Pets rescued from superstorm

A dog named Shaggy is handed from a National Guard truck to National Guard personnel after the dog and his owner left a flooded building in Hoboken, N.J., Oct. 31, 2012, in the wake of superstorm Sandy. Some residents and pets were plucked from their homes after Sandy slammed the east coast

A resident and his dog are evacuated from a neighborhood in Little Ferry, N.J., one day after superstorm Sandy slammed the east coast on Oct. 30, 2012.

Blaine Badick walks through flood waters with her dogs while leaving home, Oct. 31, 2012, in Hoboken, N.J.

A man walks down a street flooded street with his dog on his back after Hurricane Sandy, Oct. 30, 2012, in Hoboken, N.J.

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In this Oct. 30, 2012, photo, a man walks with his dog to a National Guard vehicle after leaving his flooded home at the Metropolitan Trailer Park in Moonachie, N.J., in the wake of superstorm Sandy.

Catherine Palmer evacuates with her friend's dog Bella on Nov. 7, 2012, in the Staten Island borough of New York City.

Esperanza Medina, second from left, is taken from a rescue boat along with pets in Little Ferry, N.J., Oct. 30, 2012, in the wake of superstorm Sandy as hundreds were brought out of flooded areas by boat.

Community pet rescuer Kim Ruiz stands among the cats, five of whom were rescued during superstorm Sandy, and dogs she currently houses in her unheated apartment without electricity in the Far Rockaway neighborhood in the Ocean Bay public housing projects on Nov. 9, 2012, in the Queens borough of New York City.

Olivia Loesner, 16, hugs her uncle, Little Ferry Deputy Fire Chief John Ruff, after she was brought from her flooded home in a boat in Little Ferry, N.J., Oct. 30, 2012, in the wake of superstorm Sandy.

A dog is leashed to a tree as people gather in an area where free food and electric charging is offered in Manhattan's East Village following superstorm Sandy on Nov. 1, 2012, in New York City.

Residents and their dog are evacuated from a neighborhood in Little Ferry, N.J., one day after superstorm Sandy slammed the East Coast on Oct. 30, 2012.

Blaine Badick and her fiancee Andrew Grapsas cross a flooded street with their dog while leaving their home, Oct. 31, 2012, in Hoboken, N.J.

Dina McKenzie tries to trick a feral cat into a trap in the New Dorp section of Staten Island in New York, Nov. 6, 2012.

A man hands a dog to first responders while being evacuated due to flood waters caused by superstorm Sandy on Oct. 30, 2012, in New York City.

A man pushes a woman and a dog in a boat a boat after their neighborhood experienced flooding due to superstorm Sandy, on Oct. 30, 2012, in Little Ferry, N.J.

A man walks his dog near downed power lines in the wake of superstorm Sandy, Oct. 30, 2012, in Chevy Chase, Md.

Dina McKenzie tries to cal a feral cat she trapped in the New Dorp section of the Staten Island borough of New York, Nov. 6, 2012.

Resident Kim Levan of Long Neck, Delaware, takes shelter with her dog Charlie at Cape Henlopen High School as superstorm Sandy approaches, Oct. 29, 2012, in Lewes, Del.

(L-R) Residents Paul and Donald Zezulinski and their dog "Plywood" of Island Park show their appreciation to first responders during their clean up efforts in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy on Nov. 9, 2012, in Island Park, N.Y.

Jerry Smith of South Long Beach Avenue watches his dogs take a dip in the flooded street in front of his home as high tide and winds from superstorm Sandy combine to flood the area on Oct. 29, 2012, in Freeport, N.Y.

Veterinarian Wendy McCulloch gives free deworming medication to Alberta Fergus' cat Nightmare on Nov. 4, 2012, in New York City.

Veterinarian Wendy McCulloch (L), prepares to euthanize Alberta Fergus' pet dog Sugar, 13, who had terminal cancer, at Fergus' apartment on Nov. 4, 2012, in New York City.

Thomas Kraidy (L) plays with his dogs Kelo (C) and King (2nd R) with his relatives Deztin Lankford (2nd L) and Cherokee Lankford (R) at a pet friendly shelter in the Milford Middle School gymnasium in Milford, Del., Oct. 28, 2012, after they were evacuated from their home in Dover due to superstorm Sandy's eminent landfall in the area.

In this Oct., 28, 2012, photo, Sarah Korman and Michael Cunba, who evacuated their home in Long Beach, N.Y., bring their dogs Jade, left, and Ava to a pet shelter at Mitchell Park's Field House, run by the Nassau County Office of Emergency Management and Pet Safe Coalition in Uniondale, N.Y.

Susan Baldwin hugs her pet dog while installing a wall of sandbags to protect her basement as superstorm Sandy approaches on Oct. 28, 2012, in the Rockaway Beach neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

A dog is crated at a temporary shelter at Milford Middle School set up by Kent County SPCA for pets of people staying at the school to get relief from Sandy, Oct. 29, 2012, Milford, Del.

In this Nov. 1, 2012, photo, Irmine Celestine stands on the stoop of her nephew's home, with his gerbils, in the Midland Beach section of Staten Island, N.Y., Nov. 1, 2012.