Owner Of Displaced Katrina Dogs Pleads To Get Them Back-New Family Refuses

[matcom]

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LARGO - Steven and Dorreen Couture sat before reporters Tuesday, trying to put a child's face on their Hurricane Katrina saga.

On their laps sat their 7-year-old granddaughter Cassidy and 4-year-old grandson Steven.

After months of e-mails, phone calls and interviews, the Coutures drove two days from the New Orleans area to plead for their dogs, Master Tank the St. Bernard and Nila the shepherd mix.

"I'm making a plea," Steven Couture said as his grandson twisted and turned in his lap. "Please give me my dogs back."

Master Tank and Nila were rescued by the Pinellas Humane Society from the St. Bernard Parish of New Orleans in Katrina's aftermath in September. Soon after, the two dogs were adopted by two Tampa Bay area residents who have refused to return them.

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http://www.sptimes.com/2006/06/28/Tampabay/Family_pleads_to_recl.shtml

[Pithlet]

1. Give them their dogs back.

If I rescued a Katrina pet, I'd know that there was a likelihood the previous owners would resurface. Given the circumstances, it's pretty cold hearted and self centered not to give them back. It sounds like her reasons for not returning the St Bernard are rationalizations, and don't appear to be backed up by any facts.