Pewaukee woman to leave for Oklahoma to help rescue animals

 UPDATED 11:52 PM CDT May 22, 2013

A Pewaukee woman is heading to Oklahoma on Thursday to help rescue animals, and she said time is of the essence.

The devastation in Moore, Okla., is unimaginable, and the impact on pets is where Caryn Buege comes in.

"I mean, we know there's animals stuck beneath these houses that have collapsed. So once they start moving debris, we're moving potentially live animals into dumpsters," said Buege of Operation Bring Animals Home.

Buege has experience. She helped rescue animals after Hurricane Katrina and other disasters.

"Our goal is certainly (to) get these animals, get them triaged, take them to some sort of staging ground or vet clinic, take pictures, document where we found them the best that we can," Buege said.

Then she tries to reconnect them with their human families using social media or other means.

"Cats are difficult. They climb. They hide. They're more difficult to catch than dogs are," Buege said.

And soon dogs will become more skittish, form packs and make rescue efforts more difficult.

"Obviously, we're not going to be able to save them all. We're not going to have access to all of them. But the ones that we do, we really need to get there as quick as we can," Buege said.

If you'd like to help with Operation Bring Animals Home, and the group's search and rescue team, go to 

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