Pawprints of Katrina: Pets Saved and Lessons Learned is a 2008 non-fiction book written by author and journalist Cathy Scott that documents the writer's experience embedded with Best Friends Animal Society triage center to rescue lost animals in the Gulf region and reunite them with their people. More than 200 stories with accompanying art by photographer Clay Myers detail rescues, examinations, treatment, reunions, and follow-up care by volunteers from all walks of life caring for other people's pets. The book, with a foreword by Ali MacGraw, actor and animal welfare activist, was released in August 2008 on the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.