Our Small But Powerful Team

Eric (www.ericsdogblog.com): Eric was the leader of our renegade rescue group. Had I not come across him, my experience would not have been the same. He fielded a zillion calls a day from people who were trying to locate their pets and wanting us to go rescue them. He spent alot of his own money to finance this effort and much of his time handling logistics. He was the lynchpin of our effort, and undoubtedly we could not have accomplished all we did without him. [Make me a sandwich, bitch!]

Billy: Billy was Eric's buddy from Baltimore, and the two of them were absolute polar opposites. Billy's wacky sense of humor and self-depricating manner could crack you up when you needed it most. He was like a character from a 70s movie, but he was the real thing. And you've gotta give it to a guy who can sleep the night away on top of a Budget rentral truck! That's quite a feat!

Lisa (www.helpthecritters.blogspot.com): Lisa was one wonderful surprise after another. Blonde and petite, you'd never guess this girl was as mighty as she was. But this girl could kick some butt. After volunteering for kennel duty on one of the early days, she put our entire camp in ship shape condition. And the sight of her pretty little blond self driving up in Eric's big old moving truck one day (after Lacey had lassoed one of our ornieriest critters --and we'd all run several blocks), was simply fabulous. [Girls kicking butt and taking names (or pets!)] Seriously though, Lisa was much tougher and capable than you might have thought at first glance, and she was a true joy to be around.

Lacey: Queen of the Lasso (aka dog catchpole, homemade or otherwise), driver extraordinaire, swamp wader, fearless of bridges with no mid section, and just plain gutsy, gutsy, gutsy...Lacey is a woman whose talents in pet rescue go unmatched. She put the men to shame (I kid you not) and truly was one of the finest pet rescuers I'd seen. She had a way with animals, even the scariest of them, and she wasted no time in getting them. Without her, we never would have had the success we did in terms of sheer rescue. And that 38 of hers made us all feel safe even in the most unsafe situations. And for anyone with a soft spot for pit bulls, this girl would warm your heart. She personally saved the lives of a bunch who never would have had a fighting chance if it weren't for her.

Me (www.savethepetskatrinarescue.blogspot.com)
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Matt was also a part of the rescue effort. He went out with Lacey every day except for a couple that his job got in the way of. Matt is an Englishman in New Orleans...who was our navigator/map reader/sanity checker extraordinaire. Oh, and he is 100% a real man!