Animals Are Also At Risk During Flooding!

NIAS, INDONESIA - DECEMBER 29: A man, girl and dog cross deep water at Sirombu
village December 29, 2004 in Nias, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Tens of thousands of
people have been killed in Indonesia's northern Sumatra Island after a massive
undersea earthquake triggered a tsunami December 26, 2004.

Two youths carry their dog down the flooded street after Hurricane Katrina dumped as
much as 15 inches of rain as it passed over this community south of Miami August 26,
2005 in Homestead, Florida.

Alex Perez carries his cats to dry land after being rescued by boat from his house near
Lake Pontchatrain flooded by Hurricane Katrina August 30, 2005 in New Orleans,
Louisiana.

Donnie Panarello Sr. (R) and Donnie Panarello Jr. (L) pull dogs Chance (2nd R) and Buddy
down a flooded street as they evacuate the hard-hit Chalmette community of Saint
Bernard's Parish September 3, 2005 in New Orleans.

Judy Sluigen pets a dog that she found wandering the streets September 10, 2005 in
New Orleans, Louisiana. Volunteers have found thousands of pets ranging from dogs and
cats to pigs and goats and have taken them to a temporary shelter near New Orleans to
be cleaned and fed.

Civilian rescuers (L-R) David Coupe, Pat Alladio and Shawn Alladio carry dogs to safety
on a flooded street September 11, 2005 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Wranglers guide a herd of stranded cows to higher ground as flood waters rise, due to
a levy break September 24, 2005 in Chauvin, Louisiana.

A dog makes the most of the flooded Waiwhetu stream on Riverside Drive, Lower Hutt,
Wellington, New Zealand, Monday Feb 16, 2004.

Patty Yardley and dog Bailey sit on the rear steps of their Ferry Street home and
watch as floodwaters from the Delaware and Raritan Canal and Delaware River continue
to rise June 29, 2006 in Lambertville, New Jersey.

Brandon Smith carries his two cats, Fry and Bender, to dry land from their flooded and
evacuated home on June 11, 2008 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Maria Steele fights back tears after she and her cats Ching (L) and Sushi (R) were
rescued from their flooded home June 12, 2008 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

A rescue worker brings a dog to dry land after using a boat to rescue him and his owner
from their home June 12, 2008 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Cedar Rapids firefighter Jeremy Wagner rescues a cat from the attic of a flooded
home June 13, 2008 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

A stranded cat swims through flood water searching for dry land June 16, 2008 in
Oakville, Iowa.

Jerry Ford rescues a wet cat from a house June 18, 2008 as floodwaters overtake the
town of Oakville, Iowa.

Hogs lie stranded on a roof June 18, 2008 as floodwaters overtake the town of
Oakville, Iowa.

Three pigs stand stranded on the roof of a building after the flood waters from the
Mississippi River and Iowa River inundated the town June 20, 2008 in Oakville, Iowa.

Alexae Dunn pets her dog Lady while sitting on a car surrounded by flood waters near
her home June 23, 2008 in South Shore, Missouri.

Cattle stand in high water on a flooded farm after Hurricane Ike hit September 15,
2008 in Winnie, Texas.

A couple of dogs sit on a raft as another paddles as flash floods hit the Southern
Philippines, on June 2, 2010 in Sultan Kudart in Maguindanao Province, Philippines.

A member of the Australian Wildlife Rescue Organisation (WIRES) rescues a mob of

kangaroos displaced by flooding on December 2, 2010 at Lake Burrendong, Australia.