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Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 151
BY SENATOR MORRELL
A RESOLUTION
To commend Sue Schindler and other corporate mechanics at Lakefront Airport for saving
the lives of animals.
WHEREAS, every year, millions of cats and dogs are euthanized in our nation's
animal shelters because there are more companion animals than there are responsible homes
for them; and
WHEREAS, far too many animals in this country are initially loved and then
neglected or abandoned over time because owners decide too late that caring for pets is more
responsibility than they actually want; and
WHEREAS, foster parents provide temporary care for cats, kittens, dogs and puppies
in their own homes; and by offering their time, energy and home to an animal in need, they
prepare the animal for adoption into a permanent home as well as help prevent overcrowding
in shelters; and
WHEREAS, around June of 2007, as Sue Schindler was hard at work at her job as
a corporate mechanic at Lakefront Airport, she and her co-workers heard some kittens
crying; and
WHEREAS, the Lakefront Airport had been using trailers as temporary quarters after
Hurricane Katrina and were moving them out; and cats and kittens had been using the
trailers as shelter since the storm; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Schindler remembered seeing an adoption day sign at Petco in
Metairie, so she called them, and they put her in touch with Riverlands Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Laplace; and
WHEREAS, some shelters put the cats and dogs down, and Ms. Schindler couldn't
even think of doing that, so she brought them to Riverlands, which finds foster homes for
the animals until they can get permanently adopted; and SR NO. 151 ENROLLED
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WHEREAS, Schindler soon began to foster animals at her home in Slidell where she
cares for an average of about fifteen animals from two weeks to as long as three to six
months; and
WHEREAS, at one point she had forty-three cats housed at her home; and
WHEREAS, she has spent as much as one thousand dollars a month on an average
for any given month for food, medical supplies, veterinarians and flea and parasite
prevention, depending on the number of animals she has; and
WHEREAS, most Saturdays and Sundays, Ms. Schindler brings her fostered pets to
local pet stores in East Jefferson and Slidell, which provides her with a location to show
them.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby commend Sue Schindler and the other corporate mechanics at Lakefront Airport
for saving the lives of animals.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Sue
Schindler and the Lakefront Airport.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE