Collateral tails from mass deportations


Volunteers conducting a census of pets left behind in New Orleans offer food to two abandoned dogs. As immigrant detentions and self-deportations soar, animal welfare groups in cities like New Orleans are scrambling to feed, foster and re-home the pets left behind. — Kathleen Flynn/The New York Times

THE adoption listing described Heinz, a Shih Tzu-poodle mix, as sweet, happy and energetic.

“But he also has a sad story,” said the bio on the website of Rolling River Rescue, a non-profit in New Orleans.

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