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Below
are resources for contacting friends and loved ones in the stricken
area. A search on the internet will lead you to many more sites.
You will see the list for animals is quite a bit more extensive
- unfortunately, there is no central "animal red cross"
in the same way there is for humans, so many groups are doing
what they can. Please follow your heart and support any that
call to you.
If you
wish to do more for the Gulf coast using your thoughts and prayers,
please see the September issue of featherhawk news for some ideas:
http://www.featherhawk.com/back_issues/september_2005.htm.
Check yourself, your human and animal family and friends, and
the Earth for essences and "send" them mentally with
your clear intentions to help and heal.
Please
note: I have not personally reviewed all of the sites listed
and cannot vouch for their authenticity, nor have I verified
all of the links. My apologies if they are not accurate. I will
attempt to check and update as I can. If you find an incorrect
link, please let me know and I will update the page. They came
to me from reliable sources, and it is still a good idea to tune
your discernment buttons to high and follow your intuition before
contributing or participating.
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For People
http://www.redcross.org/
American Red Cross
http://www.airamericaradio.com/katrina/
Contact info to help find missing people
http://hurricanehousing.org/
To offer housing for refugees
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For Animals
Best Friends Animal Society
5001 Angel Canyon Road
Kanab, Utah 84741
435-644-2001 ext 256
kelly@bestfriends.org
www.bestfriends.org
Dear Members and Friends,
Thank you so much for all the
offers of help and support. Best Friends role in the hurricane
relief effort is now becoming considerably more focused, and
we'll be updating you every day or two. Here's today's update:
BACKGROUND: We are now working
on site with the St Francis Animal Sanctuary in Tylertown
about 100 miles north of New Orleans. We consider them a sister
sanctuary. They have facilities for about 400 dogs and cats.
And they are being inundated! 80 more from the Humane Society
of Louisiana. And 100 more from Jefferson Parish (New Orleans)
Animal Control.
They have food for less than
24 hours. And they have a well, but no power to pump water. But
they do have the basic facilities to operate as a sanctuary for
adoptable animals from New Orleans
So we are working with them to
build up their facilities and run a joint project as base camp
for adoptable animals being evacuated from New Orleans.
Our Director of Ops, Paul Berry,
is now in metro New Orleans, working with Bert Smith, Director
of Animal Control for Jefferson Parish. Bert is charged with
rounding up stray animals. And he in turn will be taking as many
as we possibly can to the St Francis sanctuary for shelter, and
then to be placed in foster or adoptive homes.
A team of four from here at Best
Friends Animal Sanctuary set off in a convoy for Louisiana this
morning (Thursday). They are carrying food, generators, fencing,
and many other supplies.
Another team from Best Friends
Atlanta arrived in Louisiana this afternoon to start ferrying
animals from animal control to the St Francis sanctuary.
HELP NEEDED:
We are now in a position to accept any and all offers of help.
And thank you so much for them.
We need volunteers and supplies to assist in the rescue and placement
of all of the animal refugees If you can help, please e-mail
hrf@bestfriends.org
with specific information on how you would like to help, what
expertise you may be able to supply and how best way to contact
you. We are compiling a list and will be contacting people as
the program develops. Please see the list below:
Volunteer help:
- People with emergency/disaster
experience to work at the disaster site.
- Long term foster homes (approximately 3 months)
- Carpenters and other construction trades people to work at
the temporary and permanent shelter sites.
- Veterinarians and veterinary technicians
- Truckers- People with trucks and vans to do animal and supply
transport.
- People to collect and hold supplies until they ship
- People to volunteer at the Sanctuary for at least one week
to cover for deployed personnel.
Supplies needed:
People needs:
Toilet paper
Paper towels
Vegetarian People food that won't spoil or need refrigeration
Portable toilets and sanitizerInsect repellent
Sun showers
Sunscreen
First aid kits for relief workers
Hand sanitizer
Pet needs
Pet Food
Animal Bedding
Crates (all sizes)
Collars/leads
Veterinary Supplies
Puppy and Kitten Formula
Canopy tents for the animals
Large cat tower/cage (for kittens)
Portable water bowls for animals
Microchip Scanners
General needs
RVs, SUV's & Trucks (4x4),
ATV's (loaned or donated)
Tarp
Two way radios
Generators
Rope
Duct tape
Cable ties
Fencing, both temporary and permanent
Heavy work gloves and welding gloves
Carpentry supplies
Gas cans
Gas for vehicles
Flashlights
Batteries (AA, AAA, C & D)
Water and Water tanks
Clorox bleach
Warehouse facilities near Tylertown, MS
Garbage cans
Garbage bags
Tents
Camping Gear
Towels
Blankets
Collapsible wire cages (extra large size)
Extension cords (heavy duty outdoor approved - 100 foot long)
Grooming clippers (electric)
Zip Lock bags (extra large size)
Important note: Please contact
us at the number above before you buy large quantities of any
of these items.
This list is not exhaustive and if you think that you can offer
goods or services that can help, please contact hrf@bestfriends.org.
We will contact you soon.
No matter where you live or what
you are able to physically do, you can help the survivors by
donating to the hurricane relief effort. Any monies raised will
go to help those animals and animal rescue organizations affected
by the disaster. Please donate on the website at http://www.bestfriends.org
or by calling 435-644-2001 ext. 104.
Again, thank you so very much
for all offers of help. We'll keep you updated on developments.
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Some online resources...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KatrinaAnimalHelp/
The purpose of this group is to serve as a network for animal
rescues, foster homes, transporters, shelters, Katrina victims
trying to find their pets, and animal lovers who wish to help
these innocent victims. You DO NOT need to join this group in
order to post messages here. Anyone can post but please keep
your messages to the subject of helping the animal victims of
Hurricane Katrina.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Katrina-Pet-Rescue-info/
This is a place to POST and SWAP and SHARE information. Anything
that will help the animals and the groups that are trying to
help the animals....pets affected by Hurricane Katrina PLEASE
make sure your subject line is meaningful, to the content in
the message, to make this an easy list to navigate and read.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/houston_pet_care_volunteers/
This group was formed on 8/30/05 to help evacuees with pets who
have come to Houston to escape hurricane Katrina and the devastating
aftermath. This list is for evacuees who have pet care needs
as well as volunteers who are willing to assist by allowing pets
into their homes temporarily or by doing hotel pet visits. This
forum is also open to hotel staff or anyone else who is trying
to help with pet related dilemmas due to the hurricane.
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/cothconvoy/
This group is for members of the Chronicle of the Horse online
forum who will be convoying to provide supplies and rescue to
horses in areas afflicted by Hurricane Katrina.
AnimalWishList@yahoogroups.com
This is a group where pet owners, rescuers, organizations, and
animal loving individuals can come to post messages about the
items, supplies, volunteer work, and/or funds they need help
with in caring for animals. If you can fulfill any animal wish
list, please do so to help the animals.
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Permission
given to crosspost. Crossposting encouraged.
We at PetHobbyist.com and RescueNetwork.org have created two
new free features you can use to try to look for the owners of
found animals. One is specifically for this disaster and is a
photo gallery for Lost/Found/Missing animals: http://gallery.pethobbyist.com/index.php?cat=700
The other
is a new feature for posting ads for Lost/Found/Missing animals
and will be a permanent part of our website: http://market.rescuenetwork.org/index.php?cat=14
We also
have a central site with information about animal related rescue,
links to a discussion forum, and information about a special
chat being coordinated by some of the rescue workers on our sites.
Last night we had over 65 people in the chat. Full info here:
http://www.pethobbyist.com/articles/HurricaneKatrina.html
Christie
Keith
Editor, PetHobbyist.com
Providing
relief for animals impacted by the hurricane
http://www.petsmartcharities.org
Humane
Society of the United States
http://www.HSUS.org
North
Shore Animal League of America, Inc.
http://www.NSAL.org
Louisiana
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
http://www.La-SPCA.org
Noah's
Wish - http://www.Noahswish.org
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Noah's
Wish - rescue organization:
http://www.noahswish.org/
http://www.noahswish.org/Hurricane%20Katrina.htm
Update:
September 3, 2005
"Yesterday,
we found a Chihuahua sitting in a kitchen sink," said Terri
Crisp, Founder and Director of Noah's Wish. "The waters
in the house rose so high, the poor little guy got swept into
the sink, where he remained when the waters receded." The
Chihuahua was taken to the temporary animal shelter where he
was checked by a veterinarian and provided food, water and a
much-needed warm bed. All animals coming into the shelter will
be tracked and Noah's Wish hopes to be able to reunite owners
with their four-legged family members.
"Noah's
Wish exists to help people as much as we do pets," says
Crisp. "Temporary shelter for pets will be offered to residents
who lost their homes and are unable to keep their animals with
them in shelters or hotels."Noah's Wish also cares for wildlife.
Yesterday, a baby squirrel was found among the rubble and was
fed every four hours overnight by a volunteer. Trained Noah's
Wish volunteers from around the country are taking time off
work and paying their own expenses to travel to Louisiana to
assist with pet rescue.
Donations
are desperately needed and can be made at WWW.NOAHSWISH.ORG <http://WWW.NOAHSWISH.ORG/>
Donations go directly to help the animals of this disaster and
cash is preferred as it allows the organization to purchase the
supplies needed. Questions should be emailed to
info@noahswish.org or a message can be left at 530-622-9313.
WWW.NOAHSWISH.ORG <http://www.noahswish.org/>
Noah's Wish is a 501 c3 not-for-profit organization based in
Placerville, California (near Sacramento). Donations may be mailed
to Noah's Wish P.O. Box 997 Placerville, CA 95667
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USA Today
Animal welfare groups rescue abandoned pets
By Anita Manning, USA TODAY
Animal
welfare groups, which have been barred from entering most flood-affected
areas of the Gulf Coast because of safety concerns, have finally
reached parts of southern Mississippi and Louisiana to set up
shelters and move hundreds of imperiled dogs and cats to safety.
A stranded
dog tries to swim out of a flooded neighborhood.
The Humane Society of the U.S. has gotten the most donations
ever for a disaster.
By Phil
Coale, AP
Rescue
teams from the Humane Society of the U.S. on Friday moved 120
dogs and cats from Gulfport to a staging area in Jackson, HSUS
president Wayne Pacelle said Saturday. Another 500 are being
moved from St. Tammany Parish, just north of New Orleans, he
said. "The needs are enormous," he said.
While
Hurricane Katrina's impact on people remains a "national
and international trauma," Pacelle said, "the animal
situation is another massive saga that's still unfolding."
About
200 animals drowned after the Humane Society of South Mississippi's
shelter in Gulfport was destroyed in the hurricane, he said.
In Harrison County, rescuers found one woman who took refuge
in an evacuated structure with seven dogs and eight cats afar
her own house was destroyed, Pacelle said. "There's a dead
man on the roof," he said.
Best Friends
Animal Society, working with Jefferson Parish Animal Control,
picked up more than 100 dogs and cats found wandering the New
Orleans streets on Friday and moved them to a shelter in nearby
Tylertown, Miss., said Best Friends director Michael Mountain.
A team
of animal experts from Best Friends, which operates a huge animal
sanctuary in Kanab, Utah, (http://www.bestfriends.org)
was arriving Saturday at the St. Francis Animal Sanctuary in
Tylertown with food, generators, fencing, satellite phones and
fuel, he said.
St. Francis
is sheltering about 600 animals, Mountain said. "They cannot
accept any more until our team arrives from here with supplies
of all kinds to build out the sanctuary."
From there,
animals will be reunited with their owners, place in foster homes
or be put up for adoption.
The Louisiana
SPCA was to begin going house-to-house today in New Orleans to
rescue animals stranded when their owners evacuated the city
before the hurricane, and other groups also are hoping to start
moving into the city, as security concerns diminish.
Animal
rescue groups have gotten calls from pet owners desperate for
someone to rescue animals they'd left behind. "People are
frantically calling and telling us their cat is on the third
floor of an apartment in New Orleans, or their horses were left
in a pasture," Pacelle said.
In many
cases, owners evacuated, but left animals inside homes or garages
with food and water because they expected to return in a day
or so. "Who would have thought they won't be able to pump
water out for 90 days? Who would have thought New Orleans would
be depopulated?" Pacelle said.
Animal
lovers across the country have poured out support, offering everything
from dog toys to cat food and volunteering to help in the rescue
or to provide foster care for displaced pets. They've donated
$3.5 million online at http://www.hsus.org,
far more than has been given in any previous disaster, Pacelle
said.
Funds
are needed not only for immediate rescues, but also long-term
rebuilding and support of shelters throughout the region.
HSUS does
not own or operate shelters, but focuses on education and advocacy.
It also has been active in disaster relief for a decade, Pacelle
said, and has dozens of trained staff members along with hundreds
of trained volunteers in the flood region already or prepared
to go there.
Other
animal groups are also helping:
* The
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, http://www.aspca.org, is helping
local animal groups in Austin, Texas, which are housing pets
of flood evacuees who are in a Red Cross shelter. It is sending
teams of veterinarians and technicians to Jackson, along with
a mobile vet clinic.
* The
Houston SPCA, http://www.spcahouston.org,
is housing more than 600 animals evacuated from flood areas.
* The
American Humane Association, http://www.americanhumane.org,
has received 2,000 requests for animal rescues from the flood-ravaged
region and has sent its Animal Emergency Services rescue rig
to join other responders in Mississippi.
The organizations
say donations of money and supplies are needed, as are volunteers
to help in disaster relief, to provide transportation for animals
and to offer temporary or permanent homes for animals.
Copyright
2005 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Co. Inc. <http://www.gannett.com>
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