Remembering Shannon Moore

[idgiehkt]

This is a blog set up in remembrance of Shannon Moore, the Lousiana activist that took her own life around a week ago.

http://memoriesofshannon.blogspot.com/

some snippets:
http://lakelawnmetairie.createatribute.com/registryMain.php?PHPSESSID=8a0e0a1bc65d3a56a58ab6dfd7e4ec75&i_memorialid=1149528377

Shannon Hartwick Moore
July 22, 1969 - May 31, 2006
"Shannon Hartwick Moore, passionate advocate for animals and active volunteer for many humane organizations in the New Orleans area, died May 31.

A lifelong resident of New Orleans and Metairie, Shannon was 36. She was a magna cum laude graduate of Loyola University and, at the time of her death, was a partner with Fitzmaurice & Moore Associates CPAs.

Shannon’s volunteer work for animals leaves an imprint that survives her. On behalf of the animals she loved, Shannon formed (SOS) Supporters of Save Our Pets. She was instrumental in rallying grassroots support and awareness for the Louisiana Pet Evacuation Bill so that pet owners would never again be forced to abandon their pets in the event of a disaster. She was a driving force behind the People & Pets March to the State Capitol steps this spring, part of a coordinated non-stop push for passage of the bill.

Although her possessions had been damaged by Katrina, Shannon's response was to focus on saving the lives of hundreds of the thousands of hurricane stranded animals. She immediately volunteered for food/water programs to sustain displaced pets and strays in the streets. Shannon realized most of the animals she helped rescue and comfort had known warm laps, familiar voices and homes before the hurricanes. She became a Stealth Volunteer and spent countless hours in the challenging quest of reuniting missing pets and their grieving owners."

Horses were Shannon’s great love. The fate of large animals in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita impacted her deeply. Unable to stand by as horses starved, she became fiercely involved in saving them. It is difficult to estimate the number of truckloads of hay and the huge quantity of food and supplies she moved for animals struggling to survive in Gulf Coast areas. She created the HayThere group to assist hay producers and consumers via an online marketplace for hay and feed goods. One of Shannon’s great gifts was an innate ability to bring information, people, transports and supplies together. If all else failed, she'd hop into a vehicle and deliver the feed/supplies herself. She was a one-woman information clearinghouse. Any animal rescue group that needed statistics, a news story or contact information counted on Shannon."
more at link...

What a damn, damn shame.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. Thanks for posting this.

A tribute to a beautiful soul who left too soon.
It is so sad that she did not realize how much more she had to give, and how much she was loved and needed.

[1620rock]

2. What a beautiful pearson...what a sad ending. As they say...

...some people are too gentle to live among wolves...sad. :cry:

[acmejack]

3. I am very sorry to hear of this.

She was simply too fragile for this filthy existence. Fare thee well, gentle one.

[idgiehkt]

4. I just wonder if she needed a break.

She was doing this day in and day out for 9 months solid. I have friends that were down there for just a week or two that have PTSD symptoms just from that time. I wish she could have maybe gone on vacation for a few weeks or something, but I bet she wouldn't consider it. The situation down there was particularly bad with the livestock apparently, and it looks like that is what she was focused on.