LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — It's hard to forget the images of major storm damage and human suffering that were broadcast across the country after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast.

They were images that moved Las Vegan Staci Alonso.

"I think like so many others, you're just watching this on TV and seeing pets on rooftops and children crying and you thought oh, this can't be acceptable," she said.

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While Louisiana is more than 1,700 miles from her home in Las Vegas, Alonso wanted to do something to help and started looking for organizations in need.

She found Noah's Wish , a group that rescues and cares for animals following

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