NIAS, INDONESIA - DECEMBER 29: A man, girl and dog cross deep water at Sirombu village December 29, 2004 in Nias, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Tens of thousands of people have been killed in Indonesia's northern Sumatra island after a massive undersea earthquake triggered a tsunami December 26, 2004. (Photo by Getty Images)

Two youths carry their dog down the flooded street after Hurricane Katrina dumped as much as 15 inches of rain as it passed over this communinty south of Miami August 26, 2005 in Homestead, Florida. (Photo by Carlo Allegri/Getty Images)

Alex Perez carries his cats to dry land after being rescued by boat from his house near Lake Pontchatrain flooded by Hurricane Katrina August 30, 2005 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

Donnie Panarello Sr. (R) and Donnie Panarello Jr. (L) pull dogs Chance (2nd R) and Buddy down a flooded street as they evacuate the hard-hit Chalmette community of Saint Bernard's Parish September 3, 2005 in New Orleans. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Judy Sluigen pets a dog that she found wandering the streets September 10, 2005 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Volunteers have found thousands of pets ranging from dogs and cats to pigs and goats and have taken them to a temporary shelter near New Orleans to be cleaned and fed. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Civilian rescuers (L-R) David Coupe, Pat Alladio and Shawn Alladio carry dogs to safety on a flooded street September 11, 2005 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Wranglers guide a herd of stranded cows to higher ground as flood waters rise, due to a levy break September 24, 2005 in Chauvin, Louisiana. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)

A dog makes the most of the flooded Waiwhetu stream on Riverside Drive, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand, Monday Feb 16, 2004. (Photo by Ross Setford/Getty Images)

Patty Yardley and dog Bailey sit on the rear steps of their Ferry Street home and watch as floodwaters from the Delaware and Raritan Canal and Delaware River continue to rise June 29, 2006 in Lambertville, New Jersey. (Photo by Colin Archer/Getty Images)

Brandon Smith carries his two cats, Fry and Bender, to dry land from their flooded and evacuated home on June 11, 2008 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Photo by David Greedy/Getty Images)

Maria Steele fights back tears after she and her cats Ching (L) and Sushi (R) were rescued from their flooded home June 12, 2008 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

A rescue worker brings a dog to dry land after using a boat to rescue him and his owner from their home June 12, 2008 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Cedar Rapids firefighter Jeremy Wagner rescues a cat from the attic of a flooded home June 13, 2008 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

A stranded cat swims through flood water searching for dry land June 16, 2008 in Oakville, Iowa. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Jerry Ford rescues a wet cat from a house June 18, 2008 as floodwaters overtake the town of Oakville, Iowa (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Hogs lie stranded on a roof June 18, 2008 as floodwaters overtake the town of Oakville, Iowa. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Three pigs stand stranded on the roof of a building after the flood waters from the Mississippi River and Iowa River inundated the town June 20, 2008 in Oakville, Iowa. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Alexae Dunn pets her dog Lady while sitting on a car surrounded by flood waters near her home June 23, 2008 in South Shore, Missouri. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Cattle stand in high water on a flooded farm after Hurricane Ike hit September 15, 2008 in Winnie, Texas. (Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

A couple of dogs sit on a raft as another paddles as flash floods hit the Southern Philippines, on June 2, 2010 in Sultan Kudart in Maguindanao Province, Philippines. (Photo by Jeoffrey Maitem/Getty Images)

A member of the Australian Wildlife Rescue Organisation (WIRES) rescues a mob of kangaroos displaced by flooding on December 2, 2010 at Lake Burrendong, Australia. (Photo by Tracey Woods via Getty Images)