The ASPCA gathered its strength and came to the help of the animals involved in the terrorist attacks, or those which were left to themselves by their owners in the neighbourhood of the World Trade Centre.
A structure for animal protection sometimes extreme in its implications, the ASPCA has shown a great reactivity and a good organisation at the time of the terrorist attacks, which took place in the USA last week. Besides the Veterinary Medical Assistance team, the ASPCA has organised a operational centre next to Battery Park, which is equipped too with an important veterinary unit, in order to help the animals involved, or those left behind by the inhabitants of the neighbourhood since September 11, 2001. Up to now, 150 pets - cats and dogs, Guinea pigs, rabbits and ferrets were checked by veterinarians. Most of them suffered from severe, traumatic state of shock, dehydration and respiratory troubles linked to the thick smoke, which emerged from the rumble.
These animals were hospitalised on the spot until they found back their owners, or were placed in shelters if their owners were among the victims. More than 300 hundreds unidentified animals were found wandering in the nearby streets, and were placed in the nine shelters implemented by the city. All these animals were immediately tagged with a transponder (an electronic chip is placed under the skin), and the list of the shelters was diffused, so that the owners could show themselves as quick as possible.
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