UPDATE, 11/11/07:

For the most recent info, see this alert: Kinship Circle: Mexico Floods: Updates & Groups On Ground.

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Date: Nov 4, 2007 12:24 PM
Subject: Animal Aid In Mexico Floods? “Just Like New Orleans”

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11/4/07: Where Is Animal Aid In Mexico Floods? “Just Like New Orleans”
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PHOTO: A man rescuing a dog crosses flooded street in Villahermosa on Nov. 1. By Manuel Lopez, Reuters.
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FROM KINSHIP CIRCLE, Brenda Shoss: Familiar? This flood is happening RIGHT NOW in the state of Tabasco, in southeastern Mexico. Tabasco’s governor has called the massive flooding “Just like New Orleans.” People and animals stranded atop homes and swimming down streets make the comparison inevitable. 700,000 (and counting) people affected. Similar story, different country? [MORE PRESS PHOTOS BELOW]

YET, WHERE IS THE ANIMAL DISASTER RESPONSE? I’ve scanned the internet and consulted personal rescue contacts for two days now, but have found nothing about local/national/international groups on the scene to aid animals.

Normally, Kinship Circle Animal Disaster Relief brings you a resource directory so we can all network supplies, volunteers and donations for animal victims — as we just did for the California wildfires — but this time we need everyone’s help.

Anyone with leads, links, or contact information — for local, national or international animal aid in Mexico — PLEASE SEND ME WHAT YOU HAVE FOR CIRCULATION ON KINSHIP CIRCLE’S DISASTER NETWORKING EMAIL LIST.

This list was born of Katrina. We’re linked by a spiritual and functional network that drove us (literally and figuratively) to the Gulf Coast. Let’s keep the network alive and do something FOR DOGS, CATS, HORSES, FARM ANIMALS…stranded, starving, afraid…in Mexico’s worst flood in 50 years.

Send any leads, links and/or contact information for local, national, or international animal rescue operations in Mexico’s flood to:
Brenda Shoss, kinshipcircle [at] accessus.net

In the meantime, I’ll keep looking for answers too!
I’m sure some group is there, or mobilized to go…

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Excerpts From Mexico’s Flood - “Just Like New Orleans”

PHOTO: A man rescues a parrot and two dogs from floodwaters in Tabasco. A week of heavy rains unleashed massive flooding in southeastern Mexico.

TABASCO, MEXICO: 300,000 TRAPPED AFTER TABASCO FLOODS
www.gulfnews.com/world/Mexico/10164571.html

11/2/07: More than 300,000 people are believed to be trapped in their homes after severe flooding hit the southern Mexican state of Tabasco. A huge rescue operation has begun after torrential rains caused widespread flooding in the region.

One person has been confirmed dead so far but more than 1m are thought to have been affected by the floods. Dramatic rooftop helicopter rescues are being seen on television. Mexican President Felipe Calderon called it “one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the country.”

MEXICO FLOODING AFFECTS 700,000
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7072554.stm

Thousands remain stranded in the worst flooding in 50 years The authorities in Mexico say as many as 700,000 people have been affected by heavy rains and severe flooding in the south-eastern state of Tabasco.

The governor has called on anyone who owns a seafaring vessel to help free the 300,000 people believed to be trapped in their homes. Rescuers have also been using helicopters to try to reach people stranded on rooftops.

The heavy rains began at the weekend, forcing rivers to burst their banks in the largely low-lying state. The BBC’s Andy Gallacher in Mexico says it is the humanitarian crisis that now concerns the Mexican authorities. “We are just like New Orleans,” Tabasco governor Andres Granier said. “All the water that comes in has to be pumped out.”

PHOTO: Thousands remain stranded as Villahermosa remains under water.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7072554.stm

PHOTO: Stranded horses stand among submerged cars.
www.newsobserver.com/news/photos/story/758727.html

MEXICAN MILITARY GUARDS FLOODED AREAS
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/5270112.html

11/3/07 — VILLAHERMOSA, MEXICO — Hundreds of rooftops rose like islands from a murky snake-infested sea of flood water that gave this besieged city a look eerily reminiscent of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Soldiers and sailors in combat gear clutched automatic weapons to ward off looters and other criminals as rescuers worked into the night Saturday. Various media said eight people had died, one in Tabasco state and seven in neighboring Chiapas state, but state officials could not confirm the reports. About 80 percent of Tabasco was under water, but some rivers receded slightly Saturday. Villahermosa, the state’s capital and largest city, remained largely flooded.

…Abandoned dogs yelped from rooftops, and snakes slithered perilously through the water near people wading to safety.

PHOTO: A stranded horse stands next to car in a flooded area in Villahermosa in Mexico’s Gulf coast, Friday, Nov. 2.

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