FIRE BURNS HALF OF ANIMAL SANCTUARY RESCUERS WILL BECOME THE RESCUED.Byline: CAROL ROCK Staff Writer NEWHALL -- More than 40 volunteers turned out Saturday to help a local animal sanctuary An animal sanctuary is a facility where animals are brought to live and be protected for the rest of their lives. Unlike animal shelters, sanctuaries do not seek to place animals with individuals or groups, instead maintaining each animal until his or her natural death. recover from the Cross Fire that swept through Placerita Canyon last week and destroyed nearly half of the 13-acre property. The destruction at The New Leash On Life Animal Rescue Center came almost exactly a year after the center itself turned out to aid others hit by a natural disaster: Hurricane Katrina  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. .
A year ago, Executive Director Kelly Dorafsher and her husband, Bobby, were rescuing and finding homes for hundreds of four-legged victims of the New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded flooding disaster. Bobby Dorafsher traveled twice to New Orleans to search through destroyed neighborhoods and pluck dogs from floating debris or take them from overwhelmed shelters. He filled two planes with dogs, destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. for new owners in California. On Monday, as flames raced up the hills near the center's own site, caretaker Diane Kinder helped evacuate 29 dogs, three cats, two geese, six chickens and a rooster rooster its crowing at dawn heralds each new day. [Western Folklore: Leach, 329] See : Dawn rooster symbol of maleness. [Folklore: Binder, 85] See : Virility . The animals returned the next day to a largely undisturbed shelter, but nearly half of the 13-acre property was destroyed, including Kinder's trailer. That means a lot to me. She passed away recently.'' The fire left hillsides cleared of everything but blackened black·en v. black·ened, black·en·ing, black·ens v.tr. 1. To make black. 2. To sully or defame: a scandal that blackened the mayor's name. 3. skeletons of tree trunks. Rosebushes in a meditation garden near the administration building were charred and the shelter's irrigation irrigation, in agriculture, artificial watering of the land. Although used chiefly in regions with annual rainfall of less than 20 in. (51 cm), it is also used in wetter areas to grow certain crops, e.g., rice. system was destroyed. The sanctuary's offices escaped the inferno, but a water tank, well pump and house were destroyed. Saturday, Dorafsher said center officials are now looking to the rainy season. ``We have to hydroseed the hillside to hold the dirt together,'' Dorafsher said. The fire also took out phones to the offices, so without phones or running water, rescue administrators will probably move to a Woodland Hills location. ``We'll just shift some of our fundraisers toward fixing this place,'' said Dorafsher, who is expecting her second child next month. ``I'm not much help with the physical stuff, but e-mail is a wonderful thing.'' The group's annual Walk 4 Paws will be held Oct. 22 at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, with funds set to help rebuild the irrigation system at a cost of more than $60,000. Some of the volunteers who helped Dorafsher with the Hurricane Katrina rescues are expected to lend a hand to give assistance. to give assistance; to help. See also: Hand Lend at the rescue center this the weekend. Honor Miele and daughter Savannah Savannah, city, United States Savannah, city (1990 pop. 137,560), seat of Chatham co., SE Ga., a port of entry on the Savannah River near its mouth; inc. 1789. Raskin, 12, worked up a sweat Saturday clearing out an isolation trailer, swabbing down the walls with cleaners and bleach. A few feet away, workers installed narrow-gauge wire-mesh snake fencing. carol.rock(at)dailynews.com (661) 257-5252 CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- 4 -- color) Diane Kinder gives Dawson, a rescued dog, a bath in the pool at New Leash on Life Animal Rescue Center on Saturday, above. Below left, Jamie Huff of Van Nuys repairs a section of netting, which provides shade for the animals, that melted in last week's fire, which burned more than 6 acres of the sanctuary. Below right, Dallin Tuttle, 14, of Valencia clears the ground near the burned section. Bottom, Kinder, left, cuts a melted section of netting from an aviary aviary Structure for keeping captive birds, usually spacious enough for the aviculturist to enter. Aviaries range from small enclosures to large flight cages 100 ft (30 m) or more long and up to 50 ft (15 m) high. Enclosures for birds that fly only little or weakly (e.g. as volunteers help. Alex Collins/Special to the Daily News |
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