BY ZAC ANDERSON
PUNTA GORDA -- More than 70 dogs and cats and 14 horses rode out Hurricane Katrina in Richard Gingles' Long Beach, Miss., animal clinic.
So many animals needed shelter that Gingles ran out of space in his boarding kennels and was forced to stash pet carriers beneath operating tables and reception desks.
'We were just overflowing,' Gingles said Monday.
The next time Long Beach residents are forced to leave town, Gingles plans to have more kennel space, and he's getting help from three Charlotte County nonprofits.
Carolyn Freeland traveled to Mississippi last week on behalf of the local nonprofits to give Gingles and 13 other business owners $1,000 grants"
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