescuers on the ground there. Kinship Circle

Rope, Crates, Duct Tape, Markers, Notebooks, Rags, Toilet Paper, Table Ties, Work Gloves, Latex Gloves, Shavings (for lining cages), Betadine, Liquid Wormer, Liquid Antibiotics, Slip Leads, Blankets, Fresh Water, Dog/Cat Food

Act Now! Rescue is accepting donations for Piedmont Animal Control (not a 501c3):
http://paypal.com • info@actnowrescue.org

If unable to access Paypal, you may still mail monetary donations to:
For Piedmont Animal Flood Victims, c/o Terri’s Pet Rescue
1766 Becker Road; Cuba, MO 65453
All donations are tax-deductible
Terri’s Pet Rescue & Refuge, www.terrispetrescue.com

From: Susan Rhoades, suerhoades@gmail.com — Thank you so much for posting the updates — we are amazed at all the calls, emails, and donations we've received, and this little shelter will be helped by all of these efforts. I never knew about your list. I do now! And it's literally saving lives. Thanks again for all you do! Sue Rhoades

It is all of YOU who do the “doing!” We are humbled by your action for animals, Kinship Circle

When Kinship Circle learned cats who survived Piedmont’s shelter flood needed a place to go...we thought of one person: Nancy Lupia of Felines Forever. Last February, Nancy took in 14 Katrina kitties we brought back from New Orleans. She didn’t hesitate to take in disaster survivors this time...at first 6 cats, then 11...and finally 12 lucky kitties. ALL cats who made it out alive have gone to rescues, most of them with Nancy!

CALL NANCY LUPIA, FELINES FOREVER: 314-707-0795
A phone interview is required to be approved for adoption.

FOR MORE INFO ABOUT THE KITTIES: felinesforever@hotmail.com
www.felinesforever.petfinder.com/

Piedmont’s shelter took in 5 feet of water and lost 8 dogs. Cats survived because they’d been let out of cages in a last-minute effort to save them and were able to climb atop shelves... All were traumatized by the ordeal.

From bjkalmbach@yahoo.com, nightvine@yahoo.com — I write again out of desperation for Franklin County Animal Control in Benton, IL. This pound suffered devastating loss during Thanksgiving week when a fire burned their main building to the ground, killing over 50 animals. Since that time, volunteers and staff have continued taking in animals...with minimal facilities. They’ve housed cats and kittens in a storage shed and dogs and puppies have been living in OUTDOOR kennel runs — even through the coldest and snowiest parts of winter. Now Franklin County faces a new problem — RAIN AND FLOODING.

Darien, Illinois, from michelle.parson@comcast.net — Conditions getting worse. It’s rained constantly for 2 days. Places in West Frankfort (6 miles away) had to evacuate homes and called to pick up pets. Dottie and I set up our garages for animals. Dottie has all the puppies in her garage plus she has Brownie (the dog with broken leg), the puppy with the pins in its leg, another adult dog and all her own pets. I have Moonbeam and another old adult dog who belongs to a homeless woman...in my garage in cages...the 6 survivor puppies in in my cat room, 2 other adult cats in my cat room and 3 cats in cages in my back bedroom plus all my own animals.

PLEASE PLEASE BEG PEOPLE TO HELP US. We've both been out in the rain for the last 2 days getting soaked trying to get tarps back up and help all these animals, but the situation is hopeless... They will euthanize large numbers of animals by Monday if we and other rescues don't help them.

CONTACT Michelle Parson: 630-271-9002 or michelle.parson@comcast.net
Michelle Parson, A Caring Place Humane Society
President & Dog Program Director
Darien, IL • www.acaringplacehs.org