It's wonderful if you have a passion for animals. But in a disaster, you have to keep your emotions in check. There are tons and tons of animal lovers who could help in the background.

We don't intend to let this fall by the wayside. It's going to happen sooner or later, but it's a big job, and we need many, many minds.

We have quite a number who can help on the domestic end. We need large animal farmers. They can't up and leave (in a disaster), but they can help with planning.

We will be responsible for anything that happens on a county level. If it's beyond our control, the state team or (federal agencies) would be called in to help.

When we went back to our place, it was a mess. Everything from the smell of dead animals to dead people. But we were luckier than a lot of people. There are still people living in tents, still people homeless. We had nowhere else to go.

Karen has this amazing ability to capture certain things, certain emotions, even in animals, that are just so special and so personal.