Dark Water Rising: Hurricane Katrina Animal Rescues
by Mike Shiley
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Actor: Kim UphamDirector: Mike Shiley
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 75 minutes
Published: 2006-07-01
DVD Release Date: 2006-06-25
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Shidog Films
Movie Reviews of Dark Water Rising: Hurricane Katrina Animal Rescues
Movie Review: A wake up call for emergency managers
Summary: 5 Stars
As a former SPCA Inspector and a current Disaster Management Consultant, this was a mind numbing show.
Today, there are some officials who believe that shooting pets is the solution - this documentary clearly disproves this option and the solution is a multi agency response enabled through pre-event planning.
Although many hearts where in the right place, this doco proves the point that "do gooders" can do more harm than good - not only in their response, but to themselves. Untrained responders need to be effectively managed and the contrast between the professionalism of existing and credible organisations like the SPCA and HSUS in comparison to spontangeous organisations certainly proves this point.
The causal factors such as FEMA policy on animal management are not thoroughly examined, but that is not the focus of the doco - its about the rescue and the realities of such operations.
But as Leslie Irvine (Filling the Ark) points out, despite the passage of the PETS Act by Senate - Pets are actually the less vulnerable of the animal community, and what is not well publicised is the millions of intensively farmed animals that died during Katrina, many left in factory cages with no means to escape or fend for themselves.
Whether you are an animal emergency manager, animal lover or animal activist - this is a fascinating and sobering documentary.
Steve Glassey CEM
Summary of Dark Water Rising: Hurricane Katrina Animal Rescues
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