If you haven't met Renee Borne, art/drama teacher/blues musician and animal rescuer, you should. When Hurricane Katrina threatened her home in Metairie, she packed up her 31 dogs, five cats, a parakeet and a goose and trucked on to Houston. She ended up here with few clothes, no toiletries, and no supplies but food and water for her pets.

Luckily for her, she drove up to the Courtyard Marriott at BrookHollow and found some angels ready to help. The Brookstone engineering company next door let her stay in its parking lot. Brookstone (or the nice man who owns the property - I'm getting conflicting reports) donated an air conditioned trailer for her animals, built a makeshift fenced in area as a running area for her dogs, and brought her tents and food. Dozens of volunteers have come by to help her walk her dogs, bringing food, treats, chew bones, water bowls, and support.

Renee has enough food and treats for her pets to last for a few weeks, however some of the time the dogs are outside and the fear of disease from mosquitos and fleas is very real. She would be very interested and grateful if any vet clinics or individuals could possibly provide any Frontline or Heartgard for her animals. She has 15 small dogs, 8 medium and 8 large ones. Any help would be deeply appreciated. She hopes to be able to return to Metarie in several weeks, although she says the folks in Houston sure are nice and caring! 

Renee can be reached by calling 713-688-7711. She's in room 212 at the Marriott. Here's a map.

ANY comments with profanity will be deleted as soon as I find them, and your IP address will be banned. If you can't make your point without cursing, you don't have any business posting.

The Houston Humane Society has stepped up, as has SNAP, to offer food and medical supplies!

   --Posted by: lforonda at September 10, 2005 4:11 PM

Did anybody send medical supplies to her? How about the crates? Lisa, did you talk to the Humane Society?

   --Posted by: John at September 10, 2005 1:44 PM

I've been helping them as much as I can since they got here. What she also really needs are dog crates ... the collapsible, metal kind.

Thanks!

Dianne

   --Posted by: Dianne Ledet at September 9, 2005 6:01 PM

The Houston Human Society off Almeda Rd. is providing free vaccines, exams, flea prevention, etc..for any and all LA. evacuees. I am a volunteer there so I will contact Jennifer Williams & see what they can do to get to her location.

   --Posted by: Michelle Daniel at September 9, 2005 7:19 AM