Area volunteers help rescue, care for canines in storm-ravaged areas

Annette Becherer spent a week with Noah's Wish, an animal rescue group founded in 2002, in a warehouse full of Hurricane Katrina dogs in Slidell, La.

With 300 panicky dogs barking 24 hours a day, it's a good thing Becherer likes canines.

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