Disaster Relief
Welcome to the Disaster Relief section of SmiteMe!.net. Here you can find action alerts, news and updates, volunteer and donation information, and additional resources to help the non-human victims of natural and man-made disasters. Examples include the 2007 California wildfires, the 2007 earthquake in Peru, various “pet” food recalls, the “war on terra”, and of course Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Listed below are the most recent email alerts and campaigns. This page currently encompasses the time period from June through December of 2008. To view archived alerts, please click on the link for the desired time period (e.g., January through June 2007), either from the list below, or the sidebar to the right (under “Pages”).
The links below are arranged in reverse chronological order, with the newest information at the top of the list. Most of the individual action alerts are reprinted here; however, some of the links will take you to external sites. You can use the links to “jump to” an action alert, or browse through the most recent emails.
If you find a broken link; would like to suggest a resource; or have an email or action alert that you’d like reprinted here, please email me at smitemedotnet [at] gmail.com.
These resources were previously available on my old website, at www.kellygarbato.com/katrina, but have since been removed. So update yer bookmarks, is what I’m sayin’!
NOTE: If you’re interested in animal advocacy issues, please visit my other blog, www.easyVegan.info. In additional to disaster relief, we cover a range of animal welfare/rights and environmental topics, with a focus on actionable items. All of the emails below are also crossposted on easyVegan.info (under “Natural Disasters“), though the easyVegan.info archive only stretches back to June 2006.
DOUBLY IMPORTANT NOTE: While I do link to alerts from national animal welfare organizations - most notably, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) - I encourage you, when making a donation, to direct your resources to smaller, local/grassroots animal rescue, welfare and rights groups.
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the HSUS received millions of dollars of monetary donations, far surpassing the fundraising efforts of local groups such as the Humane Society of Louisiana (HSLA). It’s important to note that the national HSUS is not affiliated with local humane societies. Thus, donations made to the HSUS, ostensibly to help animals impacted by Hurricane Katrina (thus totaling approximately $20 million) were not passed on to local rescue efforts. Indeed, much of the money remains unspent, three years after Hurricane Katrina hit. Some of the funds, rather than going to care for animals, were spent on equipment with which to “euthanize” (read: murder) strays!
Writes no-kill advocate Nathan J. Winograd,
Still sitting on over $20 million dollars of unspent funds from Hurricane Katrina, using money earmarked to save the lives of animals to build rooms to kill them, HSUS then fundraises off of the success of others; and in doing so, diverts funds meant for the true heroes of Hurricane Gustav to its untold millions piling up in HSUS bank accounts.
It’s those “true heroes” - folks like Kinship Circle, Muttshack, Noah’s Wish, Animal Acres, Best Friends, Farm Sanctuary, HSLA, et. al., who deserve your support. Unlike the HSUS, who offers up donated bounties to help the FBI catch animal rights “terrorists.”
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05/10/09 - Kinship Circle: CA Fires - Send Supplies/Donations for Animals
04/20/09 - Kinship Circle: Stop The Military’s War On Innocents
04/15/09 - Levees .org: Sign a petition to LSU Chancellor Michael V. Martin
04/08/09 - PETA: Stop Military Bomb Experiments on Live Animals
03/26/09 - Farm Sanctuary: National Defense: an exercise in cruelty?
03/19/09 - easyVegan-dot-info & Best Friends: BSL & the U.S. Military - Take Action
03/11/09 - PETA: Video Exposes Military’s Stabbing of Dogs
03/09/09 - PETA: URGENT: Demand an End to the Shooting and Poisoning of Dogs in Iraq
02/27/09 - PETA: Tell the U.S. Navy: No Dolphin Guards!
02/13/09 - Kinship Circle: Victoria Burning - Help Animal Fire Victims In Australia
02/04/09 - Audubon: Historic Opportunity for Bird & Wildlife Habitat
01/31/09 - PETA: Tell Obama: Ban on Torture Should Include Animals!
01/17/09 - The Petition Site: Do What’s Right: Achieve Peace in Gaza
01/12/09 - Kinship Circle: Animals In The Crossfire - Hamas/Israel War
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—– Original Message —–
From: Kinship CIrcle - KinshipCircleDisasterAid [at] accessus.net
Date: Sun, May 10, 2009 at 8:21 PM
Subject: Calif. Fires Send Supplies/Donations For Animals
KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER AID NETWORK
ONLINE VOLUNTEER FORM: Tell us what you can do! Be on file in our Disaster
Aid Network: www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters/volunteer/default.html
**A special thanks to Kinship Circle member Ann McMullen, who lives in the wildfires area and alerted us to local needs for animal victims in California.
5/10/09: Calif. Fires – Send Supplies/Donations For Animals
1. California Fire Status + Resources For Animal Victims
2. Help Fire Victims: Santa Barbara Humane Society
3. Help Fire Victims: Cats In Santa Barbara Fires
4. Help Fire Victims: Santa Maria Valley Humane Society
5. PetSmart Charities Drives Supply-Stocked Trailer To Calif.
6. UAN/EARS Response In Santa Barbara Fire
LT: Volunteers with UAN’s Emergency Animal Rescue Service (EARS) are caring for hundreds of animals who, with their owners, were forced from their homes by a massive wildfire. www.uan.org/index.cfm?navid=579
RT: Ranch hands work together to evacuate a herd of goats. Photo: Mark Boster, Los Angeles Times. FIRE UPDATES: jesusitafire.org
Many evacuation orders have been lifted today.
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1. Calif. Fire Status + Resources For Animal Victims
www.countyofsb.org/ceo/oes0.aspx?id=2332
JESUSITA FIRE STATUS, Last Updated: 5/10/09
* 8,733 acres burned
* 55% contained
* Initial estimate of 31 homes destroyed, 47 homes have been damaged and 2 outbuildings destroyed
* Approximately 140 properties evacuated (mandatory evacuation orders); affects approx. 350 people
* 3,850+ properties under evacuation warning; approx. 9,625 people affected
* Residences threatened - 3,500; commercial properties threatened - 100
* Expected containment 5/13/09
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
Animal Report, 5/9/09: 975 animals in shelter due to fire
Santa Barbara Humane Society: 529 animals
Santa Barbara County Animal Services: 259 animals
Equine Evac: 187 animals
**Estimates are likely over 1,000 animals affected in wildfires by now.
SAFE SHELTER FOR ANIMAL FIRE VICTIMS
County of Santa Barbara Office of Emergency Services
www.countyofsb.org/ceo/oes0.aspx?id=2332
SMALL ANIMALS: Call Santa Barbara County Animal Services hotline –
805-681-4332 — to be directed to a shelter location.
LARGE ANIMALS (i.e. horses): Take them to
Earl Warren Showgrounds, 805-687-0766
3400 Calle Real; Santa Barbara, CA 93105-3285
OTHER SHELTERING OPTIONS
Dioji K9 Resort & Athletic Club
7340 Hollister Ave; Goleta, CA 93117
ph: 805-685-6068; info [at] dioji.com
www.dioji.com
LT: More than 1,000 animals in shelters due to Jesusita Fire
www.ksby.com/Global/story.asp?S=10332233
RT: www.keyt.com/news/local/44518597.html
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2. Help Fire Victims: Santa Barbara Humane Society
Santa Barbara County Animal Services and its community partners — Santa Barbara Humane Society, ASAP, and Equine Evac — are providing emergency care for animals displaced by the Jesusita Fire. MORE: www.keyt.com/news/local/44518597.html
SUPPLIES / MONETARY DONATIONS TO:
Santa Barbara Humane Society
5399 Overpass Road; Santa Barbara, Calif. 93111
ph: 805-964-4777; fax: 805-683-0827
sbhumanesociety.org
SUPPLY NEEDS:
* Medium & large size crates
* Quality dry dog food & canned dog food
* Johnny Cat Original cal litter (unscented and non-clumping)
* Quality dry cat food & canned cat food
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3. Help Fire Victims: Cats In Santa Barbara Fires
5/9/09, Food and other items urgently needed for cats in Santa Barbara
www.examiner.com/x-1962-Santa-Barbara-Pet-Examiner
PHOTO: Karen Lee Stevens, Santa Barbara Pet Examiner
Karen Lee Stevens, Santa Barbara Pet Examiner, writes: While the Jesusita Fire is far from contained, there appears to be light at the end of the tunnel. With that said, there is still a great need for the city’s most vulnerable victims: the animals. Here’s how you can help…
SUPPLIES / MONETARY DONATIONS TO:
ASAP (Animal Shelter Assistance Program)
SEND/BRING SUPPLIES TO:
County Animal Shelter
5473 Overpass Road; Santa Barbara, CA 93111
ph: 805-681-4331, 805-683-3368; asapcats [at] yahoo.com
www.asapcats.org/
MAIL MONETARY DONATIONS TO:
ASAP / P.O. Box 357 / Goleta, CA 93116
SUPPLY NEEDS:
* Wellness cat food / NutroMax dry cat food, chicken flavor
* Hills foods (especially regular adult WD, CD or DD)
* KMR (kitten milk replacement)
* Cat collars / Pine litter
* Headlamps (for emergency kit)
* Laundry soap / Paper towels
* Stamps / Steno note pads
* Heating pads that don’t shut off
* Large bottles of Purell
* 2 computers less than 5 years old with monitors
* 1 HP laser printer
* Monetary donations
Lemos Feed and Pet Supply is offering a 25% discount on items purchased for donations to the County Animal Shelters and to the Santa Barbara Humane Society. The discount will be offered for the duration of the fire.
CALL: 805-692-8566 to place your order by credit card. They will make sure the products are delivered to the organization you specify (ASAP, DAWG, K-9 PALS or the Santa Barbara Humane Society). www.lemospet.com
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4. Help Fire Victims: Santa Maria Valley Humane Society
5/7/09, Santa Maria Animal Shelter needs food/funds for pets displaced by Jesusita Fire
www.examiner.com/x-1962-Santa-Barbara-Pet-Examiner
SUPPLIES / MONETARY DONATIONS TO:
Santa Maria Valley Humane Society
751 Black Rd.; Santa Maria, Ca 93458
To donate food or funds, call Kelly White O’Neill: 805-349-3435
www.smvhs.org/donations.html
SUPPLY NEEDS:
* Greatest need: Canned cat food
* Dog food of all kinds
* Cat litter
* Food for other type pets such as birds and reptiles
TO ASSIST WITH TRANSPORT:
Contact Vonnie Stewart: 805-680-9582
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5. PetSmart Charities Drives Supply-Stocked Trailer To Calif.
5/8/09, PetSmart and EARS comes to aid of four-legged fire victims in Santa Barbara
www.examiner.com/x-1962-Santa-Barbara-Pet-Examiner
Karen Lee Stevens, Santa Barbara Pet Examiner, writes: A PetSmart Emergency Relief Waggin’ trailer, stocked with at least 16 tons of much-needed pet food and supplies, was deployed from the PetSmart Distribution Center in Phoenix, Arizona…to the grounds of the Santa Barbara Humane Society. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support PetSmart Charities’ Emergency Relief Waggin’ program.
PETSMART CHARITIES’ EMERGENCY RELIEF WAGGIN’ PROGRAM
MAIL CHECK EARMARKED FOR “EMERGENCY RELIEF:”
PetSmart Charities / Attn: Emergency Relief
19601 N. 27th Avenue; Phoenix, AZ 85027
ONLINE MONETARY DONATION:
www.petsmartcharities.org/programs/emergency-relief.php
Click DONATE NOW at top of page
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6. UAN/EARS Response In Santa Barbara Fire
unitedanimalnations.blogspot.com/
Volunteers with UAN’s Emergency Animal Rescue Service (EARS) are traveling from throughout California to help the Santa Barbara Humane Society care for evacuated animals at a temporary emergency animal shelter. UAN will deploy 10 EARS volunteers per day to help with the emergency sheltering operation… MORE: www.uan.org/index.cfm?navid=579
5/8/09: We got up with the sun (what we could see of it through the smoke) to set up the emergency shelter in a barn on Santa Barbara Humane Society (SBHS) property… We set up enough crates to house the many animals already lined up with owners in front of the shelter. Many of them were in tears bringing their animals in… MORE: unitedanimalnations.blogspot.com
DONATE TO EARS DISASTER RELIEF FUND
United Animal Nations
PO Box 188890; Sacramento, CA 95818
ph: 916-429-2457; email: membership [at] uan.org
secure.ga4.org/01/UAN_disaster_relief/nf111111qQWlm
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—– Original Message —–
From: Kinship Circle - kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 6:27 PM
Subject: Victoria Burning - Help Animal Fire Victims In Australia
KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER AID NETWORK
ONLINE VOLUNTEER FORM: Tell us what you can do! Be on file in our Disaster Aid Network: www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters/volunteer/default.html
2/13/09: Victoria Burning - Help Animal Fire Victims
IN THIS ALERT:
1. KC Directory: Animal Relief Efforts You Can Help. Millions Died…
2. Nigel’s Animal Rescue: Send Money & Supplies ASAP
3. Wildlife Victoria: Overwhelmed With Fire Victims
4. Help For Wildlife: Long Recovery Ahead For Animals
5. RSPCA: Emergency Aid For Companion Animals
6. Wildlife Burning
7. IFAW: Team On The Ground For Animals In Victoria
8. Survivors Of The Fire - Symbols of Hope
Please review resources below to see WHO and HOW to help.
PHOTOS: Help For Wildlife, Victoria (Australia) — www.helpforwildlife.com/bushfires/photos.html
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1. Animal Relief Efforts You Can Help. Millions Died…
EYEWITNESS TO THE FIRES — VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
2/12/09, Katie, Lake Nagambie - Victoria, Australia, beachside64 [at] optusnet.com.au — It feels like the whole of Victoria is up in flames. We expect [human] fatalities to climb over 300 when they get around to more isolated areas. [It is estimated] well over 1 million wild and domestic animals have perished… Animals lucky enough to be rescued will need months of care and rehabilitation. There are still 31 fires burning…
Kinship Circle Directory
HELP FOR WILDLIFE
WEBSITE: www.helpforwildlife.com/
WILDLIFE IN FIRES: www.helpforwildlife.com/bushfires/how_to_help.html
DONATE BY MAIL:
Help For Wildlife, PO Box 181
Coldstream, VIC 3770, Australia
ph: 0417 380 687
WILDLIFE VICTORIA’S URGENT BUSHFIRE APPEAL
WEBSITE: www.wildlifevictoria.org.au/cms/index.php
DONATE ONLINE: www.wildlifevictoria.org.au/cms/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=43
BY MAIL:
Jon Rowdon, President, Wildlife Victoria
Reply Paid 84688
MELBOURNE VIC 3000
DIRECT DEPOSIT:
Account Name: Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Account
Bank Name: Commonwealth Bank
BSB: 063 806
Account: 1007 7387
NIGEL’S ANIMAL RESCUE
WEBSITE: www.animalrescue.com.au/
DONATE BY MAIL:
Nigel’s Animal Rescue, PO Box 1096
Hartwell 3124
ph: 0427 533 083
ONLINE INFORMATION: www.animalrescue.com.au/fire_crisis.php
RSPCA – INJURED/DISPLACED COMPANION ANIMALS
WEBSITE: www.rspcavic.org/index.htm
DONATE ONLINE: wic032p.server-secure.com/vs138364_secure/Default.aspx?ReferredFrom=rspcavic_header
BY MAIL:
Bushfire Appeal, RSPCA Victoria
3 Burwood Highway
Burwood East VIC 3151
ph: 03 9224 2222
DIRECT DEPOSIT:
RSPCA Bushfire Appeal
BSB 083-153
A/c 868326451
Email your contact info to: accounts [at] rspcavic.org.au
(name, address, date, amount donated)
IFAW / ASIA-PACIFIC
DONATE ONLINE: www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/donate_now/index.php?msource=DR090202001
WILDLIFE RESCUE & INFORMATION INC
WEBSITE: www.wrin.asn.au/
EMAIL: secretary [at] wrin.asn.au
DONATE ONLINE: www.wrin.asn.au/payments.htm
BY MAIL:
W.R.I.N. Inc., P.O. Box 2412
Bendigo, VICTORIA 3554, AUSTRALIA
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES + NEWS LINKS:
DOGS Victoria Bushfire Appeal
www.dogsvictoria.org.au/Content.asp?ID=277&SubID=367
Australian Wildlife Health Centre / RACV Wildlife Connect 13 11 11
www.awhc.zoo.org.au/Get%20Involved/Found%20Injured%20Wildlife.aspx
Millions of animals feared dead
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29143295/
Millions of animals dead in Australia fires
www.rr.com/news/news/article/9002/6834427/Millions_of_animals_dead_in_Australia_fires/1
Koala rescued from Australia’s wildfire wasteland
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090210/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_wildfires_koala_rescue
Wildfire toll could surpass 200
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29114722/
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2. Nigel’s Animal Rescue: Send Money & Supplies ASAP
2/9/09, Victoria Fire Crisis – Your Urgent Assistance Is Required
FULL STORY: www.animalrescue.com.au/fire_crisis.php
NIGEL’S ANIMAL RESCUE – CENTRAL HUB FOR DONATIONS & SUPPLIES:
Nigel’s Animal Rescue has been working around the clock to provide emergency assistance to animals affected by the bushfires and we desperately need your help! Nigel’s Animal Rescue currently operates as the central hub for donations and supplies for all animal rescues in the area.
SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR ANIMALS:
Hay, Straw / Food Cat-Dog-Chaff / Medical Supplies
Cages Transportable Collapsible / Temporary pens
Transport for injured animals
4g and 22g catheters (prefer introcan but anything would be fine)
5cm coplus & soffban / Idexx urea and creat slides
0.9% sodium chloride 1 litre bags
Gloves / Swabs / Bedding
Giving sets / Extension sets
Melolin 10cm x 10cm
Silvazine / Baytril injectable
Tramal injectable / Temgesic injectable
Alfaxan CD / Solosite
IV Drip pumps J / Heat pads/packs
1ml, 3ml, 5, 10ml, 20, syringes
DONATE TO NIGEL’S ANIMAL RESCUE:
WEBSITE: www.animalrescue.com.au/
EMAIL: nigel [at] animalrescue.com.au
DONATE MONEY OR SUPPLIES BY MAIL:
Nigel’s Animal Rescue, PO Box 1096
Hartwell 3124
ph: 0427 533 083
ONLINE INFO ON HOW TO DONATE: www.animalrescue.com.au/fire_crisis.php
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3. Wildlife Victoria: Overwhelmed With Fire Victims
2/09, Bushfires threaten wildlife survival – affected wildlife already in care
FULL: www.wildlifevictoria.org.au/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61:ftts&catid=1:general
The fires have devastated our wildlife, including the loss of at least two wildlife shelters… Wildlife rescuers are preparing for one of the largest operations in our history once we can safely enter fire grounds… Unfortunately we cannot take volunteers at this time unless they’re already trained. If people want to help — please donate to the appeal.
FOR INJURED ANIMALS, ONLY: 13 000 94535 (13 000 WILDLIFE), 24 hours
DONATE TO WILDLIFE VICTORIA’S URGENT BUSHFIRE APPEAL:
To fund bandages, treatment, medicines and food for injured wildlife, plus activities to help our volunteers best respond to wildlife needs.
WEBSITE: www.wildlifevictoria.org.au/cms/index.php
EMAIL: office [at] wildlifevictoria.org.auThis
ONLINE: www.wildlifevictoria.org.au/cms/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=43
BY MAIL:
Wildlife Victoria, 3/288 Brunswick St.
Fitzroy 3065
ph: 9445 0310
DIRECT DEPOSIT:
Account Name: Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Account
Bank Name: Commonwealth Bank
BSB: 063 806
Account: 1007 7387
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4. Help For Wildlife: Long Recovery Ahead For Animals
2/10/09, Rescuers And Firefighters Helping Wildlife During Bush Fires in Victoria, Australia
FULL STORY: network.bestfriends.org/rapidresponse/news/32108.html
POSTED COMMENT IN BEST FRIENDS AUSTRALIA NETWORK COMMUNITY:
network.bestfriends.org/foaaustralia/news/
The Help for Wildlife response team — based in the vicinity where Kinglake/Healesville fires occurred — are on standby to enter fire grounds when safe to rescue injured wildlife. They already have a number of animals in care and are expecting many more. Kangaroos and wallabies found in abundance in this area can take months to recover and require a great deal of dressings and medication.
SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR ANIMALS:
silverzine cream / non-stick dressings
soft bandages / vet wrap
saline / disinfectant/clorhexidine
syringes / pain relief / antibiotics
feed / hay (for starving wildlife)
Donations for fuel (to carry out the extensive search and rescue)
DONATE TO HELP FOR WILDLIFE:
WEBSITE: www.helpforwildlife.com/help_for_wildlife.html
EMAIL: helpforwildlife [at] bigpond.com
DONATE MONEY OR SUPPLIES BY MAIL:
Help For Wildlife, PO Box 181
Coldstream 3770 VIC, Australia
ph: 0417 380 687, 0359 649, 480
Denise Garratt, Director
Parched koala bear gets a drink from a biker
www.lobsa.org/images20/ThirstyKoalaVictorianBushfires09.jpg
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5. RSPCA: Emergency Aid For Companion Animals
2/12/09, How the RSPCA is helping Victoria’s bushfire victims
FULL STORY: www.rspcavic.org/campaigns_news/news_bushfires.htm
HOW RSPCA IS HELPING BUSHFIRE VICTIMS:
* Emergency advice is available at 03 9224 2222.
* Free veterinary care to animals in need at RSPCA Burwood and Pearcedale Veterinary Clinics.
* Financial assistance to cover expenses provided by other vets: Call 03 9224 2251 or 0405 015 794.
* For all other enquiries call: 03 9224 2222.
* Pet Supplies: RSPCA has delivered pet food to relief centres.
* To donate pet food, bedding, leads and bowls, deliver these to your local RSPCA.
* Lost & Found: Working to reunite lost pets with their families.
* Temporary Accommodation: To animals at our shelters across Victoria. Call: 03 9224 2222.
* FOR MORE DETAILS — www.rspcavic.org/campaigns_news/news_bushfires.htm
DONATE TO RSPCA - INJURED/DISPLACED COMPANION ANIMALS:
WEBSITE: www.rspcavic.org/index.htm
DONATE ONLINE: wic032p.server-secure.com/vs138364_secure/Default.aspx?ReferredFrom=rspcavic_header
BY MAIL:
Bushfire Appeal, RSPCA Victoria
3 Burwood Highway
Burwood East VIC 3151
DIRECT DESPOSIT:
RSPCA Bushfire Appeal
BSB 083-153
A/c 868326451
Email your contact info to: accounts [at] rspcavic.org.au
(name, address, date, amount donated)
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6. Wildlife Burning
2/12/09, Animals fall victim to Australian fire
FULL STORY: newsok.com/animals-fall-victim-to-australian-fire/article/3345273
SYDNEY — Wildlife rescue officials worked frantically to help the animals that made it through Australia’s worst-ever wildfires, but they said millions of animals likely perished in the inferno. Hundreds of burned, stressed and dehydrated animals — including kangaroos, koalas, lizards and birds — already have arrived at shelters across the scorched region. Rescuers have doled out antibiotics, pain relievers and fluids to the critters in a bid to keep them comfortable, but some of the severely injured were euthanized to spare any more suffering.
Sam, a koala saved from the bushfires, is treated 2/11/09 at the Mountain Ash Wildlife Center in Rawson, Australia. AP PHOTO.
newsok.com/animals-fall-victim-to-australian-fire/article/3345273
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7. IFAW: Team On The Ground For Animals In Victoria
2/11/09, Bushfire Emergency
FULL STORY: www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/index.php
Bushfire emergency in Australia - a message from Erica Martin
FULL STORY: www.animalrescueblog.org/
Photo © IFAW / M. Fillinger. 2/11/09, IFAW helps Victoria’s animal victims
www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/02_11_2009_52441.php
IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) has sent an emergency relief team to help wild and domestic animals affected by the devastating fires in Victoria. Tania Duratovic is leading the IFAW team in Whittlesea. We arrived in Whittlesea (2/9/09) and set up in the staging area…
Today we traveled to Kinglake West and Kinglake Central - two of the worst hit areas. Remnants of trees and piles of rubble are all that is left of what used to people’s homes and indeed whole towns. People are happy…to see something emerge alive from the devastation. As one person recounted as they handed over a slightly burned ring-tailed possum, “We have lost our house, our neighbours and our pets but we found this little guy alive — please help him, I just want him to live.”
IFAW vet Dr. Howard Ralph administered first aid and the possum is now under the care of Help for Wildlife volunteers. Dr. Ralph, is a renowned vet, burns specialist and human doctor. He is helping local vets treat pets at the survivors’ shelter in Whittlesea. Photo © IFAW / M. Fillinger
So far we have been able to provide immediate aid to many animals suffering from the effects of the fire including dogs, cats, horses, ducks, chickens, wallabies, possums, kangaroos, joeys, koalas, a peacock, a lyrebird, a goat, a dingo and an orphaned baby deer…
ONGOING IFAW UPDATES FROM THE FIELD:
www.animalrescueblog.org/2009/02/bushfire-update.html#more
DONATE TO IFAW / ASIA-PACIFIC:
www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/donate_now/index.php?msource=DR090202001
Anyone who finds an injured animal should call Tania Duratovic on 0428 229 000.
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8. Survivors Of The Fire – Symbols of Hope
2/11/09, Aussies find symbols of hope in two koalas
FULL STORY: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29123220/
A koala nicknamed Bob puts his paw around fellow fire survivor Sam at the Southern Ash Wildlife Shelter in Rawson, Australia. Colleen Wood / Southern Ash Wildlife Shelter via Reuters. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29123220/
SYDNEY — A bond between two burned koalas rescued from Australia’s deadliest wildfires has provided some heart-warming relief after days of devastation and the loss of more than 180 lives and possibly millions of animals. The story of the koalas emerged after volunteer firefighter David Tree used a mobile phone to photograph and film the rescue of the bewildered female, since nicknamed Sam, that was found cowering in a burned-out forest at Mirboo North, 90 miles southeast of Melbourne.
Photos and video of Tree, 44, approaching Sam while talking gently to her, and feeding her water from a plastic bottle as she put her burned claw in his cold, wet hand quickly hit YouTube, making her an Internet sensation.
But it was after reaching a wildlife shelter that Sam met and befriended another koala, nicknamed Bob, who was saved by wildlife workers two days before Sam, in Boolarra, about 110 miles from Melbourne…
CONTINUE STORY: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29123220/
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Kelly’s note: If you’d like to take further action on this issue - for example, by encouraging your Congresspeople to join the call for a ceasefire - here are some additional, human-centered action alerts to get you started:
Amnesty International: Civilians must be protected in Gaza and Israel
Citizens for Justice in the Middle East: Action Alerts
CREDO Action: We need a ceasefire now in Gaza.
J Street: Stop the violence in Gaza
MercyCorps: Help Ensure Aid Reaches Gaza’s Families
Oxfam: Urge an immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Progressive Democrats of America (PDA): Stop the Gaza Massacre–Enforce the Law
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From: Kinship Circle - kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net
Date: Jan 12, 2009 6:11 PM
Subject: Animals In The Crossfire - Hamas/Israel War
VOLUNTEER FORM: Officially register in Kinship Circle’s Disaster Aid Network of volunteers, www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters/volunteer/default.html
KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER AID NETWORK
1/12/08: Animals In The Crossfire - Hamas/Israel War
www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters
IN THIS ALERT:
1. Donations Needed For Animals Left In Gaza Streets
2. Israel To Fund Medical Care For War-Injured Animals
3. Donkeys, Mules, Horses In The Holy Land
4. Middle East Animal Welfare Groups
Whatever your opinion about the present war between Hamas and Israel, one fact remains: Animals are innocents in the crossfire. PLEASE NOTE: There is not much animal rescue news related to the Hamas/Israeli war at this time. Most photos below are from the 2005 Gaza evacuation. When we learn more ways to help animals, we’ll post updates. KINSHIP CIRCLE
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1. Donations Needed For Animals Left In Gaza Streets
SOURCE: 1/09, Let The Animals Live Israel
FULL STORY / VIDEO: www.letlive.org.il/english/article.php?id=193
LET THE ANIMALS LIVE NEEDS HELP FOR ABANDONED GAZA ANIMALS
2009 — In these bad time in the world and in Israel we must not forget our pets. Let The Animals Live, due to the situation in GAZA, is dealing with a growing phenomena of abandoned dogs left behind by their families. We collect them the put them in private shelters as well as our own. Also many dogs are being abandoned in the streets by owners who can not take care of them any more due to the rough financial situation.
To help Let The Animals Live raise awareness and donations… Geler-Nasis advertising agency produced voluntarily a short video telling the need of our organization: www.letlive.org.il/english/article.php?id=193
Please help in any way you can by donating now. Eti Altman, spokesperson and cofounder Let The Animals Live Israel, 972-50-5358421, 972-3-6241776
DONATE TO LET THE ANIMALS LIVE:
www.letlive.org.il/english/donate.php
ABOUT LET THE ANIMALS LIVE / MISSION & SHELTER:
www.letlive.org.il/english/about.php
2005 — LT: Many settlers left their homes without taking pets… Israeli animal activists scoured empty settlements in the Gaza Strip to find abandoned…dogs, cats, chickens, goats, geese, parakeets, ducks, turtles, an iguana… news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4181284.stm
2005 — RT: Yafit, Hakol Chai’s mobile clinic assistant, rescues a chicken.
chai-online.org/e-news/26Aug05/chaialert_29august05.htm
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2. Israel To Fund Medical Care For War-Injured Animals
SOURCE: 1/6/09, Ynetnews
FULL STORY: State to help fund treatment of pets hurt by rockets
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3651173,00.html
Last week a Qassam rocket hit a house in Sderot and killed the family’s dog, which was at the building’s yard during the attack. The dog was rushed to the veterinarian for treatment, but died due to severe shrapnel injuries and massive loss of blood.
Following this incident and in light of the fact that like their human owners, pets in Israel’s south are also under the constant rocket threat, the Agriculture Ministry has decided it would help pay for the medical care of dogs and cats injured by rocket fire from Gaza.
“One of the main problems arising from the treatment of wounded animals is that the tax authorities do not consider pets as property, and therefore owners are not compensated for medical treatment of the animal,” said Dganit Ben-Dov, DVM, the Veterinary Services official in charge of enforcing the Animal Protection Law.
“This is the aspect we wish to rectify, since treatment to a wounded animal could cost thousands of shekels,” she added. According to Ben-Dov, the ministry will also consider funding treatment of street cats and dogs…
2005 — Humane society volunteers search for hundreds of pets and farm animals left behind in the past week as Israel rushed to complete its disengagement plan with the eviction of thousands of settlers from the Gaza Strip. (Photo, David Silverman/Getty Images) www.jamd.com/image/g/53448324
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3. Donkeys, Mules, Horses In The Holy Land
SOURCE: 1/09, The present conflict in Gaza
FULL STORY: www.safehaven4donkeys.org/latest_news/news_one.php
Lucy Fensom, founder of Safe Haven For Donkeys In The Holy Land (SHADH) — based at Moshav Gan Yoshiyya, near the towns of Netanya and Hadera in Israel.
www.safehaven4donkeys.org/index.php
Many have asked whether Lucy, her workers and the donkeys are safe during the present troubles in Gaza. We would like to reassure you all that the sanctuary is a considerable distance from Gaza and so everyone is at present unaffected. Of course, our hearts go out to all the people and animals affected and we pray that a peaceful solution will soon be reached.
In the meantime, Lucy and the team continue to reach out to donkeys, mules and horses in Israel and the West Bank and your help is still very much needed. To make a donation, visit our home page. Thank you for your support.
DONATE TO SAFE HAVEN FOR DONKEYS IN THE HOLY LAND:
www.safehaven4donkeys.org/index.php
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4. Middle East Animal Welfare Groups
Israel Cat Lovers’ Society, www.isracat.org.il/english-about.html
Rehovot Society for the Protection of Animals / Rehovot SPA
POB 1067, Rehovot 76110, Israel * ph: 972-8-9445497
DONATE: www.israelpets.org/eng/index.htm
Israel Cat Lovers’ Society / We Need Your Help
DONATE: send.bignet.co.il/isracat/donation.php
Concern for Helping Animals in Israel and Hakol Chai
DONATE: chai-online.org/en/home/e_index.htm
2005 — Hakol Chai volunteer & Tali, Hakol Chai staff, with a fortunate dog!
Hakol Chai Enters Gaza to Rescue Abandoned Animals:
www.chai-online.org/en/campaigns/settlements/campaigns_settlements_gaza.htm
Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) — A unique organization that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli environmentalists.
www.foeme.org/about_us.php
Beirut for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
www.betalebanon.org/news.asp?news_id=105
NOAH - The Israeli Federation of Animal Protection Societies
www.noah.org.il
DIRECTORY OF ANIMAL WELFARE GROUPS IN ISRAEL
info.jpost.com/C005/Supplements/CafeOleh/animals.html
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Last updated 6/18/09
