V for Vegan: easyVegan.info » Natural Disasters http://www.easyvegan.info Heathen. Vegan. Feminist. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:49:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Disaster Relief in Japan: Animal Rescue & Vegan/Animal-Friendly Resources http://www.easyvegan.info/2011/03/17/2011-japan-earthquakes/ http://www.easyvegan.info/2011/03/17/2011-japan-earthquakes/#comments Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:53:02 +0000 Kelly Garbato http://www.easyvegan.info/?p=17748 Last updated on 4/18/11 @ 11:15 AM CDT.

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1. Introduction / Choosing a Charity
2. Human-Centered Disaster Relief, Vegan & Non
3. Animal Rescue & Disaster Relief
4. Vegan Fundraisers
5. Armchair Activism
6. News & (Somewhat Vegan) Views
7. Newsletters & Dispatches

 

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Before and after the quake, Arahama in Sendai. This image shows one continuous landscape across the rectangle–at center, see the roadway sloping slightly upward from left to right across the black bar. In the original, dynamic version of this image, the black bar can be scrolled left and right across the landscape.
Credits: Google, ABC, GeoEye
Source: cnet.com
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It’s a startling picture of how dramatic and destructive Friday’s massive earthquake actually was.

The quake, which has upgraded to a magnitude 9.0 by the Japan Meteorological Agency, may have shifted the position of Earth’s axis about 6.5 inches, Richard Gross, a geophysicist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, told the Los Angeles Times. The quake likely sped up the Earth’s rotation, shortening the day by 1.8 microseconds, Gross said. Also, the main island of Japan appears to have moved 8 feet, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey told CNN.

To help illustrate the damaging power of the quake and the ensuing tsunami, Google has compiled a collection of high-resolution before-and-after satellite images that depict the areas affected most by the devastation.

“We’re working to provide this data directly to response organizations on the ground to aid their efforts,” Ryan Falor, Google Crisis Response team, said in a Google Lat Long Blog post. “We hope this new updated satellite imagery is valuable for them as well as everyone else following this situation to help illustrate the extent of the damage.”

ABC News has created a presentation of the images, overlaying the before and after images for each specific area for a more immediate representation of the quake and tsunami’s devastating effects.

(Source: cnet.com)

 

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A street is flooded after an earthquake and tsunami struck Ishimaki City.
Credits: Kyodo, Reuters / Landov
Source: The Daily Beast
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1. Introduction / Choosing a Charity

In the wake of the ongoing disasters in Japan – earthquakes, tsunamis, impending nuclear crises, and now a volcanic eruption, to boot – it’s been heartening to witness the outpouring of support and desire to help, coming from (nearly) all corners of the internet. On the other hand, all these “text to donate” tweets and status updates – it just take 15 seconds! it’s so simple! a 5-year-old could do it! – have left me feeling a bit uneasy. Choosing a non-profit organization to donate to shouldn’t be a mindless endeavor. After all, it’s your money; presumably you worked hard to earn it, and only have a limited amount to give. Why not do a little research and ensure that it’s put to good use – and in support of an organization that you can feel good about?

Researching nonprofits need not be a Herculean task. In addition to Google and Wiki, the following resources are free and easy to use. Also, spend a little time perusing the organization’s website, so that you can get a feel for its philosophy and principles, as well as the programs and services it offers. Fellow vegans probably won’t be surprised to learn that many humanitarian organizations exploit nonhumans in some way, shape or form. However, this isn’t always the case, and some NPOs fare better than others. For example, while both the American Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders utilize animal-based medications, the former also funds vivisection, while the latter does not. (See below for additional information on each org.)

Also, while I’ve tried my best to identify which orgs do and do not have dedicated funds for disaster relief in Japan – due in no small part to my general distrust of many of the larger animal welfare groups – Shannon reminds us in the comments that earmarking donations for a specific program or disaster can have the unintended consequence of making an organization’s efforts less efficient, flexible and able to adapt to change. (Holy run-on sentence, Catwoman!) See, e.g., this article from Slate (whose title is a bit obnoxious, but wevs). Most of the groups listed below maintain general funds for disaster relief, without offering the donor the option to earmark money for a specific disaster or country – which is perhaps the most ideal of all possible scenarios.

NPOs providing assistance to human and nonhuman animals are listed separately, under bullet points 2 and 3. While I note possible pros and cons for many of the organizations, ultimately it’s up to you to be your own decider person.

  • Charity Navigator – Charity Navigator evaluates and rates NPOs based on their financial health and responsibility. The website’s overview explains it best:

    Specifically, Charity Navigator’s rating system examines two broad areas of a charity’s financial health — how responsibly it functions day to day as well as how well positioned it is to sustain its programs over time. Each charity is then awarded an overall rating, ranging from zero to four stars. To help donors avoid becoming victims of mailing-list appeals, each charity’s commitment to keeping donors’ personal information confidential is assessed. The site is easily navigable by charity name, location or type of activity and also features opinion pieces by Charity Navigator experts, donation tips, and top-10 and bottom-10 lists which rank efficient and inefficient organizations in a number of categories. [...]

    Charity Navigator accepts no funding from the charities that we evaluate, ensuring that our ratings remain objective.

    The database is free and easy to use. Registered users can also rate charities to which they’ve donated, volunteered or received services from. A donation is optional, but shiny.

  • Humane Charity Seal – The Council on Humane Giving’s “Humane Charity Seal” program is administered by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). The website allows users to search its database of charities by keyword, location and/or status to find out which NPOs fund animal testing – and which don’t. You can make a donation to the group here.
  • Yahoo! Dollar-to-Yen Conversion Calculator – This may come in handy if you choose to contribute to a group based in Japan!

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    A resident look at a message board at an evacuation center
    in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on Saturday.
    Credits: Kyodo News via AP
    Source: USA Today
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    2. Human-Centered Disaster Relief, Vegan & Non

    What follows is far from a comprehensive list of the many NPOs assisting the human survivors of the earthquakes and tsunamis in Japan. Given that this blog’s focus is on nonhuman animals, this is the area to which I’ve devoted most of my research efforts. However, I do want to bring attention – positive and negative – to a few organizations that are taking the lead in responding to these disasters. Also, I’d like to highlight several lesser-known groups that may have slipped under your radar.

  • The Red Cross – The overwhelming majority of requests for donations flooding the internet in the last week have focused on the Red Cross. According to an appeal distributed by MoveOn.org, the Red Cross operates 92 hospitals in Japan and has deployed 700 medical relief volunteers across the country already. As in international NGO, it is well-poised to provide aid in the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster.

    However, I strongly caution against supporting this group for a number of reasons:

    • The Red Cross supports animal testing. According to Humane Seal, the American Red Cross still funds experiments involving animals – but the Canadian Red Cross does not. The Beagle Freedom Project claims that, “1 in 4 biomedical researchers at the Red Cross conduct animal testing.” (No reference is provided for these numbers, so…grain of salt.)
    • The Red Cross has an ongoing history of misusing its funds and misleading donors. See, e.g., September 11 controversy and Hurricane Katrina controversy on Wiki.
    • As per US FDA policy, the Red Cross does not accept blood donations from gay and bisexual men. While it has been lobbying against this policy since about 2006, the group arguable should have stood opposed to this homophobic, discriminatory policy much, much sooner.
    • Though the Red Cross’s mission is to provide humanitarian aid impartially and without discrimination, former volunteers report that “the ARC relies heavily on religious organizations, most notably the Southern Baptist Convention, to provide actual disaster relief services not related to medical needs. Hence why we saw widespread discrimination during the Katrina Relief effort towards LGBT persons, especially transgender evacuees in Houston, who were subject to arrest just for showing up and asking for help. Even LGBT volunteers (myself included) had to be ‘redeployed’ home, because of said discriminatory behaviors.”
    • Finally, the Red Cross has a long history of racial discrimination, and during the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, it resisted screening its blood for HIV, claiming that it would be cost-prohibitive. Additionally, it has been fined multiple times by the FDA for its failure to adequately monitor its blood supply. For more, please read The truth about the Red Cross: The right-wing, scandal-ridden “charity” that isn’t really a charity at the Socialist Worker.
  • The International Medical Corps (IMC) – Though not as ubiquitous as the Red Cross, the IMC is another organization I’ve seen mentioned on Twitter, tumblr and elsewhere. According to its Wiki entry,

    Founded in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization that works to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in under served communities worldwide.

    International Medical Corps provides life-saving relief while building self-reliance through programs that focus on education and training. As a result of this approach, approximately 96% of its field-based staff and health professionals are recruited from the local community, helping ensure that the skills stay within the area long after the program has ended.

    The emphasis on capacity building through education and training is central to all International Medical Corps programs. Its central program priorities include: emergency response; health capacity building; women’s and children’s health and wellbeing; mental health; and clean water, sanitation, and hygiene. In addition to these priorities, International Medical Corps also runs programs providing nutrition services, economic and agricultural livelihoods support, and prevention, testing, and care for communicable diseases like HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.

    As of March 18, IMC reports that it has an emergency response team on the ground in Japan, and

    is assessing the post-disaster needs of isolated coastal villages north of Sendai that have yet to receive humanitarian assistance. They found acute shortages of food, water and some medicines, and survivors in need of mental health support. [...]

    Based on its assessments at evacuation centers and a regional hospital where critical patients have been referred, International Medical Corps will work to fill critical gaps – including addressing the need for food, water and chronic medicines at shelters, providing psychological support, and if needed deploying four medical teams currently on standby.

    While I was unable to find any complaints of discrimination against marginalized populations, it’s worth noting that IMC also runs a Livelihoods & Agriculture program, which encourages and facilitates animal agriculture. See, e.g., the Selected Examples page, which touts its microfinancing program in North Caucasus benefiting, among other things, “cattle and sheep breeding mini-farms.”

    IMC has an emergency response fund to which you can donate directly; it’s unclear whether any of these funds will go to support the longer-term Livelihoods & Agriculture programs.

  • Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) – MSF is a secular, humanitarian-aid NGO comprised primarily of medical professionals and journalists. Founded in 1971 on the belief that “all people have the right to medical care regardless of race, religion, creed or political affiliation, and that the needs of these people outweigh respect for national borders,” MSF “provides health care and medical training to populations in about 70 countries, and frequently insists on political responsibility in conflict zones.”

    In addition to health care and assistance (preventative and otherwise), MSF operates Therapeutic Feeding Programmes to combat malnutrition; helps to provide clean water and sanitation to the communities its serves; conducts epidemiology surveys to improve the care it provides; surveys rates of violence in politically unstable regions; and bears witness to injustice, oftentimes pressuring governments to act. You can read more about the group’s history, mission and principles here.

    MSF is currently on the ground in Japan; as of March 15, it reports that,

    MSF currently has a team of 10 people, divided into three teams, conducting mobile clinics and assessments in Miyagi prefecture, following the huge earthquake and resulting tsunamis last Friday.

    The tsunamis have decimated coastal areas, which after huge efforts of Japanese authorities, are now becoming accessible by road.

    “In one area around Minamisunriku, in northern Miyagi, we were told by officials there were 9,200 people in 20 evacuation centres who needed water, non-food items and medical attention,” said Mikiko Dotsu, the coordinator of the MSF team. [...]

    MSF is now identifying specific needs – which include oxygen, non-food items, medical items and water – and will work with Japanese authorities to assist these populations.

    More MSF personnel staff are standing by in Japan and other countries, to head to Miyagi prefecture to increase our assistance.

    You can follow the group’s response on the main page of its website, where updated headlines appear daily. Donations are accepted through national offices (a list is available here), but cannot be earmarked toward any one program or disaster.

    While some of the medicine and food that MSF distributes is no doubt animal-based, the exigent circumstances in which it operates complicates the situation, as does the lack of cruelty-free options when it comes to particular medications (e.g., vaccines). As an ethical vegan, I don’t believe that humans have the right to harm or exploit nonhuman animals unless doing so is absolutely necessary to our survival. I believe that MSF’s work is necessary and vital. Additionally, I appreciate that the group does not entrench animal exploitation in the communities it serves, such as through animal agriculture programs. It is also Humane Seal approved.

  • Skeptics and Humanists Aid and Relief Effort (SHARE) – A project of the Center for Inquiry (CFI) (and previously the Council for Secular Humanism), SHARE is a philanthropic, secular foundation that collects and redistributes donations in response to specific disasters. SHARE provides an alternative for atheists, agnostics, secular humanists and other who wish to contribute to a cause without the involvement of a religious group or intermediary:

    Many people who are skeptics and humanists are frustrated that so many charitable organizations, especially those that help people afflicted by natural or human disasters, have efforts coordinated by religious organizations. These organizations sometimes proselytize to the people in need of their services. This is entirely unacceptable to skeptics and secular humanists.

    The money collected through SHARE goes directly to secular relief efforts in the nations or areas afflicted. By donating to SHARE, you can pool your resources with other like-minded individuals who wish to effect change in the world.

    The monies raised for SHARE’s Japan Earthquake/Tsunami Relief Fund will go to Doctors Without Borders. Donate here.

  • ShelterBox – ShelterBox distributes essential supplies to families affected by natural disasters. A typical kit includes:

    Each large, green ShelterBox is tailored to a disaster but typically contains a disaster relief tent for an extended family, blankets, water storage and purification equipment, cooking utensils, a stove, a basic tool kit, a children’s activity pack and other vital items.

    You can make a donation to ShelterBox here, and track where your box is sent through the group’s website.

    In some situations, the boxes are distributed by ShelterBox Response Teams; those interested in volunteering can find additional information at www.shelterboxacademy.org.

  • The Search Dog Foundation (SDF) – Based in California, SDF recruits potential search and rescue dogs, trains them at a cost of roughly $10,000 per dog, and partners graduates with firefighters and other first responders to find people buried alive in the wreckage of disasters. Dogs are not bred, but rescued and/or “donated,” and SDF promises that all dogs entered into the program (whether or not they graduate) have found a home for life. SDF currently has multiple teams on the ground and working in Japan.

    To be honest, I’m puzzled as to why SDF is included on so many of the “animal rescue” lists currently circulating the internet. SDF is a human rescue group that just so happens to “employ” nonhumans. While I applaud SDF for rescuing dogs rather than breeding them, from a vegan perspective the idea of “working” animals is still somewhat problematic; doubly so when you consider the dangerous conditions in which these dogs are placed. The SDF’s own materials say it best:

    Disaster search requires very specific talents and skills in both dog and handler. A disaster site is a treacherous environment: noisy, chaotic, dust-filled, and sometimes dark. Disaster search dogs must have the ability to perform at a high level in the worst setting imaginable. At Ground Zero, for example, the ‘pile’ was a mountain of debris seven or eight stories high composed of twisted steel and wobbly, uneven surfaces, hot spots and gaps in the rubble where fires were still burning. It takes an extraordinary dog-one with extreme boldness, energy, strength, agility and drive-to approach every training exercise, and every deployment, with energy and determination. These are dogs that LOVE to work, NEED to work, and want nothing more than to be out on the rubble, searching!

    In the wake of disaster, search and rescue dogs inhale the same toxic fumes as do their human handlers; are deployed to unstable areas ravaged by earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, floods and the like (oftentimes, with the threat of dangerous weather ongoing); and ultimately put their lives on the line so that they may save others. A heroic task, indeed – and, while it’s a choice made freely by the humans involved, you simply cannot say the same of nonhuman animals. A love for the physical and mental stimulation of search and rescue work does not equal knowledge and consent of the risks it entails.

  • Food for Life Global (FFLG) – Many of you may already be familiar with FFLG, which distributes plant-based (vegetarian and vegan) meals to those in need worldwide – both temporarily, e.g. in response to man-made and natural disasters, as well as long-term, such as through the establishment of permanent food distribution centers. Via its Rural Academies for Youth programs, FFLG also trains youths in sustainable agriculture “centered on spiritual values.”

    (Its emphasis on spirituality and religious leanings – in Hinduism, prasad is “a mental condition of generosity, as well as a material substance that is first offered to a deity and then consumed” – is one obvious downside for the secular donor.)

    In a personal email, FFLG director Paul Turner told me that FFLG has a team on the ground in Japan, providing food and shelter to survivors. (I’ll link to the campaign page once it’s available on FFLG’s website.) FFLG is also calling on volunteers from abroad to help expand the effort in Japan:

    Paul Turner, director of Food for Life Global said, “Our organisation was there to help during the Asian Tsunami of 2004 and so we expect to do much the same in Japan. The challenge is great but we are hopeful that the public will rally behind our volunteers to feed as many people as possible. Anyone wishing to volunteer, please contact us now.”

    Volunteer opportunities at FFLG include food distribution; building infrastructure; providing medical assistance and education; and other pro bono professional services, both in the U.S. and internationally. In addition to monetary donations, FFLG accepts vehicles for resale and airline miles. FFLG maintains an emergency relief fund, but it does not seem as though a donation can be earmarked for a specific disaster.

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    A man carries his dog friend – a small, white and tan border collie (?) –
    through a street filled with debris.
    Credits: AFP/Getty Images
    Source: The Daily Tail
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    3. Animal Rescue & Disaster Relief

    This section in particular will be updated as new information becomes available, so check back often.

  • Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support – Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support is a coalition of three Japanese animal rescue groups: HEART-Tokushima, Animal Garden Niigata and Japan Cat Network (see below), all of which had been rescuing and rehoming animals in Japan prior to the 2011 earthquake (and all of which subscribe to a no-kill philosophy). You can make a donation to the coalition directly – all funds donated will go directly toward disaster relief – or through any of the three participating groups (but be sure to specify that these funds are meant for Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support). On its Facebook page, the group says,

    Funds will be used directly for animal rescue and support. We can not yet know what international groups will be specifically donating but we expect our funds to be paying for veterinary care including vaccines, microchips, antibiotics, and medicine, food, cages, and cost of transporting animals.

    Donations can be made through Paypal, ChipIn, money order or direct transfer; details will be posted and updated on the group’s FB page. JEARS is also in need of a volunteer professional web design/hosting firm to help develop and maintain a website, in order to facilitate their rescue efforts.

    JEARS has been pretty awesome at keeping its supporters updated on Facebook, so be sure to “like” its page and share it with your friends. Those in Japan can also report and request help with injured or homeless animals – or otherwise communicate with the JEARS volunteers – via its Facebook page.

  • HEART-Tokushima – Based in the Shikoku area, HEART-Tokushima has rescued 600 animals in its four years of operation. Luckily, the group was not directly affected by the earthquakes and tsunamis:

    Thankfully, our area of the country received no damage and now we have to get to work right away to help the animals in need. We are preparing to receive animal here at HEART and we are working closely with Japan Cat Network and Animal Friends Niigata to save as many animals as possible. Niigata is the closest to the affected areas and will be our base of operations. We will be going out tomorrow to distribute food and water and to try and make an initial assessment. Please check our regular reports on Facebook to find out what is needed and how you can help.

    Please see the main page of the group’s website (in English) for ways to donate.

  • Animal Garden Niigata / Animal Friends Niigata – Established in 2008 by Niigata resident Isabella Gallaon-Aoki, Animal Garden Niigata cares for and rehomes some of the stray animals living in Niigata Prefecture, as well as other areas of Japan. It also conducts animal welfare outreach and education in the surrounding communities. As reported by HEART-Tokushima, the disaster relief response will be based in Niigata. For ways to donate, go to its how you can help page.
  • Japan Cat Network (JCN) – Dedicated to trap, neuter and return (TNR) programs and no-kill sheltering, JCN was founded by Susan Roberts and David Wybenga, “who have been living in Japan, teaching English, and helping cats since 1993.” The group assists communities in establishing TNR programs and conducts outreach programs. Its also operates a “small shelter to house, rehabilitate, and rehome cats or kittens in support of those working on active TNR projects.” In a recent blog post, JCR says,

    We are all greatly saddened and have been continually horrified by news of the devastation, following the recent earthquake here in Japan. We, the kitties at the JCN Kansai shelter, and the shelter itself, are all fine. We’d like to thank everyone who has written to check on us, for their concern! We felt the initial earthquake at the shelter, as well as some aftershocks, but are far enough away from the hard hit areas to be safe. Many of our volunteers in the Kansai and Kanto regions have reported in as all being safe, as well.

    However, we remain very concerned about the animals in the severely effected areas, who may be overlooked in the midst of so much immediate need to address human concerns. We are currently working with two other no-kill organizations to coordinate plans for getting animals from these areas out to safety, and have already begun helping people with pets in crisis. We are in need of volunteers willing to provide foster care, those able to transport animals, help expanding our potential shelter capacity, and funds or materials for use with rescue/rehabilitation efforts.

    Click here to see how you can help JCN.

  • Animal Refuge Kansai (ARK) – Established in 1990, ARK operates two shelters, one each in Osaka and Tokyo. While the group primarily rescues and rehomes dogs and cats, its shelters are also home to the occasional “wild” animal. ARK’s shelters and network of foster homes will accept animals made homeless by the quakes and tsunamis:

    At present we can only witness the devastation caused by yesterday’s earthquake and tsunami on our television screens and make contact with friends in Tokyo and other affected areas. Although a country like Japan experiences earthquakes frequently, nothing had prepared us for one on this scale. From our experience of the Great Hanshin earthquake on January 17th 1995, we know that the number of homeless pets may be immense. The priority after any earthquake is the saving of human life, moving people into emergency centres and then repairing the infrastructure. In the case of Kobe most of the animals that came to us came from the emergency centres where people has sought refuge with their pets. Others were ones that had been rescued from destroyed houses or off the street by local people. In that one year we took in 600 animals, mainly dogs and cats but also rabbits and birds.

    Here at ARK we are preparing for what might be a huge influx of animals. We already have some facilities in place and a team of experienced staff able to deal with traumatised animals. We may have to build emergency shelters as well. The logistics of getting animal from the Tohoku/Sendai area is immense since roads and other transport links have been cut and may take time to restore. Our only means to get animals down to Osaka may be by helicopter, which was one method we used after the Kobe earthquake.

    Please visit the group’s website for updates. Donation information is available here.

  • Nippon Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals (SPCA) – The Kon Motoe Animal Shelter in Ibaraki – operated by the Nippon SPCA – suffered earthquake damage. According to Kinship Circle’s notes, “On 3/13/11, the Japan SPCA brought rescue supplies to its earthquake-damaged network shelter in Ibaraki and evacuated the most vulnerable dogs.” Additional information is available on the Nippon SPCA’s website (in English via Google Translator). Because it’s receiving aid from other Japanese groups whose operations were not disrupted by the quake, it may be best to donate through the Japan SPCA or JAWS (see below).
  • The Japan Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and The Japan Animal Welfare Society (JAWS) – These groups’ websites are difficult for me to navigate due to the language barrier, but Best Friends Animal Society reports that,

    The Japan Animal Welfare Society and the Japan Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals have launched a joint operation and are working to provide support for the animals in the disaster. The update on their website, translated from Japanese, reports that, “We have secured locations in three cities and are preparing to transport pet supplies. We’re communicating with local vet groups and municipal governments. We hope to be able to send rescuers to the disaster zone.”

    Donation information for the Japan SPCA and JAWS can be found (in English, via Google Translator) here and here, respectively. Currently, it looks as though they are only able to accept wire transfers.

  • World Vets – Operating in 25 countries, World Vets provides “veterinary aid around the globe in collaboration with animal advocacy groups, foreign governments, US and foreign military groups and veterinary professionals abroad.” Its “Gift Catalog” offers a good overview of the services it provides.

    On a special page dedicated to the crisis in Japan, World Vets reports that, as of March 16,

    World Vets is in Niigata, Japan right now with a shipment of veterinary supplies. They are headed out in a few hours (daybreak) toward the hardest hit areas to make assessments and provide aid. World Vets veterinarian Dr Koji Fukumura will be arriving in Tokyo on Friday and will be staying long-term as our in-country coordinator and to provide direct assistance to animals in need. Several World Vets responder teams are currently on standby as we assess the situation and collaborate with groups in Japan. [...]

    World Vets has a whole series of relief teams lined up and on standby pending the outcome of our first responder deployment. As long as radiation and nuclear threats remain we must consider the safety of volunteers and not contribute to potential victims of this unfortunate situation. At this time World Vets is not recruiting volunteers for its disaster response efforts in Japan. Should this change for follow up assistance in the long term we will select volunteers from our members database. If you are not a member and would like to join, please join HERE.

    Veterinary supplies and/or medicines that are being requested from are the following: De-worming medicines, vaccinations, fluid replacements, wound treatments, and cages. Donations of these items can be shipped to: World Vets headquarters, 802 1st Ave N, Fargo ND 58102

    Monetary donations can be made here.

  • Last Chance for Animals (LCA) – LCA has been on the ground in Japan since March 21st. In an email dated 3/28 (see below), LCA writes,

    Last Chance for Animals (LCA) sent a Special Investigations Team (SIT) to Japan to assist with animal rescue. The SIT is working with Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support (JEARS), a coalition of no-kill shelter groups and volunteers, working to save, support and reunite lost and abandoned animals in the wake of the disaster, and professional animal rescue team, The Kinship Circle.

    You can follow LCA’s progress on a special blog dedicated to animal rescue in Japan (LCAJapanRescue), and make a donation here.

  • Kinship Circle – On its website, Kinship Circle reports that it would like to deploy a team of responders to Japan, in order to assist JEARS and the Nippon SPCA in its rescue efforts. Currently, it’s trying to raise at least $25,000 for this purpose. (See the newsletter dated 3/19/11, below.) It hopes to provide financial support to JEARS and the Nippon SPCA as well.

    You can make a donation to Kinship Circle’s Animal Disaster Aid Fund here, or sign up as a disaster aid volunteer here. Additionally, it has compiled a comprehensive list of animal rescue resources here.

  • The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) – On its Animals In Disasters blog, the WSPA reports that its Disaster Assessment and Response Team (DART) from the WSPA Asia office arrived in Tokyo on March 15:

    We are working with member societies such as the Japanese Animal Welfare Society (JAWS) and looking at ways to help them enter the restricted areas and help the animals people have taken with them into the evacuation shelters (when this has been permitted). The situation is still very serious; not only with the well reported story of the ongoing nuclear threat, but of the as yet under-reported story of what has happened to all the displaced people and their animals.

    You can follow the WSPA’s progress on its Animals In Disasters blog.

    U.S. residents can make a donation to the WSPA’s Disaster Relief Fund here; those living outside the U.S. can choose from the list of WSPA offices here.

  • The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) – The IFAW has expressed its desire to aid in the animal rescue efforts, beginning with the dispatch of a team to asses the situation. However, the latest update on its AnimalWire blog reads, “Due to increased radiation levels, the team is holding off on their departure – Will Update you all in the AM.”

    You can follow IFAW’s progress on its blog or website. The IFAW maintains an Emergency Animal Fund, to which U.S. residents can donate here. (Those living outside the U.S. will have to choose their country from the drop-down menu on the top-right hand side of the page.)

  • American Humane Association (AHA) – As of March 16, the AHA reports that its Red Star Animal Emergency Services team is on stand-by and ready to deploy to Japan, but is waiting to be allowed in by the government. (Though its claim that “the Japanese government has not yet allowed even Japanese organizations to begin large-scale animal rescue operations” seems odd, given that other groups – international and local – are currently conducting animal rescue operations, if even on a limited scale. Go big or go home?) Updates will be posted on the AHA blog.

    As far as donations go, the AHA writes,

    Regarding the donations that are being received by American Humane Association, I can assure you that 100 percent of the donations received for Japan animal relief will go to helping the animal victims in Japan. That means American Humane Association will not even take a portion of donations to cover our actual administrative costs. Every single dollar raised goes to the animals in Japan. In the event that we are not able to deploy our Red Star Animal Emergency Services team to Japan to assist the animals directly, we will grant the funds we receive to the appropriate agencies that are providing animal emergency relief services in Japan.

    You can make a donation on the AHA’s website; just be sure to select “Japan Relief Fund” from the drop-down menu.

    fwiw, vegans have much to dislike about the AHA, from its promotion of “happy meat,” to its love for Temple Grandin and the legitimacy it adds to he exploitation of nonhuman animals in the entertainment industry. (On that last point, see the controversy over Flicka, during the filming of which two horses died.)

  • The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and The Humane Society International (HSI) – In a post dated 3/14/11, the HSI reports,

    In the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami double-strike that battered Japan’s northern coast and set off a mounting toll of death and destruction, Humane Society International and The Humane Society of the United States have deployed disaster response staff to the region, and reached out to Japanese partner organizations involved with animal care and rescue to identify where and how best to provide emergency support and veterinary attention.

    HSI Lead Disaster Responder Kelly Coladarci is in the Philippines and has contacted Japanese organizations to help them evaluate all animal-related needs. Moreover, both HSI and The HSUS will provide aid to various Japanese organizations, supporting their efforts to assess the scope of the disaster’s effects on animals, to purchase and transport essential supplies, and to establish appropriate shelters and other needed bases of operation in or near the strike zone.

    You can make a donation to HSI’s International Disaster Fund here, or a general donation to the HSUS here. Before you do, please know that the HSUS has an ongoing history of misusing funds (see, e.g., Hurricane Katrina), and has on occasion even committed outright fraud in the name of “fundraising.”

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    Helping Japan at #SXSW

    Helping Japan at #SXSW: A fundraising table at the Austin music and film festival South by Southwest, dedicated to disaster relief in Japan. Buttons and signage surround a box loosely filled with one, five, and twenty-dollar bills. One of the signs directs its audience to the website helpsavejapanatsxsw.net.
    CC image via Flickr user Zadi Diaz.
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    4. Vegan Fundraisers

    Events are arranged so that the most time-sensitive ones appear first. Once they expire, they’ll be bumped to the end of the list.

    If you’re holding vegan fundraiser to help with disaster relief in Japan, please let us know all about it in the comments!

  • The Chicago Diner’s Disaster Relief Benefit – From March 18 through April 15, The Chicago Diner will donate $1 for each Titanic Burger, Lucky Leprechaun Shake, and copy of The Chicago Diner Cookbook it sells to Direct Relief International & AmeriCares.
  • Vegan Bake Sales! – Activism at its yummiest. While a comprehensive listing of all the scheduled vegan bake sales to benefit Japan is well beyond my abilities, I would like to point you to two resources in particular.

    a) The PPK forum has an open thread where users can promote their individual bake sales for Japan. Isa started the thread with the intention of creating a centralized blog post in which to list them all. Though the post hasn’t materialized yet, you can keep an eye out on the PPK blog.

    b) The Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale is fast approaching. Now in its third year, this year the bake sale will held between April 23 and May 1 (two weekends and the weekdays in between). Here’s how it works:

    On April 23 through May 1 (two weekends and the weekdays in between), groups from across the world will hold vegan bake sales. Each participating group gets to choose its venue, what to sell, and how it uses the proceeds. We invite you to participate! You can hold the bake sale on any day during the period—or on more than one day if you like. Just about anyone can join in.

    The main rule is that all items sold must be vegan, and no materials (e.g., books, pamphlets, etc.) encouraging animal exploitation may be distributed during the sale. Participating bakers can sign up here, and potential customers can scope out a list of sales here.

    Each group designates a nonprofit to which the proceeds of the sale will be donated; no doubt, many of the sales will benefit disaster relief in Japan. (At the time of this writing, I counted seven.)

  • Food Fight Fundraiser Weekend for Japan – On March 19 and 20, Food Fight Grocery in Portland will donate 10% of its in-store sales to Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support. Now’s the time to stock up on Daiya and candy bars, people!

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    An Indian snack vendor walks past a sand sculpture depicting the tsunami that hit Japan, created by sand artist Sudarshan Pattanik with a message to help victims of the tsunami,
    on a beach in Puri, India, on Saturday.
    Credits: Biswaranjan Rout, AP
    Source: USA Today
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    5. Armchair Activism

    This section includes links to action alerts, most of which focus on nuclear energy due to the unfolding nuclear crises in Japan.

    04/18/11 – Care2: Congress: No New Nuclear Reactors

    04/01/11 – Green Action Japan: Sign the Petition to Support Japanese People, Expand Evacuation Zone

    03/27/11 – Care2: Obama: No More Subsidies for Nuclear Energy!

    03/24/11 – Public Citizen: Tell Obama to Reject Duke Energy Loan

    03/23/11 – Save Our Environment: Heed Japan’s Warning

    03/19/11 – Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS): It’s time: demand permanent shutdown of GE Mark I reactors!

    03/18/11 – Roots Action: Mr. President: Stop Pushing Nuclear Power

    03/18/11 – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): Ask U.S. Department of State to Allow Companion-Animal Evacuations From Japan (See the Newsletters section below for additional talking points.)

    03/16/11 – Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS): Tell Congress: No more taxpayer $ for more nuclear power

    03/16/11 – Climate Ark: Action Alert: Ban Nuclear Energy and the Bomb, Time for True Renewables Only

    03/15/11 – Nuclear Age Peace Foundation: Japan’s Nuclear Disaster: Don’t Let It Happen Again

    03/15/11 – Public Citizen: End Taxpayer Subsidies for Nuclear Power

    03/14/11 – Change.org: Petition: Stop the Delay on Donations to Japan

    03/14/11 – CREDO Action: President Obama: Reverse your support of risky nuclear power

    03/11/11 – Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS): Tell Congress: Heed the public and END the nuclear loan program

     

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    Officials in protective gear check for signs of radiation on children who are from the evacuation area near the Fukushima Daini nuclear plant in Koriyama on Mar. 13, 2011.
    Credits: Kim Kyung-Hoon, Reuters / Landov
    Source: The Daily Beast
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    6. News & (Somewhat Vegan) Views

    Here you can find links to websites, blogs and select news stories, with a focus on environmental coverage and vegan viewpoints. This list is far from comprehensive, due to the ongoing and large-scale nature of the situation.

    Website – Ignorant and Online

    Website – Karma Japan

    Ongoing coverage – Kinship Circle: 2011: Japan Earthquake & Tsunami – Resources

    Ongoing coverage – Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS): All Things Nuclear (tagged: Japan_nuclear)

    Ongoing coverage – Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS): Nuclear Crisis in Japan

    Ongoing coverage – NukeFree.org: Breaking News

    04/04/11 – SuperVegan: Adrien Zap of World Vets on Veterinary Relief Efforts in Post-Quake, Post-Tsunami Japan

    03/30/11 – VegNews: Vegans Support Japan

    03/18/11 – vegansaurus!: Forget iodine pills, just quit dairy!

    03/17/11 – Vegan Etsy: Fundraising for Japan

    03/17/11 – Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF): Animal Legal Defense Fund Demands Clarification of Pet Evacuation Policies for U.S. Military Families in Japan

    03/17/11 – CNN: Welfare groups race to rescue Japan’s abandoned animals

    03/16/11 – Best Friends: Japan: Rescue groups set out to save animals, part two

    03/16/11 – VegNews: Animal Rescue in Japan

    03/14/11 – Best Friends: Japan: Setting out to save animals, part one

    03/13/11 – Save Japan Dolphins: COVE Volunteers Safe After “Apocalyptic” Experience; Taiji Dolphins Perish
     

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    Search and rescue dog Pia waits with members of the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief to board a plane to Japan near near Lautzenhausen, Germany, on Saturday.
    Credits: Mario Vedder, dapd, via AP
    Source: USA Today
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    7. Newsletters & Dispatches

    Newsletters appear in reverse chronological order.

     

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Last Chance for Animals
    Date: Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 7:47 PM
    Subject: Support LCA’s Efforts to Help Animals in Japan!

    Support LCA’s Efforts to Help Animals in Japan!

    Since the terrible earthquake and tsunami in Japan on March 11th, thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes and move to a safer area. Many people have not been able to take their companion animals with them, and these pets are left behind to fend for themselves, with limited supplies of food and water.

    Last Chance for Animals - 2011-03-28 - Japan Animal Rescue 1

    Japan destruction: Devastation in Niigati-shi area
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    Last Chance for Animals (LCA) sent a Special Investigations Team (SIT) to Japan to assist with animal rescue. The SIT is working with Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support (JEARS), a coalition of no-kill shelter groups and volunteers, working to save, support and reunite lost and abandoned animals in the wake of the disaster, and professional animal rescue team, The Kinship Circle.

    The team first went to Hikone in central Japan to work with David Wybenga of Japan Cat Network, a non-profit organization dedicated to Japan’s stray and abandoned cat population. David has been working for over ten years to not only help the cats of Japan find safe and loving homes long before this disaster began, but also to inform and educate people that stray cats are not in fact vermin as they are often viewed. David and the team were able to rescue several stray and abandoned cats over the days they worked together.

    Last Chance for Animals - 2011-03-28 - Japan Animal Rescue 2

    Japan Rescue: LCA SIT member with rescued cat in Hikone
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    The team then moved north to the JEARS base camp outside of Niigati for the next phase of the operation. Here they set up feeding stations and live traps to lure the frightened animals out of hiding so they could be transported to safer places and shelters that had been prepared especially for them.

    The team will next be heading south of Fukushima nuclear plant to investigate reports of abandoned dogs, cats and cows. They will be spending the night in Iwate – near the area where ‘The Cove’ was filmed – and will also be investigating a feral cat refuge off the coast of Sendai.

    Follow the daily blog here of one of LCA’s Special Investigators in Japan.

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    Map of SIT rescues so far: Map of where LCA’s SIT has helped so far in Japan
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    Please donate to LCA so we can continue to keep our Special Investigative Team in the field doing what we do best; Helping Animals!

    For the animals,

    Campaigns Department
    Last Chance for Animals
    310-271-6096 x27

    Last Chance for Animals | 8033 Sunset Blvd. #835 | Los Angeles | CA | 90046

     
     
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    From: Kinship Circle
    Date: Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 9:06 PM
    Subject: Kinship Circle Heads To Japan For Animal Aid

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    Kinship Circle Aids Animals In Japan

    In Sendai — a city in Miyagi Prefecture that shared the brunt of a 9.0 earthquake and resultant tsunami — a man ran to warn neighbors. He returned home to find his beloved Akita, Shane, missing from his backyard. With the tsunami in rapid pursuit, he fled to higher ground. Six hours passed when a dog was spotted outside the school evacuation site. Shane had plunged into chest-deep waters to find his guardian. The dog had never seen this school, but somehow clung to debris and floated there. Cut and shivering, Shane was alive! Fortunately, Isabella — who leads rescue groups united as Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue and Support (JEARS) — was at the school with a vet to show the grateful man how to clean and treat Shane’s wounds.

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    Kinship Circle joins Animal Friends Niigata, Japan Cat Network, HEART-Tokushima, and Nippon SPCA to aid survivors like Shane. Our responders, credentialed in search and rescue, assessment, veterinary first aid, and crisis sheltering will provide ground support. We’ll also help via donations as long as we can.

    GIVE TO ANIMAL DISASTER AID FUND, FOR JAPAN

    We need a minimum $25,000, to get our teams across a vast disaster-torn area in Japan.

    We hope to raise more, to support Japan animal groups working against impossible odds to access Sendai and decimated cities in Fukushima and Miyagi Prefectures. With the nuclear plant situated in Fukushima, we even had to buy a Geiger Counter for volunteers to measure radiation exposure.

    Right now, gifts to our Animal Disaster Fund go to Japan quake-tsunami aid, to:

    ♥ Send rescue and veterinary trained teams.
    ♥ Fund gas and transport to reach animals.
    ♥ Get emergency vet medical supplies.
    ♥ Support key Japan animal organizations.

    For animals, the disaster is trifold: A 9.0 earthquake, a tsunami with waves as high as 33 feet, and mass evacuations due to radiation from the quake-shattered Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. Kinship Circle animal disaster aid teams just returned from helping animal victims of Brazil’s catastrophic mudslides and floods. In Japan, we face gasoline rations, vehicle shortages, power outages and more. But after talks with our contacts at Japanese animal rescue organizations, we decided to offer hands-on and remote support.

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    Where are all the dogs, cats, horses…and others?

    While many animals died in the initial quake and tsunami waves (some as high as 33 feet) a Japan colleague estimates that for every half-million people displaced in shelters, 1 of each 5 people have a dog. Where are these dogs now? And cats? There are so many cats in Japan that the number impacted could climb into the hundreds of thousands. The repercussions for horses, farmed, and other domestic animals is unknown at this time. We also cannot yet measure damage to wild or confined wild (zoos, aquariums) animals.

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    A loyal dog won’t leave his wounded buddy behind in the rubble of Japan’s quake and tsunami. A video of the two survivors went viral on the Internet as people clung to this image of love and perseverance. The dogs are reportedly safe now.

    WHY SAVE ANIMALS IN JAPAN? Kinship Circle specializes in animal disaster aid. We’re not a community shelter/rescue group. Our members and disaster-trained responders live around the world. We activate for USA disasters too — Gulf Oil Crisis, Hurricanes Gustave & Ike, Iowa Floods, Hurricane Katrina & Rita… Decisions are based on NEED — not GEOGRAPHY. Japan’s historic quake and tsunami harmed a large number of animals.

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    GIVE TO ANIMAL DISASTER AID FUND, FOR JAPAN

    THANK YOU SUPPORTERS! Back-to-back disaster deployments — Brazil floods-mudslide and Japan quake-tsunami — have pushed us behind in paperwork, but your gift is working hard to sponsor rescue and veterinary trained responders on the ground. Thanks for your patience. You’ll receive a receipt.

    KINSHIP CIRCLE
    Animal Disaster Aid
    Anti-Cruelty Campaigns

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    URGENT: Let Americans Evacuate Japan With Their Animals!

    With the final outcome for Japan’s quake-shattered Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant uncertain, foreign citizens are evacuating Japan. Americans may find that their pets cannot go with them. While difficult to imagine in a post-Katrina world, Department of State policy does not evacuate companion animals.

    TAKE ACTION NOW

    U.S. Citizens: Appeal to the U.S. State Department to let Americans leave with their animals. Stress that pets be allowed to accompany families from Japan — and in all future disasters.

    Contact Secretary of State Hillary Clinton:
    WEBMAIL
    FAX: 202-647-1579

    Talking Points:

    - People may refuse to evacuate if forced to leave animals behind.

    - Abandoned pets are often released into streets or left to die by starvation.

    - Let people evacuating Japan bring companion animals (without weight restriction) with them.

    - Permanently permit and allocate resources for animals to join caregivers leaving disaster zones.

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    To volunteer in disasters, click here.

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    URGENT: Bill To Undo Puppy Mill Anti-Cruelty Law May Pass!

    Missouri is America’s Puppy Mill Capitol. Last Nov. nearly 1 million voters passed Prop B, the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act. Shockingly, the Missouri Senate has since okayed a bill to gut Prop B. Similar legislation may now pass in the House — as lawmakers ignore voters’ will and cling to status-quo cruelty.

    TAKE ACTION NOW

    Missourians Only: Ask your state Rep to reject a bill that dilutes or repeals Prop B.

    Missourians & Others: Ask Gov. Nixon to veto any bill designed to undo Prop B. Tell him that Missouri will lose your tourism and business dollars if Prop B is diluted.

    KINSHIP CIRCLE
    DONATE I SIGN UP I ACTION ALERTS I DISASTER AID I EDUCATION

    JOIN KINSHIP CIRCLE • Unsubscribe from Kinship Circle’s list

    Kinship Circle is a 501c3 nonprofit animal advocacy and disaster rescue organization that specializes in action campaigns, educational literature/outreach, and animal disaster rescue/relief. All donations are tax-deductible and no good or services are received in exchange for them.

    Kinship Circle I info@KinshipCIrcle.org ; I 7380 Kingsbury Blvd I Saint Louis, MO 63130

     
     

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: PETA
    Date: Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 10:52 AM
    Subject: URGENT: Ask U.S. State Department to Allow Animal Evacuations From Japan and Amend Policy to Allow Pet Evacuations

    Once again, the U.S. Department of State is refusing to allow U.S. nationals evacuating a disaster zone, this time in Japan, to take their animal companions to safety. The official policy of the Department of State is that it does not evacuate pets. Please contact Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and ask that the State Department allow Americans, without exception, to evacuate all their family members from Japan and from every future disaster area.

    PETA agrees with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention public health veterinarians and others that “… a lack of plans and resources to evacuate ‘incidental’ pets with their owners has been known for decades to be a primary reason why citizens will refuse to evacuate in the face of imminent life-threatening danger.” Unfortunately, when it comes to disasters, people who love their animals often pay with their own lives.

    In response to PETA’s February requests to Secretary Clinton to allow animals on U.S. government–chartered evacuation flights during the coup in Egypt, some animals were finally allowed on the last flight out of that country. While a promising, and temporary, start, PETA asks that all companion animals, regardless of size, be allowed safe transport out of Japan and any future disaster zone.

    Please contact Secretary of State Clinton by e-mail or fax (202-647-1579) and ask that:

    1. People evacuating Japan be allowed to take their companion animals, regardless of size, with them.
    2. The State Department permanently change its official policy to allow pets to be evacuated, simultaneously with their families, from disaster areas.

    Thank you for your willingness to act and for your compassion for animals! For more information on how you can help PETA help animals affected by disasters in Japan and elsewhere, please click here.

    Sincerely,

    Daphna Nachminovitch
    Vice President, Cruelty Investigations
    People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

    This e-mail was sent by PETA, 501 Front St., Norfolk, VA 23510 USA.
     

     

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    Standing atop a pile of rubble, a small, scrappy white kitten lets loose a meow of protest.
    I almost decided against including this image, as I’ve yet to confirm its authenticity (i.e., whether it was actually taken in the aftermath of the earthquakes in Japan), but this stubborn kitten’s sweet, heart-wrenching tenacity won me over in the end.
    Credits: Unknown
    Source: The Daily Tail
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    This post will be updated periodically, so please bookmark and revisit!

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    Região Serrana 05 fevereiro 2011

    Care for animals brought in by residents. © WSPA Brasil

    Partnership between WSPA and UNIFESO mobilizes people to treat animals in the mountainous region: A stand of veterinary care will open this Saturday 05/02, to meet animals, victims of floods which have battered the mountainous region. Read more…
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    Between the brush fires and flooding in Australia and the flash floods and landslides in Brazil, the world has seen at least several large-scale “natural” disasters in recent months – though consumers of mainstream media may be none the wiser. As with the 2010 floods in Pakistan, these emergencies have received little coverage (at least in the United States), including from animal advocacy corners.

    Perhaps it’s due to “compassion fatigue” in the wake of the earthquakes in Haiti, which sparked an outpouring of support. (If not structural, but still.) I’d like to believe that, as far as fellow animal advocates are concerned, the silence is attributable to a simple lack of news to report. At least, this has been the case ’round these parts; aside from the stray plea for donations, I haven’t seen much in response to more recent disaster situations.

    When I received Kinship Circle’s latest newsletter, reporting that it – in partnership with IDA – was on the ground in Brazil, providing disaster relief to the nonhuman victims of the floods and mudslides, I figured it was high time to write about the relief efforts currently underway in Brazil. Though I spent much of the morning combing through the websites of well-known animal welfare groups – including many of those that responded to previous disasters – I was only able to find a few that are currently providing aid in Brazil.

    The most pressing need, of course, is for monetary donations. Please give what you can. Long-term, volunteers – bodies on the ground – are essential to providing emergency assistance as well. To this end, please also consider getting involved with an animal advocacy group that specializes in disaster response. If you live in the U.S., Kinship Circle is a good start; check out its Disaster Responder Volunteer Form for more info.

    In you know of any other resources, please share! You can either email me at easyvegan [at] gmail.com, or leave in it the comments section, and I’ll tackle it it asap. Please and thank you.

    Also, I’d like to remind y’all that I continue to update previous disaster hubs periodically, as new information becomes available. These include: the 2010 Pakistan Floods; the 2010 BP Oil Spill; the 2010 Earthquake in Chile; and the 2010 Earthquakes in Haiti. Additionally, I still maintain a disaster relief archive – dating back to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 – over at my old blog, Smite Me! (See: Disaster Relief.) All relevant newsletters are crossposted there as well.

     

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    Aerial view of damages in Poco Fundo, an isolated area in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 18, 2011. (Vanderlei Almeida/AFP/Getty Images)
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    1. Animal Rescue & Vegan Relief at a Glance

    Here’s a quick roundup of the animal welfare, animal rights, and vegan groups that are either 1) directly assisting with animal rescue efforts in Brazil or 2) collecting and distributing funds to those that providing aid in the region. Please note that some of these groups may focus on “saving” farmed and working animals so that they can be further exploited in the future – and let your own ethics guide you in your decision to donate.

  • Kinship Circle and In Defense of Animals (IDA), two animal advocacy groups based in the United States, are working together to provide

    search and rescue services, veterinary treatment, including spaying and neutering, and other needed assistance. The goal, as in the aftermath of the 2010 Chile earthquake and tsunami, is to work within the structure of Brazilian agencies and bring together human, technical, and material resources.

    Both groups are experienced in disaster response and animal rescue efforts, with Kinship Circle in particular focusing disaster relief as a core mission. Kinship Circle and IDA deployed volunteers to Brazil in the weeks following the flash floods and mudslides. You can follow their progress on Kinship Circle’s website, with a special page dedicated to the campaign here: Brazil Floods & Mudslides – Field Notes. (IDA maintains an Animals in Disasters blog, but it hasn’t been updated since November ’10.) Both groups have a special nonhuman disaster relief fund to which you can donate: Kinship Circle (select “ANIMAL DISASTER AID FUND”) and IDA.

  • With an already-established presence in the region, Sociedade Mundial de Proteção Animal / World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) Brazil is engaging in direct, on-the-ground disaster relief. On its Animals in Disasters blog, the WSPA reports that, in conjunction with local university UNIFESO, it

    opened an operations centre to co-ordinate assistance to animal victims.

    The centre, situated in the worst-hit town of Teresópolis, opened on 27th January to respond to the essential emergency needs of dogs and cats, the animals most affected by the recent flooding. The centre is now holding 12 tons of dog food and one ton of cat food, as well as veterinary and other essential supplies, to be distributed according to the needs identifed by WSPA in its assesment following the disaster.

    The centre’s response team is being co-ordinated by Dr. Sérgio Vasquez, a specialist in disaster management from WSPA’s Central America, Mexico and Caribbean office. The team comprises members of WSPA Brazil and the director of a Brazilian member society, Ecosul, which co-ordinated relief in the state of Santa Catarina in 2009, as well as a profesor from UNIFESO.

    Additionally,

    In Rio’s floods and mudslides, local member societies SOS Animal, GAPA, AnimaVida and COMBINA all had animal shelters or other facilities in the disaster zone, and were able to respond initially, with the help of donations sent to WSPA Brazil. These organisations will continue to be involved as part of a WSPA-coordinated emergency response, which will focus on immediately providing food, and medical treatment. In the ensuing recovery period, WSPA will continue to co-ordinate such efforts, provide necessary shelter if required, and also engage local authorities and citizens in future preparedness for such disasters.

    The Animals in Disasters blog features a donation button for the WSPA’s Animal Disaster Fund, but the link is expired. It seems that the only way to make a donation at this time is through the WSPA’s general donation page.

    For continuing coverage, follow WSPA Brazil, as well as its Flickr feed (this set in particular: Animais em Desastres – WSPA – Região Serrana RJ – Janeiro 2010).

  • Of those groups mentioned above, I was only able to find a web presence for AnimaVida. You can read about its partnership with the WSPA here.

    At this time, AnimaVida is only able to take donations through bank deposit:

    Favorecido: AnimaVida Favored: animatable
    CNPJ: 05.855.112/0001-48 CNPJ: 05.855.112/0001-48
    Banco: 237 – BRADESCO Bank: 237 – Bradesco
    Agência: 3403-7 Agency: 3403-7
    Conta: 0041745-9 Account: 0041745-9

  • Food for Life Global (FFLG), which distributes free vegan/vegetarian meals to those in need worldwide (among other things), does not currently list the 2011 Brazil floods as one of its emergency relief programs. However, it does support a food distribution project in Rio de Janeiro.

     

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    Veterinarians and volunteers receive animal for emergency treatment. © WSPA Brasil

    Volunteers from WSPA / UNIFESO conducted more than 500 veterinary procedures in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro: Continuing the routing of animals in situations critical to the health UNIFESO Veterinary Hospital and the treatment needed in the mountainous region of Rio, the operations center coordinated by WSPA in partnership with UNIFESO in Teresopolis, advance the work plan care to animals in the most devastated by the rains. Read more…
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    2. Newsletters

    Please see the following newsletters and email alerts for additional information about animal rescue efforts in the wake of the flash flooding and mudslides in Brazil.

    As always, these are sorted chronologically, with the most recent alerts appearing first.

     
     
    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: In Defense of Animals
    Date: March 10, 2011
    Subject: Brazil Disaster Relief Update

    Brazil Disaster Relief – March 10, 2011 Update

    Six weeks have passed since the cataclysmic flooding and mudslides in Brazil. In the warehouse-like emergency shelter in Teresopolis, in Rio de Janeiro, what is particularly striking is that the vast majority of animals – among hundreds – were companion animals, not strays as was the case after Chile’s earthquake a year ago. Formerly loved and cared for, those in the shelter are now haunted by loss, living alone in a world they used to share with human families. Thanks to your donations, IDA has been able to contribute to the team of responders trying their best to care for these animals.

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    IDA has partnered with another animal protection organization, Kinship Circle, in response to this disaster. Amid continuing rains and mudslides, with an ever-growing fear that more flooding is imminent, IDA-Kinship Circle volunteers ease some of the heartbreak, terror, and confusion. Left outside the shelter was a rottweiler-pit bull mix, with her shiny coat and sparkling white teeth, whose spirit has deteriorated quickly. An elderly man, filled with despair, left a black chow mix at the shelter front gate and walked away, while the bewildered dog, straining on his leash, was desperate to join him.

    There are the “drive-by drop-offs” left roped outside or in milk crates. There are the guardians who have lost everything and carry their beloved animals into the shelter because they can no longer care for them. IDA-Kinship rescuers are still bringing to the shelter dogs and cats from homes that were ripped apart. A pregnant black lab went into labor and was rushed to a separate warehouse reserved for medical procedures. On the same day, a dog died in the same building where the puppies were born.

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    Sadness permeates the Teresopolis shelter, but the ravages of such a catastrophe have stirred great heroism and extraordinary compassion. Adoptions abound. A Franciscan nun and monk order will take 15 dogs as soon as the roads reopen from flash flooding. Two Brazilian veterinarians from Sao Paulo University and responders from Canada have recently joined the volunteer team, as have Chilean veterinarians whom we assisted in Chile’s earthquake last year.

    Your donations to IDA’s Animal Disaster Relief Fund allow us to act quickly wherever and whenever we can. Help us act now and in future disasters.

    Please contribute as generously as you can. Without your support, our efforts in such disaster-ravaged areas as Brazil, New Orleans, Haiti, and Chile would not happen.

    In Defense of Animals, located in San Rafael, Calif., is an international animal protection organization with more than 100,000 members and supporters dedicated to ending the abuse and exploitation of animals by protecting their rights and welfare. IDA’s efforts include educational events, cruelty investigations, boycotts, grassroots activism, and hands-on rescue through our sanctuaries in Mississippi, Mumbai, India, and Cameroon, Africa.

    In Defense of Animals is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization. We welcome your feedback and appreciate your donations. Please join today! All donations to IDA are tax-deductible.

    In Defense of Animals
    3010 Kerner, San Rafael, CA 94901
    Tel. (415) 448-0048 Fax (415) 454-1031
    idainfo [at] idausa.org

     
     
    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Kinship Circle
    Date: Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 6:33 PM
    Subject: What happened to me?

    Kinship Circle - 2011-02-18 - Brazil Mudslides 01

    Today a puppy died in the arms of a volunteer…

    IDA-Kinship Circle volunteer Jan Cabral wept as she told the story. This puppy is just one of more post-disaster deaths as conditions worsen for Brazil’s animals.

    Kinship Circle - 2011-02-18 - Brazil Mudslides 02

    HELP US BRING HOPE TO BRAZIL’S ANIMALS!

    Kinship Circle - 2011-02-18 - Brazil Mudslides 03

    Kinship Circle-IDA teams are in Teresopolis, in Rio de Janeiro’s mountain region. We assist NGO EstimAcao with emergency veterinary care and sheltering at a warehouse with wall-to-wall animals. In this photo Kinship responder Sister Michael Marie comforts a left-behind bunny in Santa Rita, where we do search and rescue. Every human died or fled here. We find animals hurt, hungry, afraid.

    GIVE TO OUR ANIMAL DISASTER FUND

    Your tax-deductible gift lets us:

    ● Send veterinarians and supplies to clinically diagnose and treat animals.

    ● Heal animals so they are more adoptable.

    ● Rotate teams in Brazil to fulfill our promise.

    ● Fund a vehicle to rescue orphaned animals.

    You haven’t heard from us in awhile. That’s because…

    Kinship Circle and In Defense of Animals (IDA) are in Brazil working round the clock for animals whose guardians left or died in floods and landslides. Imagine: You’re at home with your dog, 15, your best friend. You hear the roar of 10 freight trains. A mountain collapses. Boulders fall like cookies off a baking pan…

    Kinship Circle - 2011-02-18 - Brazil Mudslides 04

    Suddenly you an your dog are suffocating under rocks, mud and debris — buried side by side. It’s too late for you, but your dog survives. Rescuers pull out the sick, elderly Rottweiler (above in photo collage). Who will love him now?

    Kinship Circle - 2011-02-18 - Brazil Mudslides 05a Kinship Circle - 2011-02-18 - Brazil Mudslides 05b Kinship Circle - 2011-02-18 - Brazil Mudslides 05c

    FIELD NOTES | PHOTO LOG | SUPPORT

    WHY SAVE ANIMALS IN BRAZIL? Kinship Circle specializes in animal disaster aid. We’re not a community shelter/rescue group. Our membership is global, with disaster-trained responders in the U.S., Canada, Vietnam, Brazil, Chile. We activate for many USA disasters — Gulf Oil Crisis, Hurricanes Gustav & Ike, Iowa Floods, Hurricanes Katrina & Rita…more. We base decisions on NEED — not GEOGRAPHY. Animal conditions in Brazil are heartbreaking. We are there.

    Kinship Circle - 2011-02-18 - Brazil Mudslides 06

    THANK YOU SUPPORTERS! We’re behind in paperwork, but your gift is working hard to sponsor 4 volunteer veterinarians and pay for a 5th Brazilian vet. Thanks for your patience. You’ll receive a receipt.

    KINSHIP CIRCLE
    Animal Disaster Aid

    Kinship Circle - 2011-02-18 - Brazil Mudslides 07

    This dog has bicheira, flesh eating maggots in Portuguese. The left side of his face is gone. Rescuers thought he’d die. But he responded to treatment. Maggots are epidemic among injured animals of Brazil’s floods and avalanches. This dog gets a happy ending — a home in Rio!

    Kinship Circle - 2011-02-18 - Brazil Mudslides 08

    The tiniest of hearts beats in the wreckage. Over one month post-disaster, EstimAcao still gets calls to rescue animals stranded by the slides and floods.

    Kinship Circle - 2011-02-18 - Brazil Mudslides 09

    At an evacuated home, we found ducks, bunnies, dogs, chickens, and an trapped songbird. No food or water. Caged, starving, scared. One duck seemed too dehydrated to live. But a bath revived her.

    Kinship Circle - 2011-02-18 - Brazil Mudslides 10

    TO VOLUNTEER IN DISASTERS, CLICK HERE

    KINSHIP CIRCLE
    DONATE | SIGN UP | ACTION ALERTS | DISASTER AID | EDUCATION

    Kinship Circle - New Logo

    Kinship Circle is a 501c3 nonprofit animal advocacy and disaster rescue organization that specializes in action campaigns, educational literature/outreach, and animal disaster rescue/relief. All donations are tax-deductible and no good or services are received in exchange for them.

    Kinship Circle | info [at] KinshipCircle.org | 7380 Kingsbury Blvd | Saint Louis, MO 63130

     
     
    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: In Defense of Animals
    Date: Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 12:21 PM
    Subject: Help Animal Victims Of Floods And Mudslides In Brazil

    IDA Home | Action Center Home | Donate | Sign Up! | Tell a Friend

    Click here to view this message online in your web browser.

    Help Victims Of Floods And Mudslides In Brazil

    Your donation to IDA’s Animal Disaster Relief Fund will help us continue to respond to this and other disasters

    IDA - 2011-02-15 - Brazil Mudslides 01

    Caption: A dog recovers at an emergency shelter in Sao Jose for animal survivors
    of Brazil’s flash floods and landslides.
    PHOTO: Kinship Circle-IDA team member, Jan Cabral.
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    With thirty years combined disaster relief experience, In Defense of Animals (IDA) and Kinship Circle have formed a partnership to respond to Brazil’s floods and mudslides. An IDA-Kinship Circle team now in Brazil is providing search and rescue services, veterinary treatment, including spaying and neutering, and more.

    Please click here to donate today!

    Entire towns are devoured by floods and mudslides, the worst natural disaster in the country’s history. Thousands of rescued animals have found refuge in makeshift shelters. There is dire need for food, water, shelter, and veterinary-trained responders. Animals with broken bones, burns, and deep gashes are everywhere. There is growing concern about disease.

    IDA - 2011-02-15 - Brazil Mudslides 02 - Nicky

    Nicky, a German Shepherd mix, limped into the Teresopolis shelter in Rio de Janeiro with one leg dangling, a missing toe, and an absent foot pad, wearing a collar caked in mud. Her family was swallowed up in a landslide. IDA-Kinship Circle responders Jan and Carlos Cabral of Posse Petropolis, Brazil adopted the ten-year-old, who now shadows Jan everywhere so as not to be left behind.

    IDA - 2011-02-15 - Brazil Mudslides 03 - Dog with Maggot-Infested Tail

    In an old warehouse in Teresopolis, a mountain town outside Rio de Janeiro, newly rescued animals arrive daily. There is overcrowding and shortages of medication and fluids. Temperatures rise into the nineties. The risk of Dogs tail lost to maggotsdehydration is ever-present. A dog arrives at the shelter, his tail so thick with maggots that it falls off during treatment. There are burn victims and others infested with maggots.

    Not-yet-rescued cats still hide in the ruins. Puppies remain stuck in the wreckage. Horses are still waiting to be saved.

    We can’t forget these animals. Please click here today to donate!

    We have been asked to help set up a spay/neuter clinic and assist adoption, education, and vaccination drives. Funds are needed to support rescue, first aid, medical attention, and emergency housing for lost, sick, and wounded animals.

    IDA - 2011-02-15 - Brazil Mudslides 04

    Your donations to IDA’s Animal Disaster Relief Fund allow us to act quickly wherever and whenever we can. Help us act now and in future disasters.

    Please contribute as generously as you can. Without your support, our efforts in such disaster-ravaged areas as Brazil, Australia, New Orleans, Haiti, and Chile would not happen.

    In Defense of Animals, located in San Rafael, Calif., is an international animal protection organization with more than 100,000 members and supporters dedicated to ending the abuse and exploitation of animals by protecting their rights and welfare. IDA’s efforts include educational events, cruelty investigations, boycotts, grassroots activism, and hands-on rescue through our sanctuaries in Mississippi, Mumbai, India, and Cameroon, Africa.

    In Defense of Animals is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization. We welcome your feedback and appreciate your donations. Please join today! All donations to IDA are tax-deductible.

    In Defense of Animals
    3010 Kerner, San Rafael, CA 94901
    Tel. (415) 448-0048 Fax (415) 454-1031
    idainfo [at] idausa.org

     
     
     
     

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    In what is perhaps the most widely circulated image of the 2011 flooding and landslides in Brazil, a brown, medium-sized, mixed-breed dog lays beside a freshly dug grave, which is marked only with a plain pine cross. Initially believed to “belong” to Cristina Maria Cesario Santana, who died in Teresopolis, it was reported that the grief-struck Leao refused to leave his mistress’s grave. WSPA Brazil has since confirmed that “Leao” (not his real name) is cemetery worker Rodolfo Junior’s dog, and often accompanies him to work. Reporters may have confused “Leao” with another dog, Caramelo, whose family was killed in the flooding and was spotted near the cemetery. (Happily, Caramelo has since been adopted.)

    Still, “Leao” remains a powerful reminder that nonhumans experience the same emotions as do humans; they love one another just as deeply as dowe, and the grief and suffering the experience in the wake of disasters natural and man-made is no less than our own.
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    ]]> http://www.easyvegan.info/2011/02/20/2011-brazil-mudslides/feed/ 2 2010 Pakistan Floods: Animal Rescue & Vegan Relief Resources http://www.easyvegan.info/2010/08/30/2010-pakistan-floods/ http://www.easyvegan.info/2010/08/30/2010-pakistan-floods/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:50:02 +0000 Kelly Garbato http://www.easyvegan.info/?p=14802 Last updated on 8/31/10 @ 12:00 PM CDT.

    Got a tip, link, suggestion, etc. that you think I should incorporate into the list? Send it to me at easyvegan [at] gmail.com, or leave in it the comments section, and I’ll tackle it it asap. Please and thank you!
     

    Pakistan floods

    “Pakistan Floods: Displaced people fleeing Sindh streamed into Balochistan.”
    CC image via the United Nations Development Programme on Flickr and is attributed to ©Abdul Majeed Goraya_IRIN.
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    1. Animal Rescue & Vegan Relief at a Glance

    Here’s a quick roundup of the animal welfare, animal rights, and vegan groups that are either 1) directly assisting with animal rescue efforts in Pakistan or 2) collecting and distributing funds to those that providing aid in the region. Please note that a number of these groups seem to focus on “saving” farmed and working animals so that they can be further exploited in the future – and let your own ethics guide you in your decision to donate.

  • Food for Life Global (FFLG), which distributes free vegan/vegetarian meals to those in need worldwide (among other things), is partnering with affiliates in Pakistan and India to

    mobiliz[e] teams to provide meals to survivors of the recent floods in Pakistan. [...] The Food for Life Pakistan Relief Team will focus on poor, minority groups who have lost their homes.

    Areas of focus include:

    Sindh Areas: Hyderabad, Khairpur, Sukkur, Gambt, Shikarpur, Larkana, Rato, Dero, Mirpur.

    Punjab Areas: Kand kut, Kambr, Karmpur, Gunspur, Gutki, Khan Garr, Khan Pur Mehr, Sultan Kut, Sehdad Kut.

    Food for Life Pakistan Relief Team will also try to collaborate with other NGOs, namely, the Swami Narayan Welfare Temple and Trust and the Pakistan Hindu Council.

    You can follow its progress here, or make a donation via the PayPal button on the main page of its website.

  • The Pakistan Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) is on the ground and aiding in animal rescue efforts. An 8/31 update reads:

    August 29, 2010: The Pakistan Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), in collaboration with the Karachi Animal Hospital, organized a relief mission to Thatta and Makli in Sindh to provide veterinary treatment to the flood’s animal victims. [...]

    Once at the EDO’s office, Zahid Hussain Jalbani, Site Manager WWF Makli, introduced us to Vickio Chohan, EDO Agriculture, Thatta, and Dr. Qaisar Jatoi, District Officer Livestock, Thatta. They inform us there are approximately 300,000 small and large animals around Makli for which there is an extreme shortage of fodder. The Ministry of Food and Agriculture estimates 3.6 million hectares of standing crops have been damaged or destroyed, and fodder for the animals has been either washed away or damaged by silt. With so much of farmland inundated by floodwaters, both people and animals have lost a vital source of food.

    After the updates by the local officials, we spent the rest of the day providing veterinary treatment to injured or sick buffaloes, cows, goats and other animals in the Thatta – Makli area. WWF arranged for two volunteers who led the way on a motorbike. People seemed pleased to see us and eagerly pointed out the injured or sick animals in their vicinity. They were extremely grateful to us for providing much needed veterinary relief to their animals, as they cannot afford to lose even one of them. A few even brought their dogs over for a checkup.

    You can follow PAWS’s progress on its blog, which is updated almost daily. Donation information is available here. PAWS has also compiled its own list of animal rescue groups working in the area.

  • The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore has deployed a special animal rescue team, comprised of UVAS students and staff members, into flooded areas in order to help provide medical assistance to affected animals. You can learn more here.
  • The Sindh Rural Support Organization (SRSO) (through its Livestock Relief Project) is “providing support for the livestock in the flood affected zone by using its veterinary doctors fully equipped with medicines and necessary equipments,” as well as providing assistance to humans affected by the disaster. You can learn more via its daily flood relief reports.
  • With a presence in the area, the Pakistan chapter of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has been personally impacted by the flooding, with several offices under water. The group reports, “in these places [that have been flooded] we have suspended our regular work and are rescuing as many people as we possibly can.” You can follow events as they unfold here, or make a donation here.
  • The Brooke – a UK-based “international non-governmental organisation dedicated to improving the lives of working horses, donkeys and mules through direct veterinary treatment and community programmes around animal health and well-being” – is collecting funds to provide food, water and vaccinations to approximately 5,000 “working animals” in the area. You can learn more here, or make a donation here.
  • The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) reports that it is “is partnering with Vets Care Club, a group of veterinary students and staff from the University of Veterinary and Animal Science in Lahore to provide feed to cows, buffalos, goats and sheep in the Layyah District, Punjab. Your donation will be used to buy nutritionally-balanced feed for animals who will most likely otherwise starve as their owners cannot afford to buy them fodder. This region has 252 farmers with 4,458 animals.” You can make a (general?) donation here.
  • The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is currently “working with a local animal and humanitarian relief agency to feed starving animals. We are closely monitoring development to see how else we can help, and have reached out to other international animal aid organizations to see how we can best work together to help Pakistan’s animals.” You can track the IFAW’s progress on its Animal Rescue Blog, or make a general (?) donation here.
  • As of 8/9/10, Humane Society International (HSI) reports that it has “connected with WSPA and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to learn how we can best assist in responding to this crisis. We are reaching out to our local and government contacts in Pakistan, and will know more about our ability to help in the upcoming days.” You can make a general donation to its emergency response fund here.
  • Last but not least, Kinship Circle is providing information about animal rescue groups operating in the area. (See below for crossposted alerts.)


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    2010 Floods in Pakistan - A Race Against Time

    “2010 Floods in Pakistan – A Race Against Time: Flood victims stock supplies such as flour and sugar for the ongoing rainy season.”
    CC image via the United Nations Development Programme on Flickr.
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    2. Vegan Voices

    Whether due to disaster fatigue or a simple lack of news to report, the current flooding in Pakistan hasn’t received much coverage in animal advocacy corners. (Or in the mainstream media, but I digress.) Those who have offered words of support and suggestions for providing aid deserve a little link love, don’t you think?

    08/25/10 – vegansaurus!: The flood in Pakistan and how you can help

    08/11/10 – Best Friends: Pakistan: Floods engulf a country; People and animals are uprooted in Pakistan’s worst floods.
     

    2010 Floods in Pakistan - A Race Against Time

    “2010 Floods in Pakistan – A Race Against Time: Thousands of square miles of farm land are under water. Sugarcane, cotton, fodder and rice crops are completely destroyed. Farmers are now trying to salvage their livestock by evacuating them in boats.”
    CC image via the United Nations Development Programme on Flickr.
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    3. Newsletters

    Please see the following newsletters and email alerts for additional information about animal rescue efforts in the wake of the flooding in Pakistan.

    As always, these are sorted chronologically, with the most recent alerts appearing first.
     
     
    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) – wspausa [at] wspaupdates.org
    Date: Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 11:03 PM
    Subject: Urgent appeal: Help feed Pakistan’s starving animals

    Dear Friend,

    WSPA - 2010-08-27 - Pakistan Floods Donation Appeal 01

    Thousands of starving animals affected by severe flooding in Pakistan need your help!

    Hundreds of thousands of animals have already drowned due to tragic flooding in Pakistan that claimed 1,400 human lives and affected more than 15 million people. The surviving animals are at severe risk and in desperate need of food and veterinary care.

    Please help feed Pakistan’s starving animals.

    People in Pakistan are struggling to keep their animals alive. Floodwaters are still not receding and more rain is falling on the destroyed crops, which is leaving a massive shortage of animal food.

    WSPA is partnering with the Vets Care Club, a group of veterinary students and staff from the University of Veterinary and Animal Science in Lahore, to provide feed to cows, buffalos, goats and sheep in the Layyah District, Punjab. This region has 252 farmers with 4,458 animals.

    Your gift now will be used to buy nutritionally-balanced feed for animals who will most likely otherwise starve as their owners cannot afford to buy them food.

    WSPA - 2010-08-27 - Pakistan Floods Donation Appeal 02

    A small gift can go a long way to stopping the suffering of animals.

    $30 can feed a buffalo or cow for a week
    $10 can feed two goats or sheep for a week

    The flooding is now covering one-fifth of the country, including its agricultural heartland. Several villages have been severely affected, many completely demolished.

    WSPA’s 30-year history treating animals in disasters has shown that animals are crucial to the recovery of the region. Agriculture, including livestock, is the livelihood mainstay of nearly 90% of the flood-affected community in Pakistan’s rural areas.

    Please send your gift now so we can respond to this current crisis and to other disasters around the world.

    Thank you for reaching out to animals in need.

    Sincerely,

    Silia Smith
    Interim Executive Director,
    WSPA USA

    P.S . These animals are so important to the people of Pakistan. Your gift will not only help the animals, it will help their whole community recover too. Please give as generously as you can.

    This email was sent by: World Society for the Protection of Animals
    89 South Street, Suite 201 Boston, MA 02111 USA
     
     
    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Kinship Circle – info [at] kinshipcircle.org
    Date: Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 5:07 PM
    Subject: ANIMALS – Pakistan Flood / Gulf Disaster Update

    KINSHIP CIRCLE 8/20/10
    ANIMALS IN PAKISTAN FLOOD

    Kinship Circle - 2010-08-20 - Pakistan Flood 01

    Pakistan Animal Welfare Society
    www.talkaurora.com/aggregator/sources/5

    KINSHIP CIRCLE is following the Pakistan flood, among the worst in modern history. With human aid barely underway, news about farmed, companion or wild animals is limited. IFAW Emergency Relief Manager Dick Green reports that IFAW received: “an urgent request from an official in the Punjab province of northern Pakistan: They’re in desperate need of food for animals [who] have survived the floods.”

    Farmed animals camp on roads with people. In some areas, roads are the only dry spots amid floodwaters. With 20 million people impacted by rising waters, the animal toll is unimaginable. News reports say water may not recede until the end of this month, making aid efforts treacherous…

    INITIAL ANIMAL AID IN PAKISTAN – MORE INFO TO COME:

    Kinship Circle - 2010-08-20 - Pakistan Flood 02

    IFAW (INTERNATIONAL)

    www.ifaw.org/ifaw_united_states/

    IFAW’s Michael Booth is working with the Pakistani government, United Nations and regional relief organizations…

    PAKISTAN ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY

    pawspakistan.org

    pawspakistan.org/2010/08/pakistan-floods-engulf-a-country/

    Millions of people in Pakistan, along with their animals, have now been affected by the worst floods in their history…

    THE BROOKE (UNITED KINGDOM)

    www.thebrooke.org/content.asp?id=10110&cachefixer=cf164857527431584

    Floods have impacted some 75,000 horses, donkeys and mules. The Brooke aims to reach around 5,000 animals with vital water, fodder and vaccines…

    Vets Care Club: www.worldvet.org/node/4980

    University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences — Lahore:

    www.uvas.edu.pk/alumni/default.aspx

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    [For simplicity's sake, I've removed the "Gulf Disaster Update" portion of this email alert. Since there already exists a page dedicated to the oil spill in the Gulf, I decided to instead include it there; see: BP Oil “Spill”: Animal Rescue, Disaster Relief, Action Alerts & Vegan Views. - ed.]

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    ]]>     http://www.easyvegan.info/2010/08/30/2010-pakistan-floods/feed/ 2     The 2010 Chilean Earthquake: The Forgotten Disaster? http://www.easyvegan.info/2010/06/07/the-2010-chilean-earthquake-the-forgotten-disaster/ http://www.easyvegan.info/2010/06/07/the-2010-chilean-earthquake-the-forgotten-disaster/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2010 02:19:25 +0000 Kelly Garbato http://www.easyvegan.info/?p=14033

    In a recent plea for donations, Kinship Circle wondered whether the earthquake (and resulting tsunami) in Chile has become “the forgotten disaster” – in a year filled with both natural and man-made catastrophes:

    IS CHILE THE FORGOTTEN DISASTER? May, 2010: An evacuee camp in Talquahano wants to kill all its companion animals. People who lost everything in an 8.8 earthquake and tsunami can’t feed themselves. They don’t want to watch their animals starve.

    Kinship Circle and SACH intervene with food and veterinary aid. But without more funding, we can’t possibly meet the needs of 30 tent camps along Chile’s coast. We run out of sutures, latex gloves… At times we can’t afford the van rental to ferry our team, vet supplies and food.

    Still, we can’t let despair propel Chileans to shoot their own animals. This speaks volumes about Chile’s quake/tsunami victims…and how the world seems to have forgotten them. People assume they can recover on their own. They’re wrong, especially when it comes to animals.

    WHY IS THIS URGENT AND WHOM WILL IT HELP? Homeless guardians are unable to supply food or medicine to their animals. In the short term, animals require treatment for gashes, broken bones, lost limbs, dehydration, mange, worms, parasites or other illness. In the longer term, they need vaccines, nutrition and sterilization. Pre-quake strays with mange, malnutrition, infection…blend with animals stranded by disaster. The are scattered by the thousands along quake/tsunami torn towns like Villa Futura, Santa Clara Talchuano, Calita il Fiernillo, and Calita Los Morros, etc.

    Preceded by the Haitian earthquake and followed by the BP oil “spill,” the Chilean earthquake hasn’t garnered as much attention as it might have otherwise. Indeed, though I compiled link roundups for all three disasters, the Chilean post has attracted the least traffic of the three, with views falling quickly mere weeks after the earthquake. Currently, the Haitian post receives x5 as many views as its Chilean counterpart, even though it’s two months older. Likewise (and outside of my own little slice of the interwebs), I cannot remember the last time I saw coverage of the earthquake in Chile on CNN, MSNBC, or the like. (Possibly not more than a week or two after the disaster struck?)

    All of which isn’t to suggest that the survivors in Haiti and the Gulf Coast are not deserving of your support; not at all! Since most of us have limited funds and time, picking and choosing a cause or two to donate to can be a difficult, heartbreaking task. But if you have a little extra cash to spare, please consider sending it to help the survivors in Chile who have been hit doubly hard – first by the earthquake and tsunami, and later by donor fatigue.

    Your donation will help to fund the rescue and care of stray and “owned” animals of many species, including dogs, cats, pigs and horses. Kinship Circle is the primary U.S.-based animal advocacy organization on the ground in Chile. They are working in conjunction with Socorro Animal Chile (SACH), a coalition of local, Chilean animal rescue groups and organizations. You can make a monetary donation to either group via its respective website. Additionally, you can keep abreast of Kinship Circle’s activities in Chile on a dedicated page, which is home to field notes, photos and action alerts.

    With your generosity, Kinship Circle hopes to:

    1. Send teams over several months (airfare, van rental, rescue gear…)

    2. Work with Chilean staff and veterinarians to:
    • Search and Rescue / Trap
    • In-Field First Aid
    • Wound Transport to Veterinary Clinics
    • In-Field and Tent Camp Sustenance (food/water program)
    • Assessment and Tracking of Animal Populations
    • Support SACH Care Efforts (vaccine, spay/neuter, adoption)

    Finally, please read, bookmark and share the alert page I’ve created for Chile (www.easyvegan.info/2010/03/06/earthquake-in-chile/), along with the video embedded above (and below), created by Kinship Circle to raise awareness of the Chilean survivors’ plight. (I’ve included a transcript of the text at the bottom of this post, though without detailed photo descriptions, I’m not sure of how much use it will be.)

    Times are tough; suffering abounds. Thank you for doing what you can – even if it’s “just” keeping the animals of Chile (and the world) in your thoughts…and on your lips.
     
     

    the forgotten disaster?

    The earthquake measured an 8.8 on the Richter scale, among the strongest ever.

    The tsunami swallowed coastal towns – drowning all life in its path…

    Aftershocks from Chile’s 2/27/10 quake and tsunami continued into May. Fires burned. Oil spilled…

    This cat, rescued from a rooftop in Calita il Fiernillo, is coated in oil from a quake-caused spill.

    Half a million homes are gone. Two million people displaced. Santiago shifted 11 inches west. Three months later, tens of thousands await more aid…

    Some brought animals with them.

    Others fled without them.

    Streets are a blur of stray and formerly caregiven animals.

    Some 700,000 quake affected animals…

    Await refuge from hunger, injury, disease.

    Kinship Circle is there…

    KinshipCircle.org/Chile

    Kinship Circle works with Socorro Animal Chile (SACH) staff and veterinarians in makeshift clinics along the ravaged coast of Chile.

    Evacuees at 30 tent camps need food and veterinary aid for their animals.

    Courtney Chandal, Team 2 Safety Officer, holds Tommy at an evacuee tent camp.

    Team 2 Incident Commander, Sister Michael Marie, brings comfort to animals at an evacuee camp.

    We simply don’t have enough food and vet supplies for them all…

    SACH and Kinship Circle stopped a dog massacre at Talquahano’s tent camp…

    The threat to kill we recur, if we can’t feed and medically treat the animals of people who lost everything.

    Some would rather kill their animals than watch them starve to death.

    Our work in Chile has gone largely unnoticed by donors.

    But it’s not too late…

    Your support lets us reach them.

    Everyone gets a check-up, including this guinea pig, on the exam table with Kinship Circle’s Dan Meakin, DVM. Lota, Chile.

    Kinship Circle’s June Towler, PIO for Teams 1 and 3, and a veterinarian treat this quake survivor [a dog] in the field.

    Your support lets us rescue them.

    Kinship Circle’s Team 1 Safety Officer, Byron Wilkes, cradles this cat rescued in Santa Clara, Chile.

    SACH and Kinship Circle rescue a stray, wounded horse in Lota, Chile.

    Kinship Circle and SACH veterinarian treat an open wound on Sparkle the horse’s back. Lota, Chile.

    While deployed, Kinship Circle’s Dan Meakin, DVM (Team 3), operated on animals daily – on the ground, plywood boards, tailgate of a pickup. Yungay, Chile.

    Team 1 Incident Commander Traci Dawson subdues a dog with advanced mange, to treat him with antidote, Ivermectin. Villa Futura.

    IC Traci Dawson (Team 3), stabilizes this dog as Chilean vet Shiry Seauel Olra performs a procedure.

    A boxer with a head injury (possibly from the quake) is treated in Yungay, Chile.

    Your support lets us heal them.

    Team 3 Safety Officer Ron Presley bonds with this crippled dog in Fundo los Robles.

    Kinship’s Ron Presley and photographer Peter Crowe fashion this wheel device so the dog with paralyzed back legs can walk again.

    Meet Francisco de Tubul, the tiny pup who entered this world on a crash and a wave. His deformed legs can be corrected…and he will walk and heal.

    We’re dangerously low on veterinary supplies. Funding would let us purchase them right away, in Chile…

    Please help us continue in Chile, for them…

    Support Animal Relief Chile:

    www.kinshipcircle.org/donation

    Kinship Circle Animal Disaster Aid
    7380 Kingsbury Blvd.
    St. Louis, MO 63130

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    ]]>     http://www.easyvegan.info/2010/06/07/the-2010-chilean-earthquake-the-forgotten-disaster/feed/ 2     Earthquake in Chile: Some 700,000 Animals May Be Affected http://www.easyvegan.info/2010/03/06/earthquake-in-chile/ http://www.easyvegan.info/2010/03/06/earthquake-in-chile/#comments Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:28:02 +0000 Kelly Garbato http://www.easyvegan.info/?p=12997 Last updated 7/5/10 @ 8:20 PM CDT

    While the recent earthquake (and resulting tsunami) in Chile has received less coverage – at least in regards to subsequent relief efforts – than that in Haiti, I was able to find some information on animal-friendly organizations that are providing help with disaster relief. Please feel free to share any additional information in the comments!

    1. Vegan Bake Sales for Chile: As of this writing, I can’t find a post dedicated specifically to vegan bake sales to benefit Chilean quake survivors on the PPK blog, however, a search of the forums does bring up a few relevant threads. Head on over to the PPK to organize and announce your own bake sale for Chile!

    2. Food for Life Global is on the ground in Chile, providing vegan and/or vegetarian meals to quake survivors:

    BBC, Feb 28 — The death toll from Chile’s earthquake has more than doubled to 708 and is expected to rise further, President Michelle Bachelet has said. Previously about 300 people were estimated to have been killed in Saturday’s 8.8 magnitude quake – one of the most powerful recorded. Massive damage is hampering rescue teams as they struggle to reach those still buried in the rubble.

    Food for Life emergency relief teams in the area are mobilizing to provide help. Donate now!

    3. In Defense of Animals (IDA) reported on 3/18/10 that it will be sending aid to Chile:

    On February 27, Chile experienced a magnitude 8.8 earthquake, followed by two tsunamis and several weeks of aftershocks.

    IDA has already committed $5,000 to Socorro Animal Chile, SACH (Animal Relief Chile), a coalition of Chilean animal protection organizations. SACH sends three veterinarian-led teams into the field daily. We would like to send SACH even more assistance, as the need is enormous. Please help IDA continue to respond to natural disasters by contributing to our Disaster Relief Fund.

    Funds IDA raises to help animals in Chile will be used to provide:

    * Emergency sheltering for rescued animals
    * Search and rescue efforts
    * In-field sustenance (food/water program)
    * Animal transport
    * Temporary clinics to treat animals
    * Support for spay/neuter and adoption programs

    4. Finally, Kinship Circle has proven an excellent source of information on animal rescue and disaster relief efforts in Chile. All related Kinship Circle alerts are crossposted below. I’ve added additional links where necessary; the most recent alerts appear first, followed by earlier ones. You can also view a photo log of Kinship Circle’s rescue efforts in Chile on Flickr, @ KCChile.


     
     
    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Kinship Circle – disasteraid [at] kinshipcircle.org
    Date: Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 10:32 PM
    Subject: Chile Update: More Animal Aid, Thanks To You

    7/4/10 – KINSHIP CIRCLE
    Chile Quake Update: We Returned With Aid, Thanks To You!

    www.KinshipCircle.org/chile

    Kinship Circle - 2010-07-04 - Chile Quake Update 01

    Kinship Circle Bonnie Morrison (center, holding certificate) and Sister Michael Marie (in nun habit) present certificates in recognition of our ongoing work with Socorro Animal Chile (SACH). Photo (c) Kinship Circle

    Kinship Circle’s Sister Michael Marie and Bonnie Morrison returned to Chile on June 25…and bussed cross country to the coastal village of Tirua. Kinship Circle reunited with Socorro Animal Chile (SACH) veterinarians, who were conducting a spay/neuter and first aid clinic for quake and tsunami stricken animals. Bonnie and Sister presented a large monetary gift, along with six boxes of medical supplies. Sister, who is trained as a vet tech, then assisted with surgery, while Bonnie served as a recovery room nurse.

    Kinship Circle - 2010-07-04 - Chile Quake Update 02

    SISTER WRITES: We worked with SACH all day in Quidico. Two people were stationed at each of four surgical tables, to attend to animals. We were happy to reunite with our colleagues: Chilean vets Rodrigo Flores, Camilo Salazar, Glenda Cabrera, Enrique, Luis Seguel aka Shiry. SACH leaders Cesar Sanchez (Assistant Coordinator) and Alejandra Cassino (National Coordinator) were also present to receive Kinship Circle’s gift and helping hands.

    Kinship Circle - 2010-07-04 - Chile Quake Update 03

    We hope to raise funds for quake/tsunami animal victims all summer long. Kinship Circle has no major funding source. Your support is a lifeline!

    TO DONATE ONLINE TO CHILE ANIMAL RELIEF:

    www.kinshipcircle.org/donation

    SELECT: Chile Animal Relief

    OR MAIL A CHECK TO:
    Kinship Circle
    7380 Kingsbury Blvd / St. Louis, MO 63130
    ATN: Chile Animal Relief

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    From: Kinship Circle – info [at] kinshipcircle.org
    Date: Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 4:12 PM
    Subject: FORGOTTEN? Please see & post our video

    KINSHIP CIRCLE
    The Forgotten Disaster?

    Please watch our video and post/publicize it any way you can [link]

    U.S. donors have largely overlooked this disaster.

    Chilean veterinarians and volunteers are “losing faith.”

    Kinship Circle has poured money into deployments, but had no major grants or sustained funding to support months of work in Chile. Socorro Animal Chile (SACH) — the amazing coalition of Chilean animal groups/veterinarians we work with — don’t have the veterinary supplies to go on.

    PLEASE WATCH AND POST THIS VIDEO!

    TO DONATE TO CHILE ANIMAL RELIEF:

    www.kinshipcircle.org/donation

    Kinship Circle Chile Animal Relief
    7380 Kingsbury Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63130

    ** CHILE PHOTO LOG: www.kinshipcircle.org/chile/2010-april-photolog.html
    ** FIELD NOTES: www.kinshipcircle.org/chile/2010-mar-april-notes.html
    ** CHILE HOME: www.kinshipcircle.org/chile
    ** THE FORGOTTEN DISASTER? (video)

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    From: Kinship Circle – info [at] kinshipcircle.org
    Date: Sun, May 9, 2010 at 8:33 PM
    Subject: Personal note from Brenda Shoss, Kinship Circle

    5/9/10 – KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER AID

    Dear Friends and Supporters,

    Earthquakes. Oil Spills. Floods. Too much to process. Our senses get dulled.

    But I am so upset about a phone call I received that I am writing to you personally. Traci Dawson, our Team 3 leader in Chile, reports that an evacuee camp in Talquahano wants to kill all its companion animals. People who lost everything in Chile’s 8.8 earthquake and tsunami can’t even feed themselves. They don’t want to watch their animals starve to death.

    Kinship Circle and SACH (Animal Relief Chile) responded immediately with food and veterinary first aid. We met with the tent camp’s “Mayor.” The animals here are hungry, many injured, some sick.

    Kinship Circle - 2010-05-09 - Animal Rescue in Chile 01

    We rescue litters burrowed inside wreckage, almost daily.

    Kinship Circle - 2010-05-09 - Animal Rescue in Chile 02

    This kitten has a broken femur bone that went untreated since the earthquake.

    There are 30 tent camps along Chile’s ravaged coast. People and animals occupy row after row of tents. We fear a similar mentality will invade all the camps. Though we travel north and south of Concepcion, we routinely run out of sutures, latex gloves… One of our veterinarians in Chile now, Dr. Dan Meakin, even performed surgery on a dog in an open field. At times we can’t afford the van rental to ferry our team, vet supplies and food.

    Kinship Circle - 2010-05-09 - Animal Rescue in Chile 03

    Kinship Circle’s Dan Meakin, DVM, and a Chilean vet perform surgery on a dog at a clinic in an empty building.

    Kinship Circle - 2010-05-09 - Animal Rescue in Chile 04

    This rescued kitten and puppy are so happy to eat, they have no problem sharing the bowl!

    We promise the camp in Talquahano we will return. We won’t let despair propel them to shoot their own animals. But the situation distresses me deeply. It speaks volumes about Chile’s quake/tsunami victims…and how the world seems to have forgotten them. People assume they can recover on their own. They’re wrong, especially when it comes to animals.

    Brenda Shoss, Kinship Circle, 5/9/10

    We need funding to treat animals and distribute food.

    www.kinshipcircle.org/donation

    Kinship Circle - 2010-05-09 - Animal Rescue in Chile 05

    - Chile has no animal shelters. No animal disaster plan.
    - Evacuees in tent camps need aid for their animals now.
    - We can’t send in our Team 4 without more funding.

    Kinship Circle - 2010-05-09 - Animal Rescue in Chile 06

    Tubul, born just days within the quake, will stay in splints for a month or more to correct his leg deformities. TUBUL’S STORY: www.kinshipcircle.org/chile/2010-mar-april-notes.html#april26

    PLEASE HELP US BUY VET SUPPLIES AND MORE, IN CHILE

    www.kinshipcircle.org/donation

    Kinship Circle - 2010-05-09 - Animal Rescue in Chile 07

    Photos (c) Kinship Circle, Chile 2010

    ** CHILE PHOTO LOG: www.kinshipcircle.org/chile/2010-april-photolog.html
    ** FIELD NOTES: www.kinshipcircle.org/chile/2010-mar-april-notes.html
    ** CHILE HOME: www.kinshipcircle.org/chile

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    We Are Monitoring Animal Response In Other Disasters:

    1. GULF OIL SPILL: See www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters/gulfspill/2010-05-05.html

    2. TENNESSEE FLOOD: Kinship Circle has learned that DSHR Red Cross Volunteers have been activated for two weeks, to setup and run human shelters in the path of Tennessee floods. The animal situation is currently under evaluation. If called upon to deploy volunteers, we will notify Kinship Circle’s disaster aid volunteer network.

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    From: Kinship Circle – info [at] kinshipcircle.org
    Date: Wed, May 5, 2010 at 1:08 PM
    Subject: Kill Baby Kill ­ BP Oil Spill Closes In On Gulf Coast

    KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER AID NETWORK
    5/5/10: Kill Baby Kill – BP Oil Spill Closes In On Gulf Coast

    IN THIS ALERT:

    1. Kill Baby Kill: Some BP Bullet Points
    2. Present Animal Response In Gulf Oil Spill
    3. Tubul’s Story: Help Us Save More Like Him

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    3. Tubul Came Into This World On A Crash And A Wave…

    Kinship Circle - 2010-05-05 - Chile 01

    The floppy-eared puppy was born just days before an 8.8 earthquake and tsunami swept over Chile’s coastal towns. We don’t know how he escaped waters that made 5 to 6 feet rings around buildings. We don’t know where he hid as structures collapsed. We do know the pup dubbed Francisco de Tubul did it alone. Somehow this tiny dog — crippled, starving — stayed alive…

    Kinship Circle - 2010-05-05 - Chile 02

    TUBUL’S STORY: www.kinshipcircle.org/chile/2010-mar-april-notes.html

    Your support gives animals like Tubul a second chance:

    www.kinshipcircle.org/donation

    Please help. We need funds to buy vet supplies in Chile.

    www.kinshipcircle.org/donation

    Kinship Circle - 2010-05-05 - Chile 03

    ** CHILE PHOTO LOG: www.kinshipcircle.org/chile/2010-april-photolog.html
    ** FIELD NOTES: www.kinshipcircle.org/chile/2010-mar-april-notes.html
    ** CHILE HOME: www.kinshipcircle.org/chile

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    From: Kinship Circle – info [at] kinshipcircle.org
    Date: Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 10:14 PM
    Subject: Please Look. Before It’s Too Late…

    4/12/10: KINSHIP CIRCLE
    Please Look. Help us give them refuge, before it’s too late…

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    A puppy and cat are pulled from the wreckage of Chile’s quake and tsunami.
    ALL PHOTOS (C) KINSHIP CIRCLE, CHILE 2010
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    Our teams are in Chile right now — working in the shadow of a possible cull of some 700,000 animals… HELP US KEEP OUR PROMISE to Chilean animal groups, government agencies…and mostly, the animal victims of a mass earthquake and tsunamis.

    YOUR DONATION GOES TO ANIMAL AID ON THE GROUND:

    www.kinshipcircle.org/chile

    www.kinshipcircle.org/donation/

    SEE YOUR SUPPORT AT WORK / KINSHIP CIRCLE IN CHILE APRIL, 2010:

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    1) FIELD RESCUE + FIRST AID: Kinship Circle’s team works with Chilean veterinarians in the coastal towns of: Villa Futura, Santa Clara Talchuano, Calita Los Morros, Calita il Fiernillo… We saw 500 roaming animals in one area alone. Each day, we treat wounds, infection, parasites, insect infestation, worms, broken bones, etc.

    2) VACCINATION & TAGGING: We hope to vaccinate and ID animals — to dissuade the government from a mass kill of animals due to human health concerns.

    3) TEMPORARY CLINIC/SHELTER: Chilean vets and Kinship Circle want to create a one-year clinic/shelter. Our emergency shelter plan — including surgical, diagnostic/treatment supplies, animal care items, and a project manager — runs just over $700,000. We already visit the tent camps. to treat evacuee animals like the little girl’s dog above.

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    Your support has brought comfort and relief to so many with open wounds, infections…hungry, tired, and dazed…

    SEE MANY MORE KINSHIP CIRCLE CHILE PHOTOS HERE:
    www.flickr.com/photos/49004747 [at] N02/

    A DONATION TO ANIMAL RELIEF CHILE CAN BE MADE AT EITHER LINK:

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    www.kinshipcircle.org/donation/

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    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Kinship Circle – info [at] kinshipcircle.org
    Date: Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 8:35 PM
    Subject: Ground Zero For Animals

    4/4/10: www.KinshipCircle.org/chile
    500 animals in one area alone. An oil-drenched kitten. A dazed puppy in an intersection… At Chile’s ground zero, we see animals everywhere.

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    LT: A Chilean veterinarian, on mission with Kinship Circle’s team, holds a
    cat missing her paw. RT: Kinship Circle’s Traci Dawson, Byron Wilkes and Maureen Valentine head out to coastal areas hardest hit by an earthquake, aftershocks and tsunamis. Photos (c) Kinship Circle, Chile 2010
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    Kinship Circle works alongside Chilean veterinarians to save them — but can’t get animals off the streets without your help. Worse, Chile’s government has discussed a cull of 700,000 animals in hard hit communities.

    As we travel the coast, Kinship Circle IC Traci Dawson likens it to Chile’s “Upper Ninth Ward,” in reference to a Katrina ravaged community in New Orleans. Pre-quake strays with mange, malnutrition, infection…blend with animals displaced by an 8.8 magnitude earthquake and tsunamis.

    Still, that puppy in the middle of the road? She is safe and will be adopted. The animals near the oil spill? They are fed and clean.

    WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT:
    • To send teams over several months, including airfare, van rental, field rescue gear, etc.
    • To position our project manager on site and maintain daily communications.
    • To (funds permitting) develop a temp clinic/shelter for injured, sick and homeless.

    A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION CAN BE MADE AT EITHER LINK:

    www.kinshipcircle.org/chile

    www.kinshipcircle.org/donation/

    KINSHIP CIRCLE CHILE PHOTO DIARY:
    www.flickr.com/photos/49004747 [at] N02/

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    A cat is treated at a vet clinic. Eye infections are common, some due to prolonged saltwater exposure following an earthquake prompted tsunami. Photos (c) Kinship Circle, Chile 2010
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    4/2/10: Villa Futura, north of Concepcion, Chile

    OVERVIEW: Kinship Circle team members Traci Dawson, June Towler, Shawndra Michell, Maureen Valentine and Byron Wilkes work in a temp vet clinic, with three Chilean veterinarians, student vets, and six volunteers from a SACH (Socorro Animal Chile / Animal Relief Chile) member group, Animal Dignity. Outside the clinic, a line of people and animals stretch down the sidewalk…

    ACTIVITIES: The turnout is staggering. There are virtually no neutered dogs… Vets examine animals, checking eyes, teeth, ears, glands, neck region, flea infestation, spines, organs, heart, etc. Skin disorders are prevalent, as are wounds and bites.

    ISSUES: The clinic runs out of pest spray, latex gloves and paper towels. Though Kinship donates latex gloves, there still aren’t enough.

    STATS: Today the clinic sees over 200 animals.

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    KC’s Byron Wilkes brings food to one of many dogs roaming in ruined Chilean towns. Animals are examined at makeshift vet clinics. Skin disorders are prevalent, as are wounds and bites. Photos (c) Kinship Circle, Chile 2010
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    4/1/10: Santa Clara Talchuano / 9:00 am

    OVERVIEW: An earthquake and tsunami crashed into this “fishing town” near ground zero. Torn nets and debris cover beaches and streets. Numerous dogs rove amid rubble. Homes are rimmed with waterlines about 5 feet high. Buildings have Katrina-like mold, mud, water damage and collapsed walls.

    ACTIVITIES: We spot a nursing dog. Fishermen lead us to the vicinity of her den. We search for her pups to evaluate their condition, but mom has tunneled so deep underground that we are unable to safely reach them.

    Some evacuated locals left animals behind. An extremely large stray population wander streets and deserted buildings. All seem friendly, if skittish. We don’t encounter any aggressives.

    ISSUES: Mange, wounds, starvation, lack of water. Food is distributed in measured amounts because many sell food rather than feed animals.

    SIGHTING STATS: Roughly 100-150 dogs and unnumbered cats.

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    Please make a contribution for Chile’s animal quake victims:

    www.kinshipcircle.org/chile

    www.kinshipcircle.org/donation/

    4/1/10: Calita Los Morros / 2:30 pm

    OVERVIEW: Military tents and small shacks of wood and pallets serve as evacuee camps here. Many are with animals, but not all. Some conflict erupts between neighbors with and without animals…

    ACTIVITIES: The team provides food and medical care to animals in the camp. Two cats with severe upper respiratory disease are treated on site.

    During street rounds, we visit a family with multiple dogs — including a mom with a large litter and several cats. All animals are checked, treated and left with food. KC revisits a resident who told SACH she’d leave with her dogs. As suspected, she did not take them. The abandoned dogs are fed and we’ll attempt to find a home for them…

    ISSUES: Mange, injuries, wounds, starvation, TVT, distemper. TVT, a canine venereal virus prevalent here, is transmitted via contact (sexual, touch/rub open wounds, nasal). Dogs get large red “cauliflower” tumors…

    SIGHTING STATS: Approximately 200 dogs/cats.

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    Large animal populations roam streets and deserted buildings in earthquake
    stricken parts of Chile. Photos (c) Kinship Circle, Chile 2010
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    4/1/10: Calita il Fiernillo, Quake causes oil spills / 5:00 pm

    OVERVIEW: The earthquake caused an oil spill at a refinery along this town’s shore. Dogs and cats wade through black-water puddles. One cat is found atop a roof drenched in oil… Animals are decontaminated, but with no temp shelter, we can only release them.

    In a an area swarming with strays, we capture and treat a very skittish dog whose staked out his “spot” on a slab of cardboard. Down the road, we find an 8-week-old puppy dazed and ragged in the middle of an intersection. SACH takes the puppy to a clinic, where she’ll remain till healthy enough to adopt out. Kinship Circle team members contribute money toward the pup’s clinic fees, as SACH reveals they are now completely out of money.

    SIGHTING STATS: Over the course of the day, we see an estimated 500 dogs. The stray population has ballooned with animals displaced by this disaster.

    Kinship Circle Animal Disaster Aid is a nonprofit that mobilizes volunteers and resources for animal victims through its network of trained responders in the U.S. and Canada. www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters

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    From: Kinship Circle – info [at] kinshipcircle.org
    Date: Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:43 PM
    Subject: Don’t Kill Bill To Ban Devocalization / In Their Eyes (Friends of KC)

    FRIENDS OF KINSHIP CIRCLE – friendsofkinshipcircle.wordpress.com

    1. MA RESIDENTS ONLY: Breeders And MVMA Try To Kill Anti-Devocalization Bill [I removed this section of the alert since it's unrelated to Chile, but you can view the MA alert here. - Ed.]

    2. Why Chile? The Answer Lies In Their Eyes. We’re en route now…

    3/29/10 – KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER AID
    Kinship Circle’s team is en route to Chile.
    Why Chile? The answer lies in their eyes…

    WHY CHILE?

    Kinship Circle - 2010-03-29 - Why Chile 02

    Animals have no borders, so when Chileans asked Kinship Circle to send teams to help displaced animals, we got to work. We are now in Chile for rescue, first aid and the eventual construction of a temp tent clinic/shelter to house homeless animals, treat injuries, vaccinate, and spay/neuter.

    WHY CHILE?

    A stretch of coastal towns, about 500-600 miles from Santiago, Chile are ruined from an 8.8 earthquake, aftershocks, and two tsunamis. Still, cries of animals are heard from the rubble. Many are sick from drinking saltwater… It will take 4 to 5 days for a SACH/Kinship Circle convoy to log animal numbers, leave food/water and treat any injured or sick animals.

    I wonder how we will find the money to finance all that needs to be done for thousands… Will people care enough about animals in Chile to contribute?

    WHY CHILE?

    Kinship Circle - 2010-03-29 - Why Chile 01

    Anyone who looks into their eyes would see the same sadness and confusion that I see. That look, a mix of hunger and hopelessness, was Katrina’s hallmark. For some rescuers, it is a look that can never be erased.

    How do you turn away from a plea for help? From tears…and stories of animals left behind? YOU DON’T. Brenda Shoss, president, Kinship Circle

    * DONATE TO CHILE RELIEF FUND NOW:

    www.kinshipcircle.org/donation

    * DONATE BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER:
    Kinship Circle / 7380 Kingsbury Blvd. / St. Louis, MO 63130

    WE NEED TO RAISE AT LEAST $500,000 TO…

    Kinship Circle - 2010-03-29 - Why Chile 03

    Fund Kinship Circle teams for 3 to 6 months — including veterinarians, first responders, and a Chile project manager — to purchase and oversee:
    * Search and Rescue / Trapping
    * In-Field First Aid / Wound Transport / Food-Water Program
    * Assessment and Tracking of Animal Populations
    * 1-Year Clinic/Shelter (for homeless and temporarily surrendered animals)
    * Extended Care (vaccines, spay/neuter, and adoption programs)
    * Veterinary surgical/diagnostic equipment
    * Veterinary medicines, vaccines, tools
    * Containment & care: kennels, cages, food, hygiene, bowls, leashes, collars, litter…
    * Temp clinic/shelter: military tents, fencing, electrical lighting, air/heat…
    * Field work: stretchers, carriers, gas, first aid, catch poles, trap cages…

    www.kinshipcircle.org/donation

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    From: Kinship Circle – info [at] kinshipcircle.org
    Date: Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 3:37 PM
    Subject: Worse Than We Thought – Letter From Kinship Circle

    3/15/10: KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER AID
    Chile’s Animals – Worse Than We Thought. Help Us Be There.

    Animals with broken bones. Eyes cloudy with saltwater.
    A kitten cut. Puppies under rubble. There are thousands more, each one a bark and purr unheard… THIS IS CHILE, post-quake.

    Kinship Circle - 2010-03-15 - Chile's Animals - Worse Than We Thought 01

    Dear Supporters,

    I just got off the phone with Kinship Circle’s Chile contact. She described the forgotten victims of Chile’s 8.8-magnitude earthquake on 2/27/10 — followed by 20+ aftershocks, some as high as 7.2 and 6.9, and two tsunamis.

    Socorro Animal Chile, SACH (Animal Relief Chile) is a coalition of Chilean animal protection groups united for the relief of an estimated 700,000 (or more) animals scattered across Dichato, Constitucion and Pichilemu, Chile. SACH sends three veterinarian-led teams into the field daily. They’ve formally requested assistance from Kinship Circle’s disaster response team.

    SACH has also asked us to raise funds on their behalf, with three main goals to:

    1. Erect a temporary tent shelter/clinic to care for animals abandoned in the earthquake.
    2. Carry out a spay/neuter campaign.
    3. Focus on transport and adoption campaigns, particularly in the U.S.

    SACH needs Kinship Circle Animal Disaster Aid in Chile to assist with:
    — Search and Rescue / Trapping
    — In-Field First Aid
    — Wound Transport to Veterinary Clinics
    — In-Field Sustenance (food/water program)
    — Assessment and Tracking of Animal Populations
    — Emergency Sheltering (once a temporary staging area/clinic is established)

    WE NEED TO RAISE $500,000.

    kinshipcircle.org/donation/

    I know you have DONATION FATIGUE! We wouldn’t ask, with Haiti animal aid still underway, if it weren’t critical. I ask for you to reach deep, to help with funding needs outlined below. We can’t keep our promise to Chile’s animals without funding, as most of our resources went to Haiti work.

    With deep gratitude,

    Brenda Shoss, president, Kinship Circle

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    Please donate to Kinship Circle / Animal Relief Chile now:

    BY MAIL:
    Kinship Circle
    Animal Relief Chile
    7380 Kingsbury Blvd.
    St. Louis, MO 63130

    ONLINE:

    kinshipcircle.org/donation/

    Your donation helps pay for:
    **This is to show why we’re fundraising. DO NOT SHIP ITEMS TO US.**

    STAGING AREA/TEMP SHELTER IN CHILE:
    – Large vehicles: 3 SUVs
    – Gas fueled generators
    – Basic veterinary surgical equipment and examining table
    – Basic veterinary clinic equipment, including vaccines, medicines, etc.
    – Subcutaneous fluid bags, lines, needles
    – Portable X-ray machine and light table
    – Fans and portable air conditioners for surgical tents
    – Kennels, run, carriers, cages…for rescued animals
    – Sturdy large tent shelters for clinic, animal sheltering, volunteers
    – Electrical lighting for staging area/volunteer camp at night
    – Fencing
    – Leashes, collars
    – Bowls
    – Litter-boxes & Litter
    – Cat and dog food
    – Water
    – Blankets; Newspaper
    – Trap cages
    – Catch poles
    – Hygiene
    – Refrigerator cold storage of medication

    VOLUNTEER DEPLOYMENT & GROUND ACTIVITIES:
    – Airfare reimbursement for volunteer deployments
    – Lodging for volunteers, whether in hotel, rented property, or camp
    – Sustenance (food, water) for volunteers + some equipment, such as catchpoles, etc.
    – Administrative costs for web construction, public messaging, long distance communications…

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    A Plea From Earthquake-Stricken Chile

    Dear Ms. Shoss and Kinship Circle,

    The earthquake and following tsunami that Chile suffered on the early morning of the 27th of February devastated several small towns close to the coast. Thousands of animals are silent victims of this catastrophe. Hundreds of dogs live with their owners in shelters and thousands roam the ruins of towns and cities. The dogs’ guardians have lost everything and do not have the resources to feed their animals. Some opted to abandon them.

    Chilean animal welfare groups and veterinarians decided to work together to help animals and created Socorro Animal Chile (Animal Relief Chile).

    Socorro Animal Chile (Animal Relief Chile) formally requests assistance from Kinship Circle for our animal aid operation in Dichato, Constitucion and Pichilemu, Chile. We need trained animal disaster responders and rescue and veterinary specialists. On behalf of the animal organizations in SACH/Animal Relief Chile, we ask that Kinship Circle deploy its team to Chile to work within our animal disaster plan, in response to Chile’s earthquake.

    We also ask Kinship Circle to temporarily receive donations in the United States on behalf of Socorro Animal Chile. We urgently need funding to sustain our work for animals. Difficult bureaucratic steps necessary to opening a Paypal account ourselves, in Chile, have prompted SACH to request financial aid from other countries, especially the United States. That is the reason we ask Kinship Circle to accept funds on our behalf.

    For all your help I am grateful,

    Alejandra Cassino, Chief Coordinator
    Adriana De La Garza, International Affairs
    Socorro Animal Chile / Animal Relief Chile

    FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ANIMAL RELIEF CHILE

    www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=329459149031&ref=ts

    www.sach.bligoo.cl/

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    Kinship Circle Animal Disaster Aid is a nonprofit that mobilizes volunteers and resources for animal victims through its network of trained responders in the U.S. and Canada. www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters

    * DONATE TO CHILE OR HAITI ANIMAL RELIEF FUNDS:

    www.kinshipcircle.org/donation

    * DONATE BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER:
    Kinship Circle / 7380 Kingsbury Blvd. / St. Louis, MO 63130

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    From: Kinship Circle – info [at] kinshipcircle.org
    Date: Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:56 PM
    Subject: Chile Quake – Some 700,000 Animals May Be Affected

    KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER AID NETWORK
    3/5/10: Chile Quake – Some 700,000 Animals May Be Affected

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    Kittens amid rubble. An 8.8. earthquake struck Chile’s central region, namely Constitucion, Chile, on 2/27/10. photo source: 21paradigm.wordpress.com/

    IN THIS ALERT:

    1. Strongest Earthquake To Hit Chile In 50 Years
    2. Some 700,000 Animals Affected, Animal Relief Chile Says
    3. International NGOs On Alert For Chile’s Animals

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    1. Strongest Earthquake To Hit Chile In 50 Years

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    CHILE EARTHQUAKE / DISASTER OVERVIEW
    - 2/27/10: Magnitude 8.8 – OFFSHORE MAULE, CHILE
    - MAIN AFFECTED REGIONS:
    60 miles NNW of Chillan, Chile
    65 miles WSW of Talca, Chile
    70 miles NNE of Concepcion, Chile
    200 miles SW of Santiago, Chile
    SOURCE: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010tfan.php

    - (AP) 3/4/10: The magnitude-8.8 quake and tsunami that followed ravaged a 700-kilometer (435-mile) stretch of Chile’s Pacific coast and killed at least 802 people. People missing, unknown. People affected, 2 million.

    - Chile has asked other countries and the UN for temporary bridges, field hospitals, satellite phones, electric generators, water purification systems, field kitchens and dialysis centers.

    - (guardian.co.uk) 2/27/10: The 22-mile deep earthquake caused buildings to collapse, fires to erupt, and unleashed a tsunami across the Pacific. It devastated the city of Concepcion, 70 miles from the epicentre.

    - “This quake was around 500 times the magnitude of the one that devastated Haiti in Jan.,” but it was deeper and Chile’s buildings are sturdier, so there were less casualties.

    - Powerful aftershocks: There were 29 of magnitude 5 or greater, and one reaching 6.9, the US Geological Survey reported.

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    2. Some 700,000 Animals Affected, Animal Relief Chile Says

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    EFE, Chile. www.sach.bligoo.cl/

    ANIMAL RELIEF CHILE
    www.cefu.cl/ * www.sach.bligoo.cl/

    CEFU executive director Alejandra Cassino estimates more than 700,000 companion animals may be affected by the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Chile’s central region on 2/27/10. Coalition for the Ethical Control of Urban Animals (CEFU) has called upon other Chilean animal organizations to unite for these victims. Under the banner ANIMAL RELIEF CHILE, the coalition provides a national support network to cover veterinary care, resource management, communications, volunteers, etc.

    ANIMAL RELIEF CHILE MEMBER GROUPS, SO FAR:
    - Animanaturalis * www.animanaturalis.org
    - Animal Consciousness
    - Rima
    - ADAR
    - ASPS Talca
    - Independent Animal Enraizarte
    - Students from the Universidad Diego Portales, Universidad Mayor, Iberoamericana and Universidad de Chile

    MONETARY DONATIONS TO ANIMAL RELIEF CHILE:

    DIRECT DESPOSIT (the only option at this time)
    Animal Relief Chile — also called Socorro Animal Chile (SACH) — asks the Chilean animal community and the rest of the world to join this campaign to help the animal victims of the earthquake, and their caretakers.

    WIRE OR WESTERN UNION DONATIONS FROM YOUR BANK TO:
    The account of the Organization OPRA
    Account: 01-16460-0, Development Bank
    Ruth: 65640920-0
    CODE FOREIGN DEPOSITS: BKSACLRM
    Send a confirmation email to: aporteanimal [at] gmail.com

    SUPPLY NEEDS (translated from Spanish): For donations of perishables (dog/cat food…) and medical supplies, communicate directly with those responsible for receiving/coordinating aid:

    ** Animal Relief Chile: www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=329459149031&ref=ts
    Alejandra Cassino Marcel, 09-235-1982, socorroanimalchile [at] gmail.com

    SOURCE OF THIS INFORMATION, TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH
    Socorro Animal Chile (SACH)
    socorroanimalchile [at] gmail.com, sosanimalchile [at] gmail.com
    website: www.sach.bligoo.cl/

    Coalition for the Ethical Control of Urban Animals (CEFU)
    coalicion [at] cefu.cl, denuncia [at] cefu.cl, prensa [at] cefu.cl
    website: www.sach.bligoo.cl/

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    3. International NGOs On Alert For Chile’s Animals

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    Rescue worker Cristian Velasquez found and comforted this puppy found alive inside a collapsed house in Constitucion, March 1, 2010. Velasquez gave him bits of food and water after rescuing him from (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)

    WORLD SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS (WSPA)

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    EDITED FOR LENGTH

    The impact on animals is becoming clearer, as we now have information from several of our member societies in affected regions… A center run by our member society, Centro de Rehabilitacion y Rescate de Primates (CRRP) that provides shelter for 165 mistreated primates has been damaged too. CRRP staff said that one of the monkeys has died and others are much stressed… Some animal shelters run by non-member societies are also reportedly seriously damaged. Many dogs have been left homeless, and there are reports of animals roaming around towns…. Flights into Chile are very limited. We now have confirmed tickets, to fly directly to Santiago, on Sunday night…

    INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE (IFAW)

    www.ifaw.org/ifaw_international/

    IFAW Emergency Team on Alert — A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck near the city of Concepcion, Chile… More than 2 million people are displaced, wounded or otherwise affected… Shortly after the earthquake, IFAW reached out to our friends at animal protection groups in Chile to assess the needs of animal victims. We are standing ready to provide emergency grants or whatever else is appropriate during these difficult times.

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    Animales terremoto en Chile

    www.flickr.com/photos/prensanimalista/sets/72157623551563382/

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    “WSPA – Haiti Earthquake Relief Efforts: This picture was sent on to the WSPA emergency relief team, by a photographer who is in Haiti. Domesticated animals play a significant role in Haiti, both in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake and in the lengthy road to recovery.” Photo via the WSPA on Flickr.
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    Faced with a natural disaster of this magnitude, there’s not much to say. So let’s not say anything. Instead, let’s do.

    Below I’ve compiled a list of 1) action alerts, 2) at-home fundraisers and volunteer opportunities and 3) organizations in need of monetary donations and volunteers abroad in order to assistant in the relief efforts in Haiti. As you will see, this guide is heavy on animal rescue and animal-friendly organizations – because, hello, vegan blogger here! – however, I have included resources for human-related groups as well. In particular, the action alerts section does not discriminate.

    I’ll update this post in the days and weeks to come, so please bookmark it and visit often. As of 2/8/10, I have moved it off the main page, since updates have slowed.

     

    “Haiti screenshots: HD screenshots from a trip with Compassion International to film their efforts in Port Au Prince and Cap Haitia, Haiti. (Mar 2-6, 2009)” Six elementary school-age children address the camera. CC image via spaunsglo on Flickr.
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    Action Alerts

    Introduction

    As has been noted elsewhere, the situation in Haiti was dire long before the earthquake hit. Due to a centuries-long history of colonialism, enslavement, repression, corruption, and international indifference and exploitation, Haiti has been plagued by poverty and inequality. While most of the immediate efforts will be focused on emergency relief, rebuilding will take years, not weeks or months – and must extend beyond bricks and mortar if it’s to have a real, lasting impact on the lives of Haitians.

    What follows are a few action alerts concerning social justice aspects of the situation in Haiti. At the time of this writing, the list only includes petitions to extend “temporary protected status” to Haitian immigrants, however, I hope to see the calls to action multiply in the future.

    Links

    Please note that the most recent alerts will appear at the top of this list.

    5/20/10 – Latin America Working Group: Write Your Members of Congress: Aid for Haiti Now!

    4/19/10 – Amnesty International: Help countries like Haiti combat violence against women and girls

    2/05/10 – CARE: Ask Congress to Help Haiti

    1/30/10 – ACLU: Demand Accountablity for Unconstitutional Deaths of Immigration Detainees!

    1/28/10 – AVAAZ: Drop Haiti’s Debt

    1/20/10 – CARE: Take Action to Encourage Charitable Donations to Haiti

    1/19/10: Just Foreign Policy: Urge Congress to Expand Airdrops in Haiti

    1/18/10 – Amnesty International: Thank President Obama for Helping Haitians Help Haiti

    1/16/10 – MoveOn: No Fees on Charitable Contributions

    1/14/10 – CREDO Action: Tell Obama: Grant “Temporary Protected Status” for Haitian refugees

    1/14/10 – Just Foreign Policy: Let Haitian Immigrants Stay in the US Till Haiti Recovers

    1/13/10 – Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR): Tell ICE to send Jean Montrevil home

     
     

    “Donut Bite: Vegan yeasted rainbow donuts for the Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale in San Francisco… Day 2!” One of the donuts has a bite-sized chunk missing. Nom! CC image via jordanpattern on Flickr.
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    At-home Fundraisers & Volunteer Opportunities

    The I Love Haiti Fundraising Shirt: That most awesome purveyor of vegan tees, Herbivore Clothing Company, is raising funds for disaster relief with this special I ♥ Haiti t-shirt. The cost is $15 plus $3 for shipping, and all profits will be donated to groups providing assistance in Haiti.

    Vegan Bake Sales For Haiti: Over on the Post-Punk Kitchen forums, a few members got together and decided to hold vegan bake sales to benefit relief efforts in Haiti. The idea quickly snowballed, and now Isa is keeping tabs on the PPK blog. Check out each in order to network, get involved locally, and/or start a bake sale in your area. Follow Isa on Twitter for minute-by-minute updates, or allow her to school you on How To Put Together A Bake Sale FAST.

     
     

    “The Haitian Dog: These types of dogs roam the streets in Haiti. From what I remember, the owners of the complex saved this little guy and restored him to health.” The Haitian Dog is a cute, smiley little white pup. CC image via gc_photography on Flickr.
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    Animal Rescue & Animal-Friendly Nonprofit Organizations: Donate or Volunteer

    Introduction

    Look, I’ll be honest: I’m not at all comfortable providing a comprehensive list of nonprofit organizations that are raising funds to assist with relief efforts in Haiti – so I won’t. As a vegan, a feminist, and an atheist, most organizations conflict with these three core values in some way, shape or form. [And I'm not the only one; see, for example, the recent email sent out by the Secular Student Alliance (excerpted below, under "Additional Details"), which offers information to its members about secular vs. faith-based charities.] It’s not my wish to support one form of injustice while combating another.

    Instead, I’ll direct you to Marji’s list over at Animal Rights & AntiOppression: Helping in Haiti. Additionally, Global Giving’s Relief Fund for Haiti is collecting monetary donations to be distributed among a number of projects, all of which are detailed on the fund’s website. InterAction also has a lengthy list of responding organizations here. Along with the aforementioned email from SSA, these will provide you with a good starting point, should you wish to make a donation to a human-focused organization.

    Of course, I encourage you to research any and all organizations before making a donation; check that is legit, will use your money wisely, and is consistent with your beliefs. A few good resources in this regard are Charity Navigator, the American Institute of Philanthropy, and the Better Business Bureau. Be wary of email and telephone solicitations.

    Below you can find information about animal rescue organizations operating in Haiti, as well as animal-friendly organizations involved in a human aid capacity. As with the rest of this post, I’ll include updates as I receive them.

    Each listing was last verified and/or updated on 2/8/10.
     
     
    Links & Summaries

    The Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH): Spearheaded by The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), ARCH is a special coalition of animal rescue groups, formed specifically to provide emergency/disaster relief to the nonhuman animals of Haiti. As of 1/24/10, the following animal advocacy groups have joined ARCH: American Humane Association (AHA), American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), Antigua and Barbuda Humane Society, Best Friends Animal Society, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and Humane Society International (HSI), In Defense of Animals (IDA), Kinship Circle, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Petfinder.com Foundation, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), and the United Animal Nations (UAN).

    On or about 1/20/10, Sodopreca (the Dominican Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) released the following statement:

    sodopreca do not sign with ARCH

    SODOPRECA, feels that the contract that ARCH is offering to sodopreca does not warranty the physical integrity of our team, because do not allocate funds for security measures. The contract neither fulfils the expectation, financially speaking, for such endeavour.Further more, Sodopreca believes that there is enough potential donors to raise the necessary funding to achieve this mission. Also we do not understand why we should reject help from other groups willing to help the animals in Haiti, when that is our main objective. Sodopreca believes that no offer to help the animals in Haiti should be rejected. In the case of human victim everyone is allow to help and no help is been rejected; why should we limit the efforts of our animal’s caring people and groups. Sodopreca will receive financial assistant and other resources from any person or organization willing to help us, we alone do not have the resources to achieve the mission but all the small groups and people together for sure can accomplish this mission. An special fund it is been created for this purpose.

    As many of the individual ARCH member organizations have stated that they are already working “in conjunction with” Sodopreca, this statement causes no small amount of concern. However, with so few details available (and a language barrier, to boot), it’s hard to say what exactly is going on here. If you’d like to join the conversation, we are discussing ARCH and Sodopreca both in the comments below, as well as in the comments on “Helping in Haiti” on Animal Rights & Anti-Oppression. As of 1/24/10, however, the statement has been removed from Sodopreca’s website, without explanation. The group still does not appear to be part of the ARCH coalition.

    As of late January/early February, ARCH and its member organizations have moved from the Dominican Republic into Haiti; at the time of this writing, relief efforts are underway. Each individual member organization is soliciting funds on behalf of ARCH and/or its own work in the area. Keep reading for details and links. Please also see Mary’s 2/5/10 post “On Giving to Haiti and Adopting From Haiti” for her thoughts on earmarked monetary donations and donations of supplies.

    American Humane Association (AHA): AHA has joined the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH) established by IFAW and WSPA. (See Haiti Earthquake Response; you can also keep abreast of developments on the AHA’s blog, The Humane Exchange.) AHA is soliciting donations via its Animal Emergency Services program, here; however, it’s unclear what portion of these funds will go directly towards disaster relief in Haiti.

    American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA): The ASPCA has joined the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH) established by IFAW and WSPA. The group is encouraging members to donate directly to ARCH founding organizations IFAW and the WSPA. (See Crisis in Haiti: How the ASPCA Is Helping.)

    The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA): The AVMA has joined the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH) established by IFAW and WSPA. (See AVMA partners with ARCH for Haiti earthquake relief.) Its American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF) will collect and provide monetary assistance to the ARCH. The AVMA supports all manner of animal abuse and exploitation, so donate accordingly.

    Animal Balance: In its February 4, 2010 newsletter, the Food Empowerment Project recommends several Haitian animal and human advocacy organizations, including Animal Balance, “a non-profit organization of veterinarians, veterinary technicians, assistants and volunteers. We come together to create MASH-style sterilization clinics on islands around the world.” Animal Balance currently has some Haitian relief information on the main page of its website. Donation details are available here.

    Antigua and Barbuda Humane Society: Best Friends reports that the Antigua and Barbuda Humane Society has joined the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH) established by IFAW and WSPA. (See ARCH Team Enters Haiti, Rescue Plan Forthcoming.) At the time of this writing, I was unable to find confirmation on the group’s website; however, it appears that its has donated a mobile clinic to the efforts. (See this Google search for the latest details.)

    Best Friends Animal Society: Best Friends has joined the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH) established by IFAW and WSPA. (See Best Friends joins Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti.) Updates will be available via its Rapid Response group. You can donate to ARCH via Best Friends here. (At the time of this writing, I was unable to find a dedicated donation page.) Best Friends is also requesting Rapid Response volunteers who can deploy to Haiti to assist in the efforts. (See Volunteers may be needed for a Haiti response for details.)

    Christian Veterinary Mission (CVM): It appears that CVM already had a presence in Haiti prior to the earthquake, and is currently providing assistance to human victims. (See CVM Haiti Updates.) You can make a donation to CVM here – but please note that the CVM runs an animal agriculture/livestock purchase program in Haiti called Give a Kid a Kid. Currently, most of the group’s recommendations involve, um, praying.

    Food for Life Global: On 1/21/10, Food for Life Global reported that

    The first wave of International Food for Life Global volunteers are set to arrive in Santo Domingo today to join the local FFL staff in finalizing set up for our vegan food relief base camp. More volunteers from the UK, USA, Brazil, Mexico and Canada are set to arrive soon after. The first order of business is to establish working relationships with other relief agencies and the military to create the most secure and efficient service possible.

    Food for Life Global is continuing to receive volunteer applications and donations from all over the world to support our efforts. A new web site will soon be created to fully document the progress of our team. Your donations are still crucial at this stage of the development and we sincerely thank all who have already come forward to support FFLG. Please continue to give whatever you can and remember: FFL can serve more than 100 meals in a crisis like this for as little as $25. So your dollars will go a long way.

    We are also appealing to the public to supply our team with the best quality produce. If you are able to donate bulk organic produce or grains, please contact our office now because we have a plane standing by in Florida ready to fly over supplies.

    (See FFL relief in Haiti.) You can make a tax-deductible donation to FFL’s Haiti Emergency Relief FUND on the main page of its website. Additionally, you can learn more about FFL’s past emergency/disaster relief activities here, and follow the group on Twitter for the latest details.

    Humane Society International (HSI): HSI has joined the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH) established by IFAW and WSPA. Along with the HSUS, HSI has deployed its own team of veterinary rapid responders to Haiti. (See Helping Haiti.) HSI is soliciting donations for its International Disaster Fund here, however, a disclaimer on the donation form cautions that donations may not be used in Haitian relief efforts.

    The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS): Together with HSI, the HSUS has deployed a veterinary response team to Haiti. (See Lending a Helping Hand in Haiti.) Appeals for donations direct the reader to the HSI’s donation form, mentioned above.

    However, I caution against donating to either the HSI or the HSUS for several reasons: 1) there is no guarantee that funds collected will go towards disaster relief in Haiti (see the HSI’s disclaimer above); 2) allegations of past misuse of Hurricane Katrina and similar disaster relief funds; and 3) recent fundraising scandals, such as those involving Fay and the Vicktory dogs.

    [Please note that, in the comments, Sarah from the HSUS links to Beyond Katrina: Three Years Later, HSUS Gulf Coast Programs Flourish as "accounting for our work in Katrina here." However, I'd like to point out that 1) the HSUS does not provide a year-by-year breakdown of the expenditures; part of the criticism surrounding the HSUS's Katrina activities is that the group only spent a small fraction of funds raised until it became the target of a fraud investigation in 2006 (much like it pledged $5000 towards Fay's surgery - but only after the fundraising scandal broke); and 2) the HSUS says that it "has committed or spent more than $34 million" - keyword being "committed," 3-4 years later.]

    In Defense of Animals (IDA): IDA has joined the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH) established by IFAW and WSPA. (See IDA Prepares to Help Haiti.) IDA is accepting donations to its Animal Disaster Relief Fund here. The group is no longer seeking volunteers, but asks that:

    If you have resources that might be put to use to help the animals of Haiti, or if you would like to become more involved in IDA’s disaster relief efforts, please contact disasterrelief [at] idausa.org. The best way to help the affected animals of Haiti is with your financial contributions.

    You can follow IDA’s activities in Haiti on the IDA Blog.

    The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW): Along with the WSPA, the IFAW is spearheading the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH) to assist in the response efforts. (See IFAW, WSPA, and other groups band together to help animals in Haiti.) You can make a donation (seemingly directly to the ARCH) here.

    Kinship Circle: Kinship Circle has joined the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH) established by IFAW and the WSPA. Kinship Circle is currently soliciting donations for on-the-ground rescue efforts, as well as communication and documentation, here. (I have crossposted Kinship Circle’s alerts below; see also Field Notes & Rescue Photos.)

    People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA): PETA has joined the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH) established by IFAW and the WSPA. (See Haiti and More: How You Can Help Animals in Natural Disasters.) While PETA is soliciting donations, there does not seem to be a guarantee that all the monies collected will go towards relief efforts in Haiti. Additionally, the group is already talking “euthanasia,” which makes me nervous. (Not because I don’t believe in true mercy killings, but because my definition of “mercy” varies greatly from PETA’s.) So please, if you wish to donate to ARCH, go with IFAW, the WSPA or similar. Save the “Whales,” Boycott PETA. Etc., etc. etc.

    Petfinder Foundation: Best Friends reports that the Petfinder.com Foundation has joined the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH) established by IFAW and the WSPA. (See ARCH Team Enters Haiti, Rescue Plan Forthcoming.) The Foundation appears to be collecting donations on behalf of IFAW on its website. (See Earthquake in Haiti – Please Help Now!)

    The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA): The RSPCA has joined the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH) established by IFAW and the WSPA. (See Help for animals arrives in Haiti.) You can donate to the RSPCA’s emergency relief efforts here, however, it does not appear that the funds collected will necessarily go towards the group’s efforts in Haiti.

    The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals International (SPCAI): The SPCAI reports that it sent an emergency response team to Haiti in the aftermath of the quake in order to assess the situation; it now appears that the SPCAI is no longer working in the area. Instead, it has partnered with the Christian Veterinary Mission (CVM), providing the group a grant to help with its efforts, primarily to rescue donkeys and other “livestock” / “pack” animals. Similarly, the SPCAI has supported the CVM’s “Gift a Kid a Kid” program in past years. (See Earthquake in Haiti: Animal Response Report.) The group is currently soliciting funds for its Emergency Grants program; however, in light of the group’s support of animal purchase/breeding programs, I urge you to donate accordingly.

    Sodopreca (the Dominican Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals): According to SuperVegan, Sodopreca is “the only Dominican animal group going to Haiti specifically to rescue animals.” The group is/was scheduled to leave for Haiti on 1/15. As of 1/16/10, several other animal advocacy groups, such as the HSUS and the WSPA, report that they will be working with Sodopreca in Haiti. Sodopreca’s website is in Spanish, but you can view an English translation here. If you’d like to make a donation, Sodopreca has a donation button on its website, in the bottom left-hand sidebar.

    The United Animal Nations (UAN): UAN has joined the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH) established by IFAW and the WSPA. It appears that the UAN is collecting and redistributing monetary donations for ARCH rather than providing on-the-ground services itself. (See Earthquake in Haiti.) You can donate to ARCH via the UAN here. UAN is also reporting on ARCH’s efforts in Haiti on its Emergency Response Blog.

    Veterinarians Without Borders: The group has not yet made a statement about planned relief efforts (if any) on its website. (Hat tip, SuperVegan.)

    The World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA): Along with the IFAW, the WSPA is spearheading the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH) to assist in the response efforts. (See Joining forces to help animals.) You can follow the latest updates on the WSPA’s Animals in Disaster Blog; additionally, WSPA International, WSPA Canada and WSPA Germany are uploading photos taken in Haiti to their respective Flickr photostreams.. The group is soliciting donations via its Animal Disaster Fund.
     
     
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    From Kinship Circle, 3/9/10:

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    From: Kinship Circle – info [at] kinshipcircle.org
    Date: Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 10:26 PM
    Subject: Hope Has Wheels! $1.1M For Lasting Animal Aid In Haiti

    3/9/10 – KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER AID
    Hope Has Wheels! $1.1M Pledged For Lasting Animal Aid In Haiti

    WHY AM I HERE? We highly recommend you view Tom McPhee’s extraordinary short, “Why Am I Here?” Tom, Executive Director of World Animal Awareness Society — and creator of the Katrina animal rescue film, American Opera — explains why he traveled to Haiti to film animal aid operations with SODOPRECA. The film’s rich texture and breathtaking scenes will make you feel as if you went with him: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg6Ng9jeGTk

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    Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Hope arrived on four wheels…

    …Underneath a fully equipped veterinary mobile clinic! As of March 4, 2010, ARCH has treated over 4000 animals, including many dogs, goats, sheep, cats, pigs, cows, horses, donkeys and domestic fowl. In the photo above, Kenny, 10, said his dog Vito had “been sick for a long time, but I don’t know any vets and don’t have money.” ARCH gave Vito antibiotics and vitamins and will check the dog’s progress… Photos: IFAW/WSPA for ARCH

    Animal groups pledge $1.1M dollars for long-term animal aid in Haiti 3/4/10 — Animal Relief Coalition Of Haiti (ARCH) announced a $1.1 million agreement with the Haitian government to improve and repair animal welfare conditions in the aftermath of January’s ruinous earthquake. Over 20 animal protection groups worldwide, including Kinship Circle, formed ARCH under joint leadership of World Society For Protection of Animals and International Fund For Animal Welfare. The ambitious long-term plan covers:

    * DISEASE PREVENTION NETWORK: To protect people and animals from disease outbreaks, a laboratory and staff will carry out targeted vaccination campaigns for Rabies, Anthrax and other diseases.

    * VETERINARY TRAINING: Our goal is to train at least 200 Haitian veterinarians and vet technicians for current/future animal welfare issues.

    * VACCINATION COLD STORAGE: A “cold chain” is crucial to keep vaccinations fresh and stable through delivery.

    * ANIMAL POPULATION STUDIES: Haiti’s animal demographics have changed dramatically due to recent disasters. Updated data is vital to reach animals.

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    ARCH’s mobile vet clinic makes rounds to underserved areas such as Pelerin where Haitians line-up to have animals vaccinated. According to the Haitian Ministry of Agriculture, there are some 5 million farmed animals in Haiti (not including domestic fowl), and about 500,000 dogs in Port-au-Prince.

    Why Haiti’s animals, when animals everywhere need help? Kinship Circle Animal Disaster Aid made a promise to help Haiti’s animals after one of the most devastating earthquakes in modern times. ARCH’s enduring plan to coordinate veterinarians, clinics, vaccines…gives these animals a chance in future disasters and daily survival.

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    All Haiti photos: T. Stargardter (c) WSPA/IFAW for ARCH

    PLEASE GIVE TO HAITI ANIMAL RELIEF:

    www.kinshipcircle.org/haiti

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    From Kinship Circle, 2/13/10:

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    From: Kinship Circle – info [at] kinshipcircle.org
    Date: Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 6:38 PM
    Subject: We Won’t Give Up On Them – Now Or Tomorrow

    Kinship Circle - 2010-02-13 - Haiti Animal Rescue Update 01

    Kinship Circle needs your support to:

    1. Help pay for long-term projects that will make life better for Haiti’s animals.
    2. Fund travel for our responders on standby to deploy to Haiti under ARCH.

    PLEASE GIVE TO HAITI ANIMAL RELIEF:

    www.kinshipcircle.org/haiti

    As of 2/8/10, ARCH (Animal Relief Coalition of Haiti) had treated nearly 750 animals. As the full earthquake damage to animals unfolds, focus also turns to their lasting welfare. ARCH is working with Haitian government officials to create animal facilities and services that did not exist pre-earthquake.

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    2/4/10: This puppy finds help in the hands of an ARCH team member in Haiti. As of February 8, 2010, ARCH members had treated nearly 750 animals, mostly dogs. Other animals helped include cats, goats, sheep, pigs and cows. Photo courtesy of Best Friends / Delmas * Banner photos, (c) WSPA/IFAW

    Long after ARCH leaves, its work will serve Haiti’s animals and people. Kinship Circle and other global animal protection groups in ARCH have pledged time, money and/or volunteers to stay in Haiti to:

    - Setup a mobile veterinary clinic for Port au Prince and rural communities.
    - Support and implement training of veterinarians and animal health technicians.
    - Create a refrigeration system to keep a “cold chain” for storage/distribution of medicines.
    - Design public awareness/education campaigns in Haiti and Creole.
    - Vaccinate 3 million chickens for Newcastle disease and 2 million for Charcoal disease…
    - Activate a Vaccination Preventive Care Program for many more diseases and species.
    - Treat 3 million animals (anyone with a hoof!)…

    Please help us give Haiti’s animals a better life:

    www.kinshipcircle.org/haiti/#form

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    2/4/10: A surprised cat awaits a medical check, in line with other Haitians and cats. ARCH has sent a mobile veterinary unit to increase our capacity to help the people and animals of Haiti. Photo courtesy of Best Friends

    Kinship Circle — a nonprofit network of animal disaster responders in the U.S. and Canada — has assembled a Haiti team on standby to deploy, including a veterinarian, vet tech, ACO, and adept first responders.

    After Haiti’s 7.0 earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince and nearby areas, Kinship Circle joined animal protection groups worldwide to form Animal Relief Coalition of Haiti (ARCH), led by International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA).

    At present, ARCH partners include:

    International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW); World Society for Protection of Animals; American Humane Association; Best Friends Animal Society; RSPCA (UK); In Defence of Animals; American Veterinary Medical Association; American Veterinary Medical Foundation; Antigua & Barbuda Humane Society; ASPCA; United Animal Nations; Kinship Circle; One Voice; Swiss Animal Protection; Palo Alto Humane Society; People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA); Last Chance For Animals (LCA); Finnish Federation for Animal Welfare Associations; Animal Medical Care Foundation (AMCF)

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    A video update from Best Friends, 2/10/10:

     
     
    From Kinship Circle, 1/25/10:

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    From: Kinship Circle – info [at] kinshipcircle.org
    Date: Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 8:20 PM
    Subject: Hearts For Haiti: Survivors Need Us Now!

    1/25/10 – KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER AID NETWORK
    Hearts For Haiti: Animal And Human Survivors Need Us Now!

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    A stray Haitian dog stands alongside a sign reading “We Need Help.” Photo copyright WSPA/IFAW, and was taken in January 2010, post-earthquake.
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    Photos reflect early assessment efforts in Haiti right now that help animal teams form a comprehensive emergency response plan. As part of that plan, a mobile veterinary clinic is en route to help the people and animals of Haiti. (c) WSPA/IFAW, leading ARCH on the ground in Haiti.

    Kinship Circle has assembled an expert team — with ground assets including a veterinarian, vet tech, paramedic, ACO, FEMA certifications, technical and large animal rescue, search and rescue… Kinship Circle’s team is on standby, for deployment under ARCH as needed.

    Though already over-budget, Kinship Circle has pledged time, people, and resources to Haiti animal relief. Please help us be there for them…

    * DONATE SECURELY ONLINE:

    www.kinshipcircle.org/donation

    * DONATE BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER:
    Kinship Circle / 7380 Kingsbury Blvd. / St. Louis, MO 63130
    Write HAITI ANIMAL AID, on your check’s memo line.

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    PRESS RELEASE — FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
    Valary Bremier, Office: 415-461-9300 / Cell: 415-686-7470
    Email: valary [at] mindspring.com * www.chefronduprat.com

    HEARTS FOR HAITI: An American Dining Relief Benefit
    Launched By Bravo TV’s Top Chef Contestant

    Hollywood, Florida — Haitian-born Ron Duprat of Bravo’s hit series “Top Chef” has teamed up with three fellow contestants — Mattin Noblia, Hector Santiago and Michael Voltagggio — to welcome other fine chefs nationwide in an all-chef Relief Benefit on St. Valentine’s Day for his native land.

    ON FEBRUARY 14, 2010: Participating chefs and restaurants will donate a percentage of their receipts to Hearts for Haiti: An American Dining Relief Benefit. Donated funds will be divided between Hollywood Unites For Haiti and Kinship Circle Animal Disaster Aid. On-the-ground relief efforts will receive 100% of donated funds.

    “Chefs always care,” Duprat says. “I hope chefs across the country will join us in this heartfelt effort for Haiti. One hundred percent of their donations will go directly to Haitian relief efforts for both people and animals. It’s a win-win for everyone.”

    “Animals suffer in disasters just as people do,” says Kinship Circle president Brenda Shoss. “They are frightened, alone, injured and without food. Our organization has united with animal welfare groups worldwide under the banner Animal Relief Coalition of Haiti (ARCH) to offer direct rescue and veterinary care, as well as long term vaccinations and measures to prevent disease outbreak such as rabies and leptospirosis.”

    CHARITABLE BENEFICIARIES:

    KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER AID, a major partner in the Animal Relief Coalition of Haiti (ARCH), is a nonprofit that mobilizes volunteers, supplies and resources for animal victims through its network of trained responders in the U.S. and Canada. Kinship Circle works in agreement with local agencies or other NGOs to deploy teams of highly trained and credentialed animal responders for assessment, search and rescue, and emergency sheltering aid.

    HOLLYWOOD UNITES FOR HAITI, founded in 2008 by Jimmy Jean Louis, star of NBC’s hit series, “Heroes,” is a charitable non-profit that focuses on enriching the lives of Haitian children. HUFH has partnered with the non-profit Pan American Development Fund to send supplies into Haiti from its border warehouse. Mr. Louis is PADF’s Goodwill Ambassador for Haiti’s Children program and celebrity spokesperson for the joint relief effort.

    ** To become a participating chef or dine at a participating restaurant, call 415-461-9300 or visit www.chefronduprat.com **

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    A stray, emaciated dog wanders the streets of Haiti. Photo copyright WSPA/IFAW, and was taken in January 2010, post-earthquake.
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    (c) WSPA/IFAW, leading ARCH on the ground in Haiti

    * DONATE SECURELY ONLINE:

    www.kinshipcircle.org/donation

    * DONATE BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER:
    Kinship Circle / 7380 Kingsbury Blvd. / St. Louis, MO 63130
    Write HAITI ANIMAL AID, on your check’s memo line.

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    Scenes From The Field In Haiti — Assessment Underway, 1/22 – 1/24/10…

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    Dr. Juan Carlos Murillo of the WSPA examines a dog in Haiti, one of thousands of estimated canine quake victims. Photo copyright WSPA/IFAW.
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    1/24/10 – Dr Juan Carlos Murillo, WSPA’s longest serving disaster management veterinary officer and an ARCH team member in Port-au-Prince, checks the state of this dog’s health and treats any lesions. Dr. Murillo says, “The animal was as normal as can be expected for a dog who survives day by day. Our friend ‘Lucky’ really honors his name as another survivor of Haiti’s earthquake.” (c) WSPA/IFAW; photographer: Tomas Stargardter

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    A group of Haitian children – seeking refuge on the street – is joined by a dog. Photo copyright WSPA/IFAW.
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    1/22/10 – Children huddle with a dog in makeshift tents, after Haiti’s earthquake. Among the 150,000 “owned” and stray dogs in Port-au-Prince, the Ministry of Agriculture estimates that 70% of “owned” dogs are vaccinated against rabies. The line blurs between street dogs and those with caretakers, as all dogs roam and scavenge for food. (c) WSPA/IFAW

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    In these photos from WSPA/IFAW, a man sporting a medical mask carries a chicken in Port-au-Prince (left) and a dog makes her way through rubble in the days after the quake (right). Collage created by Kinship Circle.
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    LT PHOTO: 1/24/10 – A man holds a chicken in Port-au-Prince. In Haiti, confined animals such as pigs and chickens are in more danger, due to lack of feed and damaged housing. Goats, cows, horses and donkeys, who graze only and do not require feed, live in fields away from structures. Haitian farming commonly occurs in backyards.

    RT PHOTO: A dog walks through rubble and fire. (c) WSPA/IFAW; photographers: Tomas Stargardter, Michael Booth

    Kinship Circle is a member of the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti which is jointly led by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA).

    Animal welfare organizations formed the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH) so that we could work together to bring aid to as many animals, and in as short a time, as possible. At present, ARCH partners include: International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW); World Society for Protection of Animals; American Humane Association; Best Friends Animal Society; RSPCA (UK); In Defense of Animals; American Veterinary Medical Association; American Veterinary Medical Foundation; Antigua and Barbuda Humane Society; ASPCA; United Animal Nations; Kinship Circle; One Voice; Swiss Animal Protection; Palo Alto Humane Society (PAHS); People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA); Finnish Federation for Animal Welfare Associations; Animal Welfare Care Foundation (AMCF)

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    From Kinship Circle, 1/19/10:

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    From: Kinship Circle – info [at] kinshipcircle.org
    Date: Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 9:50 PM
    Subject: Please Help Us Aid Haiti’s Animal Quake Victims

    1/19/10 – KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER AID NETWORK
    Haiti: Animals Are There. Help Us Get Aid To Them

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    An injured dog walks the streets of Port-au-Prince after the earthquake.
    PRESS PHOTO: Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times
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    An injured dog walks the streets of Port-au-Prince after the earthquake.
    PRESS PHOTO: Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times

    They’re there. Haiti’s dogs (and other animals). These commonly taunted street dogs were timid pre-quake, but are now emerging in some press photos. Kinship Circle is working round the clock with other animal protection organizations to get resources to them. There are many challenges…the scale of human tragedy, lack of security, limited access…

    One obstacle we can overcome is lack of funding. Please help us ensure these animals get aid. We’ve been informed that packs of dogs have been spotted. We have expert volunteers on standby…but don’t have funds to cover the work we’ve undertaken.

    We’ve pledged our time, people, and resources to Haiti animal relief. Can you help us raise funds quickly?

    * DONATE SECURELY ONLINE:

    www.kinshipcircle.org/donation

    Type HAITI ANIMAL RELIEF, after your name.

    * DONATE BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER:
    Kinship Circle / 7380 Kingsbury Blvd. / St. Louis, MO 63130
    Write HAITI ANIMAL RELIEF, on your check’s memo line.

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    1/18/10: A crippled dog roams the streets of Port-au-Prince.
    PRESS PHOTO: Carol Guzy / The Washington Post
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    1/18/10: A crippled dog roams the streets of Port-au-Prince.
    PRESS PHOTO: Carol Guzy / The Washington Post

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    Post-quake, a Haitian dog and man sit on the street. Photo caption: “PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI–JANUARY 13, 2010–Afraid of more aftershocks, people rest in the streets. Thousands are death and tens of thousands more injured after the a 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti on Tuesday afternoon. The dead lie unattended in the streets, and the injured are piled up outside the hospitals, with no one to care for them.” Credits: Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times
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    As humans afraid of aftershocks rested in the streets of Port-au-Prince, this dog laid down among them. PRESS PHOTO: Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times

    * DONATE SECURELY ONLINE:

    www.kinshipcircle.org/donation

    Type HAITI ANIMAL AID, after your name.

    * DONATE BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER:
    Kinship Circle / 7380 Kingsbury Blvd. / St. Louis, MO 63130
    Write HAITI ANIMAL AID, on your check’s memo line.

    Kinship Circle is part of a unified response effort called the Animal Relief Coalition Of Haiti (ARCH). Under the leadership of the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), we will keep you informed about endeavors to save Haiti’s animal earthquake victims.

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    From Kinship Circle, 1/15/10:

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    From: Kinship Circle – info [at] kinshipcircle.org
    Date: Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 8:30 PM
    Subject: Haiti’s Animals: We Hear Their Cries…Help Is Coming

    1/15/10 – KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER AID NETWORK
    Haiti’s Animals: We Hear Their Cries…Help Is Coming

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    A photo of a stray Haitian dog, pre-2010 quake. Image taken from the website The Dogs of Haiti.
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    Kinship Circle Joins Coalition For Animal Victims In Haiti Quake And We Need Your Help!

    Many of you have asked how to help animals in earthquake ravaged Haiti. Now there is a simple way.

    We are happy to announce that Kinship Circle is part of a unified response effort called the Animal Relief Coalition Of Haiti (ARCH). Under the leadership of the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), we will keep you informed about endeavors to save Haiti’s animal earthquake victims.

    We’ve joined forces with professional animal protection organizations to help stricken animals. As a coalition member, we are seeking donations to fund “feet on the ground,” as well as the overhead involved for communications and coverage in photos and notes from the field.

    Please send whatever you can today, earmarked for ARCH. If you donate to Kinship Circle right now, you are donating to animal relief in Haiti:

    * DONATE SECURELY ONLINE:

    www.kinshipcircle.org/donation

    Type FOR ARCH, after your name.

    * DONATE BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER:
    Kinship Circle / 7380 Kingsbury Blvd. / St. Louis, MO 63130
    Write FOR ARCH, on your check’s memo line.

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    A collage of pre-2010 quake photos compiled by Kinship Circle. The photo on the left depicts a goat, part of World Concern’s Haitian “gift a goat” program. The photo on left shows a stray Haitian dog, and is taken from the website The Dogs of Haiti.
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    January 12, 2010 changed everything for the small Caribbean nation of Haiti. A 7.0 magnitude earthquake collided with its capital, Port-au-Prince. Human casualties are already estimated in the tens of thousands, as the cries of people trapped beneath concrete begin to fade.

    Task forces and troops are assembling worldwide to aid Haiti’s human victims. But Kinship Circle followers also want to know about the animals. The breadth of destruction in this disaster has been compared to Katrina. Still, animal repercussions are different.

    As many as 5 million farm animals (primarily goats and a lot of chickens!) and native wild animals need help. A mostly homeless dog population, struggling to survive before the earthquake, needs comforting hands. In fact an unknown number of “community” cats and dogs await relief.

    There cannot be a dedicated animal presence on the ground until the human crisis is more stabilized. However, Kinship Circle is contributing funding and volunteer support to the coalition right now.

    Please help us help Haiti’s forgotten ones…
    We’ve already made an initial pledge. Can you help us raise funds quickly?

    * DONATE SECURELY ONLINE:

    www.kinshipcircle.org/donation

    Type FOR ARCH, after your name.

    * DONATE BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER:
    Kinship Circle / 7380 Kingsbury Blvd. / St. Louis, MO 63130
    Write FOR ARCH, on your check’s memo line.

    PHOTO SOURCES:

    The Dogs Of Haiti, www.language-works.com/Haitidogs/default.htm

    media.photobucket.com/image/dogs%20in%20haiti/Teese02a/HaitiPictures051.jpg

    humanitarian.worldconcern.org/2009/03/haiti-humanitarians-goats/

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    KINSHIP CIRCLE / NOW ONE LIST…ONE VOICE FOR ANIMALS

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    From The Secular Student Alliance, 1/14/10:

    Recommended Secular Charities for Haitian Relief Efforts

    On January 12, 2010, a catastrophic 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck the impoverished nation of Haiti less than 20 miles from the nation’s capital. The disaster, combined with Haiti’s high population density, crumbling architecture, and widespread poverty, has created a tragedy in which death tolls may top 100,000. Over three million people have been affected by the quake. The infrastructure of the area has been devastated, and many skilled workers (including health care providers) who could help with recovery are missing or dead. Haiti is in urgent need of assistance in this crisis.

    Many of us want to reach out to help those who are suffering in the wake of this disaster. But as secularists, we are wary of those organizations that would include proselytization in their relief efforts.

    The Foundation Beyond Belief has recommended several organizations that have received high ratings from Charity Navigator and take a secular approach to their charitable work. We are reposting their list here so that Secular Student Alliance members, supporters and friends are able to find organizations through which they can support Haitian relief efforts. The links will take you to the Charity Navigator page for that organization, where you can find more information and make a donation.

    Foundation Beyond Belief writes: “MADRE is a small organization with a high efficiency rating and a good track record in disaster relief that does not mix worldview with its charity. ActionAid International is an outstanding organization that is efficient, non-sectarian, and works with a small budget. International Relief Teams, AmeriCares, Doctors Without Borders, and Partners In Health all receive high ratings for the secular charitable work they do.”

    Our hearts go out to those who are suffering in Haiti, and we are happy to put our hands to work to help the survivors. Please feel free to share this information with your local groups, friends and family, in order to demonstrate our humanistic generosity in a time of great need.

    Note: the Center for Inquiry’s Skeptic and Humanist Aid and Reform Effort (SHARE) is collecting funds on behalf of Doctors Without Borders.

     
     
    From Kinship Circle, 1/14/10:

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    From: Kinship Circle – info [at] kinshipcircle.org
    Date: Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 1:25 AM
    Subject: Haiti Earthquake: Animal Responders On Alert

    KINSHIP CIRCLE / NOW ONE LIST…ONE VOICE FOR ANIMALS

    ANIMAL DISASTER AID NETWORK
    1/14/10: Haiti’s Massive Earthquake: Animal Responders On Alert

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    Kinship Circle artwork depicting animal eyes peering out from under the rubble.
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    We know they’re out there…heartbeats in the rubble. But with the human response to Haiti’s mass earthquake barely underway, there is little to report about animal victims. We will keep you updated as we learn more.

    IN THIS ALERT:

    1. The Worst Haiti Earthquake In More Than 200 Years
    2. Human Rescue And Aid Are Barely Underway…
    3. As Of 1/13/10, Groups On Alert To Deploy To Haiti

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    1. The Worst Haiti Earthquake In More Than 200 Years

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    In Port-au-Prince, Haitians walk by buildings destroyed in the 2010 earthquake. Image via the BBC.
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    Haitians walk past destroyed buildings on one side of a street in the capital, while on the other side structures appear relatively undamaged. SOURCE: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8455774.stm

    HAITI EARTHQUAKE / DISASTER OVERVIEW NOTES

    * 1/12/10: 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, killing potentially thousands.
    * The Caribbean nation is appealing for international help.
    * Most powerful Haiti quake in over 200 years, says US Geological Survey.
    * Quake epicenter 15km southwest of capital, Port-au-Prince. [Source: USGS]
    * About 4 million people reside in Port-au-Prince and nearby areas.
    * Reuters footage showed scenes of chaos, with people sobbing and dazed amid rubble.
    * Powerful 5.9 aftershocks rattled the city throughout the night and into Wednesday.
    * Haiti lacks resources to respond, such as equipment to move debris and adequate emergency personnel.
    * Witnesses said they saw homes and shanties built on hillsides tumble as the earth shook.
    * Communications are down, except for satellite phone. Roads blocked by rubble.

    HUMAN RESPONSE GROUPS:

    www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/13/world/main6090814.shtml

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    2. Human Rescue And Aid Are Barely Underway…

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    A Spanish firefighter gives “his” rescue dog some water before departing to the Caribbean. Image via the BBC.
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    Several countries dispatched emergency teams to Haiti. Here, a Spanish firefighter gives his rescue dog water before the long flight to the Caribbean. SOURCE: news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8455774.stm

    SEARCH & RESCUE DOG TEAMS HEAD TO HAITI, PHOTOS:

    www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389×7459087

    NO ANIMAL GROUPS ON GROUND, BUT ASSESSMENTS UNDERWAY

    At this time, Kinship Circle is not providing back-up volunteers for any animal emergency response group. However, we are watching and reporting which groups go where — so you can support animal efforts in Haiti via donations and stay informed about the plight of animal victims.

    The earthquake hit on 1/12/10, so animal responders cannot gain clearance until humanitarian efforts are fully underway. Fortunately, first responders from China, Spain, France, the United States…are mobilizing teams to aid the financially strapped Haitian government. Right now, food, sanitary water, shelter and medical care are critical for human survivors.

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    3. As Of 1/13/10, Groups On Alert To Deploy To Haiti

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    A collage created by Kinship Circle depicting stray Haitian dogs, pre-2010 quake. Photos via Flickr and The Dogs of Haiti.
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    Haiti, the most impoverished county in the Western Hemisphere, is home to a large stray population, starving and struggling to survive long before this earthquake.

    LT: farm1.static.flickr.com/223/491982344_a898b14566.jpg

    MID & RT: Dogs Of Haiti, www.language-works.com/Haitidogs/default.htm

    INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE (IFAW)

    Haiti Earthquake: IFAW Emergency Team on Alert — IFAW’s Emergency Relief team is on high alert to help in Haiti after a devastating earthquake struck near the capital of Port-au-Prince on January 12. As always with disasters like this, the humanitarian rescue efforts will be the focus in the first week or so… After immediate human needs are met, IFAW’s Emergency Response team will be ready to assist the animal victims in any way that we can.

    WORLD SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS (WSPA)

    WSPA Animals In Disasters Blog — Since this morning, we have been in talks with the United Nations (under serious stress themselves since their office in Port-au-Prince has collapsed, with 15 staff members dead and 20 still missing) and the local Red Cross Chapters to gain a further understanding of the impact on animals caught up in the situation.

    Our Disaster Liaison Officer from Panama, Jorge Alcidez Gonzalez who also works as the Head of the K9 unit of Civil Defence, is now travelling out of Panama with a team of specially trained veterinary staff to assess the destruction and welfare needs of the animals. Jorge and his brave team…will carry veterinary supplies to treat any injured animals that they come across. I’ve also arranged for him to feedback the extent of damage and where we can be of most help, as quickly as possible…

    HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE U.S. (HSUS) & HUMANE SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (HSI)

    Monitoring Disaster in Haiti — Humane Society International and The Humane Society of the United States are working with other animal welfare and humanitarian organizations to determine how best to assist animals and people affected by the disaster. We have offered our support in providing care to affected animals and will post updates as they become available.

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    ]]>     http://www.easyvegan.info/2010/01/14/haiti/feed/ 13     Kinship Circle: Lives Shattered In Tsunami, Earthquakes http://www.easyvegan.info/2009/10/05/kinship-circle-lives-shattered-in-tsunami-earthquakes/ http://www.easyvegan.info/2009/10/05/kinship-circle-lives-shattered-in-tsunami-earthquakes/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:36:04 +0000 Kelly Garbato http://www.easyvegan.info/?p=10027 ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Kinship Circle – info [at] kinshipcircle.org
    Date: Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 8:52 PM
    Subject: Lives Shattered In Tsunami, Earthquakes

    KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER AID NETWORK

    www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters/

    10/3/09: Lives Shattered In Tsunami, Earthquakes – Asia-Pacific Area

    IN THIS ALERT:

    1. Six Countries Hit, Millions Displaced In Asia-Pacific
    2. PAWS Races To Save Animals In Philippine Floods
    3. Animal Welfare Coalition And IFAW Team Up On Land And Water
    4. Best Friends’ Rich Crook With IFAW In Hard-Hit Philippines
    5. WSPA Sends 3 Veterinarian-Led Response Teams
    6. KC Directory: Rescue Groups To Help In Asia-Pacific

    Kinship Circle - 2009-10-03 - Asia-Pacific Tsunami, Earthquakes 01

    Dr. Nielsen Donato reaches Julia. PHOTO: Best Friends Rapid Response, courtesy of Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), www.paws.org

    network.bestfriends.org/groups/rapidresponse/news/post.aspx?ID=13314

    This report reflects information Kinship Circle has as of 10/3/09 — and how to support animal response teams in the Philippines, Indonesia and Samoa.

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    1. Six Countries Hit, Millions Displaced In Asia-Pacific

    A convergence of natural disasters has left millions of people in distress across Asia and the Pacific. Since 9/26/09, a total of six countries have been hit by flooding, a typhoon, a tsunami and earthquakes.

    PHILIPPINES: TROPICAL STORM ONDOY

    - Worst flooding in 40 years. Parts of Manila under six feet of water.

    - Hundreds of thousands of people in evacuation centers.

    - The Philippines — along with Viet Nam, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Cambodia — are also bracing for Tropical Storm Parma.

    - Government of the Philippines is soliciting international aid.

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    A Filipino resident trapped by floods from tropical storm Ketsana evacuates to higher ground with his pet dogs in Marikina city, east of the Philippine capital Manila, on September 27, 2009. Image credited to AFP/Getty Images

    INDONESIA: EARHQUAKES

    - In Western Sumatra, Indonesia, a 9/30/09 earthquake of 7.6 magnitude.

    - On 10/1/09, a second, slightly smaller quake.

    - Hundreds dead. Number expected to rise as bodies removed from rubble.

    - Tens of thousands have been displaced.

    - Indonesian Government has issued a request for international aid.

    SAMOA AND TONGA: TSUNAMI

    - Massive underwater earthquake in South Pacific triggered a series of tsunamis that swept coastal villages in Samoan Islands.

    - On some islands, all medical facilities lost along with water supplies.

    SOURCE: www.unicef.org/emerg/index_51287.html

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    2. PAWS Races To Save Animals In Philippine Floods

    PAWS Animal Rehabilitation Center (PARC), www.paws.org
    Aurora Blvd., Katipunan Valley, Loyola Heights, Quezon City

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    LT: Lyndon leaves his flooded home in Provident Village.

    RT: May Felix carried Lyndon from the rooftop.

    PHOTOS: Best Friends Rapid Response, courtesy of Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), www.paws.org

    network.bestfriends.org/groups/rapidresponse/news/post.aspx?ID=13302

    ON THE GROUND 9/30/09: Battered by Typhoon Ketsana on 9/26/09, the Philippine capital Manila has suffered massive flooding, with over 200 deaths and displacement of thousands of people and animals. The Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) is racing to help, while struggling themselves… After two days trapped inside without food, PAWS directors Heidi Guzon and Gwen Protasio, and 60 animals under their care, made it to safety. The head of PAWS Disaster Relief Team, May Felix, lost one of her own dogs when flash floods hit her house… The PAWS shelter is functioning without electricity as an evacuation centre for animals. Since PAWS is very close to Marikina, where thousands are stranded with animals — tents, cages, cat/dog food and batteries are urgently needed for rescued animals.

    SOURCE: www.animalsasia.org/index.php?UID=A18MYAG7ZDO

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    Lost in the floods before rescue. PHOTO: Best Friends Rapid Response, courtesy of Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), www.paws.org

    network.bestfriends.org/groups/rapidresponse/news/post.aspx?ID=13302

    9/28/09, PARC (Philippines Animals Welfare Society Shelter): PARC and its shelter animals remain safe from the floods caused by Typhoon Ondoy. Surrounding areas are not so lucky… PARC is opening its doors to dog and cat evacuees of the floods… Some of our volunteers are still stranded in their homes. We ask for your prayers for them.

    SOURCE: www.paws.org.ph/site/ItemID=29/305/default.aspx?month=9

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    Rescued Julia with Anna Cabrera. PHOTO: Best Friends Rapid Response, courtesy of Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), www.paws.org

    network.bestfriends.org/groups/rapidresponse/news/post.aspx?ID=13314

    MONETARY DONATIONS TO PAWS:

    DONATE ONLINE:

    www.paws.org.ph/site/389/default.aspx

    DIRECT DESPOSIT:
    The Philippine Animal Welfare Society
    Bank of the Philippine Islands
    Savings Account No.: 3943-0086-11
    PNB Current Account No. 072-830174-0

    SUPPLY NEEDS:
    * URGENT: Roofed cages that can fit adult dogs.
    * Dog food and cat food
    * Cleaning materials / Trash bags
    * Towels / Newspapers
    * Human drinking water
    * Human medicine
    * Raincoats – for the rescue team
    * Used tarpaulin banners for covering cages

    DROP OFF OR SHIP SUPPLIES TO:
    Drop-off point for donations in kind and/or in cash:
    #7 Dakota Street, Concorde Village, Mia Road
    Tambo, Paranaque (near Park and Fly)
    PARC CONTACT: Call or text Gina Santi (+639228375414)

    ====================

    3. ACW And IFAW Team Up On Land And Water

    Animal Welfare Coalition (AWC), www.animalwelfare.com.ph
    2F Dacon Building / 2281 Pasong Tamo Extension
    1231 Makati City / Metro Manila, Philippines
    632-867-4506, animalwelfarecoalition [at] animalwelfare.com.ph

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    PHOTO: Animal Welfare Coalition’s sad images from the disaster.

    www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=111253&id=112348557234

    ON THE GROUND: AWC is heading the rescue team for stricken areas in the Philippines, working with IFAW’s Emergency Water Rescue Team. You can follow news about their needs and action to save animals on AWC’s Facebook page: www.facebook.com/pages/Manila-Philippines/Animal-Welfare-Coalition/112348557234

    MONETARY DONATIONS TO ANIMAL WELFARE COALITION:

    DONATE ONLINE:

    www.animalwelfare.com.ph/support.htm#donate

    DONATE BY MAIL:
    Animal Welfare Coalition (AWC)
    2F Dacon Building / 2281 Pasong Tamo Extension
    1231 Makati City / Metro Manila, Philippines
    632-867-4506, animalwelfarecoalition [at] animalwelfare.com.ph

    DIRECT DESPOSIT:

    Philippine Peso
    Animal Welfare Coalition Manila, Inc.
    East West Bank, Pasong Tamo
    Account No. 24-02-00945-7

    U.S. Dollar
    Animal Welfare Coalition Manila, Inc.
    East West Bank, Pasong Tamo
    US$ Account No. 2470001944
    Swift code: EWBCPCHMM

    ====================

    4. BF’s Rich Crook With IFAW In Hard-Hit Philippines

    IFAW International Headquarters, www.ifaw.org
    290 Summer Street / Yarmouth Port, MA 02675
    ph: 508-744 2000, 800-932 4329, info [at] ifaw.org

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    Dog marooned on a mud covered roof. PHOTO: Philippines based Animal Welfare Coalition. www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=111253&id=112348557234

    10/2/09 REPORT FROM MICHAEL BOOTH, IFAW ER RESPONDER and communications officer in Philippines: After Typhoon Ketsana (aka Ondoy) flooded huge areas of Manila and surrounding districts, International Fund for Animal Welfare arrived in Manila at 3:50am on Oct. 1, 2009. Following meetings (with Animal Welfare Coalition and Dept. of Agriculture), IFAW’s team split to reach mud-covered Marikina and underwater Pasig. I headed for the water with Best Friends Rapid Response manager Rich Crook, who joined IFAW.

    We teamed up with PAWS (Philippine Animal Welfare Society)…and after coordination with Philippine Army, Navy and Military officials, we left in military trucks, then by boat and on foot to areas chest-high in water. That first day we helped many struggling animals by supplying food, water and Medication. Two came back with us for extended care at the animal shelter.

    Kinship Circle - 2009-10-03 - Asia-Pacific Tsunami, Earthquakes 08

    (PHOTO: IFAW) On 10/2/09 we rescued stranded dogs on rooftops or mud-bogged islands and continued our assessment of rural areas. Still, challenging moments lay ahead. As I write, Typhoon Parma is making landfall in the North. On its heels another potential super-cyclone is headed this way…

    FOLLOW IFAW’S BLOG AND PRESS RELEASES:

    animalrescue.typepad.com/animal_rescue_blog/pacific_region/

    www.ifaw.org/ifaw_united_states/media_center/press_releases/index.php

    INDONESIA: We’re saddened by the loss of life in the Indonesia earthquake. [Best Friends has] been in contact with ProFauna Indonesia, and they’ll do everything possible to help animals. However, it’s a logistically difficult situation. Padang, in Sumatra where the earthquake struck, lies 400 miles to the west of Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta. Travel to that region is complicated by earthquake damage itself and the congestion of relief teams. Please keep animals in Sumatra in your thoughts and prayers.

    FOLLOW UPDATES ON BEST FRIENDS RAPID RESPONSE:

    network.bestfriends.org/groups/rapidresponse/news/post.aspx?ID=13314

    MONETARY DONATIONS TO IFAW:

    DONATE ONLINE:

    www.ifaw.org/ifaw_united_states/donate_now/typhoon_ketsana.php?msource=DR090912003#x

    DONATE BY MAIL:
    IFAW International Headquarters
    290 Summer Street / Yarmouth Port, MA 02675
    ph: 508-744 2000, 800-932 4329, info [at] ifaw.org

    MONETARY DONATIONS TO BEST FRIENDS:

    DONATE ONLINE:

    www.bestfriends.org/donate/nmhp.cfm?tc=WDSNTWKA

    ====================

    5. WSPA Sends 3 Veterinarian-Led Response Teams

    WSPA USA, 800-883-9772, www.wspa-usa.org
    Lincoln Plaza, 89 South Street, Ste 201 / Boston, MA 02111

    WPSA has deployed three veterinarian-led Disaster Assessment and Response Teams (DART) to bring aid to the thousands of animal victims left helpless after tragedy struck the Philippines, Samoa and Indonesia.

    THE PHILIPPINES: Ravaged by recent storms, the Philippines now braces for Cyclone Parma — expected to hit as either a category 4 or 5 (super-cyclone) storm. WSPA is working with our member society PAWS to provide emergency shelter, food and care for thousands of companion animals left homeless.

    SAMOA: After a deadly tsunami wiped out entire villages and killed more than 100 people WSPA deployed a DART to the islands. Led by Disaster Management Veterinarian Dr. Juan Carlos Murillo, the team will ascertain the tsunami’s impact on the island’s animals as well as treat animal victims.

    INDONESIA: Two powerful earthquakes rippled across the island of Sumatra, creating widespread destruction. WSPA has deployed a DART to assess animal welfare needs; we hope to have a clearer picture in the coming days.

    MONETARY DONATIONS TO WSPA:

    DONATE ONLINE:

    www.wspa-usa.org/pages/2958_multiple_disaster_appeal_09_general.cfm

    DONATE BY MAIL:
    WSPA USA, Lincoln Plaza
    89 South Street, Suite 201 / Boston, MA 02111
    800-883-9772

    ====================

    6. KC Directory: Rescue Groups To Help In Asia-Pacific

    As of 10/3/09, below are agencies on ground that Kinship Circle is aware of.

    PHILIPPINES

    PHILIPPINE ANIMALS WELFARE SOCIETY (PAWS)

    DONATE ONLINE:

    www.paws.org.ph/site/389/default.aspx

    DIRECT DESPOSIT:
    Acct Name: The Philippine Animal Welfare Society
    Bank of the Philippine Islands
    Savings Account No.: 3943-0086-11
    PNB Current Account No. 072-830174-0

    ANIMAL WELFARE COALITION (AWC)

    DONATE ONLINE:

    www.animalwelfare.com.ph/support.htm#donate

    DONATE BY MAIL:
    Animal Welfare Coalition (AWC)
    2F Dacon Building / 2281 Pasong Tamo Extension
    1231 Makati City / Metro Manila, Philippines
    632-867-4506, animalwelfarecoalition [at] animalwelfare.com.ph

    DIRECT DESPOSIT:

    Philippine Peso
    Animal Welfare Coalition Manila, Inc.
    East West Bank, Pasong Tamo
    Account No. 24-02-00945-7

    U.S. Dollar
    Animal Welfare Coalition Manila, Inc.
    East West Bank, Pasong Tamo
    US$ Account No. 2470001944
    Swift code: EWBCPCHMM

    INDONESIA

    PROFAUNA INDONESIA

    DONATE ONLINE:

    www.profauna.org/content/en/donations.html

    DONATE BY MAIL:
    ProFauna Indonesia Headquarters
    Jl. Raya Candi II No. 179
    Klaseman, Karangbesuki, Malang, Indonesia 65146
    Postal Address: Jl. Raya Candi II No. 179
    Klaseman, Karangbesuki, Malang, Indonesia 65146
    +62 341 7066769, profauna [at] profauna.org, international [at] profauna.org

    GLOBAL EMERGENCY AGENCIES IN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION

    INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE (IFAW)

    DONATE ONLINE:

    www.ifaw.org/ifaw_united_states/donate_now/typhoon_ketsana.php?msource=DR090912003#x

    DONATE BY MAIL:
    IFAW International Headquarters
    290 Summer Street / Yarmouth Port, MA 02675
    ph: 508-744 2000, 800-932 4329, info [at] ifaw.org

    WORLD SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS (WSPA)

    DONATE ONLINE:

    www.wspa-usa.org/pages/2958_multiple_disaster_appeal_09_general.cfm

    DONATE BY MAIL:
    WSPA USA / Lincoln Plaza
    89 South Street, Suite 201 / Boston, MA 02111 USA
    800-883-9772

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    ]]>     http://www.easyvegan.info/2009/10/05/kinship-circle-lives-shattered-in-tsunami-earthquakes/feed/ 0     Kinship Circle: Cobb County (Marietta, Georgia) Dogs Need Rescue http://www.easyvegan.info/2009/09/26/kinship-circle-cobb-county-marietta-georgia-dogs-need-rescue/ http://www.easyvegan.info/2009/09/26/kinship-circle-cobb-county-marietta-georgia-dogs-need-rescue/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:08:48 +0000 Kelly Garbato http://www.easyvegan.info/?p=9794 Below you will find the second of two action alerts from Kinship Circle, detailing disaster relief needs in the Southeastern U.S., which is currently drying out from recent flooding (and preparing for another bout of heavy rains, to boot). This particular alert focuses on Cobb County Animal Control in Marietta, Georgia, which is inundated with animals. Even if you cannot foster or adopt a dog – or make a monetary donation to help with rescue expenses – please spread the word.

    ———- Forwarded message ———-
    From: Kinship Circle – info [at] kinshipcircle.org
    Date: Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 1:16 PM
    Subject: Soaked SE – Cobb County Dogs Need Rescue

    KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER AID NETWORK

    www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters/

    9/25/09: Soaked Southeast – Cobb County Dogs Need Rescue
    Below is more information regarding COBB COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL in flood-hit Marietta, Georgia. Did you get yesterday’s (9/24/09) overview of animal needs in Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi?

    ASK FOR 9/24/09 FLOOD ALERT: info [at] kinshipcircle.org
    9/24/09: Animal Flood Recovery In Soaked Southeast

    [Kelly's note: The alert is also available on easyVegan.info, here.]

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    GEORGIA: Cobb County Animal Control
    1060 Al Bishop Drive / Marietta, Georgia 30008
    ph: 770-499-4136; fax: 770-590-5620
    Cpt. Jeff Patellis, Dept of Public Safety: 770-590-5602

    animalcontrol.cobbcountyga.gov/

    SUMMARY 9/24/09: From Janice Riccio, Quietzsch [at] aol.com –
    Due to the massive flooding in the Atlanta area, and specifically Cobb County, many people displaced by floodwaters left their pets with Cobb County Animal Control. The shelter was slammed before the floods, so they had no room to house newcomers. They were desperate to find rescue for dogs already housed there or face euthanasia…

    I’ve taken in 9 dogs and have no place to house them, other then boarding at two vet offices. This is very temporary, and although the vets have generously boarded the dogs at a discount, this will add up quickly — not to mention the other costs for rabies vaccines, altering, etc.

    SEND MONETARY DONATIONS TO:
    Call vet offices directly to make donations for flood-affected dogs (shown below).
    * Averill Animal Hospital / 415 Villa Rica Way / Marietta, GA 30064 / 770-422-2402
    * Etowah Veterinary Hospital / 4953 Canton Road / Marietta, GA 30066 / 770-926-8888

    IF YOU CAN FOSTER – ADOPT – RESCUE, CONTACT:
    Janice Riccio, Quietzsch [at] aol.com

    All of dogs below are current on routine shots, including rabies. All are microchipped, dewormed, and tested negative for heartworm.

    Kinship Circle - 2009-09-25 - Cobb County Dogs Need Rescue 01

    BEAR is a super sweet 3 year old chow/shepherd mix girl. Shelter staff say she is good with kids and pets and is leash trained. Her bottom is all in a wiggle when you pet her.

    MAC is a 3 year old, unaltered male collie mix. He is so much cuter in person! He arrived with a flea allergy, since treated. He’s bathed and his fur is growing back nicely.

    BIG RED is a fantastic dog! He is a young retriever mix who follows commands, is leash trained, and loves to play ball.

    Poor ELLIE… Such a beautiful and sweet 4 year old girl whose family could no longer keep her. She is spayed, leash trained and housetrained.

    BALENTINO is an adorable 3 year old boy. His family was unable to keep him, though he did everything right. He is housetrained, leash trained, good with kids and pets, and very well behaved.

    IF YOU CAN FOSTER – ADOPT – RESCUE, CONTACT:
    Janice Riccio, Quietzsch [at] aol.com

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    BARNEY is such a cute little Chihuahua mix who is 4 years old, and 15 lbs. He came to the shelter with his buddy Fred.

    FRED is Barney’s sidekick. He is 4 years old and 13 lbs. You couldn’t go wrong with these 2 lovebugs.

    KRISTY is a 5 month old golden mix puppy. She won’t be too big when she grows up…she is only 18 lbs. now and so sweet! We likely have rescue placement or a potential adopter for her.

    LEAH is a super sweet 3 year old girl, maybe basset/lab? She is spayed, house and leash trained. The shelter says she is good with kids and pets. She was adopted a couple of months ago, but the family decided their lifestyle was too active for a pet so they dumped her back in doggy jail.

    IF YOU CAN FOSTER – ADOPT – RESCUE, CONTACT:
    Janice Riccio, Quietzsch [at] aol.com

    Kinship Circle - 2009-09-25 - Cobb County Dogs Need Rescue 03

    VIEW MORE ADOPTIVE ANIMALS AT COBB OR CHEROKEE SHELTERS:

    www.cherokeeanimals.petfinder.com/

    www.petfinder.com/shelters/GA50.html

    Only a small number of the ones available are listed.

    IF YOU ARE ABLE TO HELP THESE SHELTER ANIMALS, CONTACT:
    Cindy Ganues — Cynthia.Ganues [at] cobbcounty.org
    ph: 770-590-5621; fax: 770-590-5620
    OR Shannon Witt — Shannon.Witt [at] cobbcounty.org
    ph: 770-590-5624; fax: 770-590-5620

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    From: Kinship Circle – info [at] kinshipcircle.org
    Date: Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 2:58 PM
    Subject: Animal Flood Recovery In Soaked Southeast

    KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER AID NETWORK

    www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters/

    9/24/09: Animal Flood Recovery In Soaked Southeast

    1. TENNESSEE: East Ridge Animal Services – DOGS NEED HELP NOW
    2. GEORGIA: Georgia SPCA, GEMA, Barrow, Cobb County AC
    3. ALABAMA: Various shelters in affected areas
    4. MISSISSIPPI: Various shelters in affected areas

    As of Monday, 9/21/09, Kinship Circle has monitored floods across the Southeast U.S., in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, Kentucky and Mississippi. Our small volunteer staff has contacted various agencies on the ground to offer support from our network of independently trained responders. There has been no direct call (as of 9/24/09) for out-of-state volunteers, but rescuers are needed to pull from flood-overcrowded shelters.

    Rivers crested above flood levels in stricken areas, but most waters are receding. Below is a brief report. We’ll update you if circumstances change.

    Kinship Circle - 2009-09-24 - Animal Flood Recovery In Soaked Southeast 01

    Fran Alexay of West Creek Stables in Austell moves a Welsh Pony to a trailer. She helped move 15 horses to Conyers Horse Park. Photo: John Spink.

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    1. TENNESSEE

    EAST RIDGE ANIMAL SERVICES – DOGS NEED HELP NOW
    Carl Zagona, East Ridge Animal Control Supervisor
    czagona01 [at] comcast.net, czagona [at] eastridgetn.org
    East Ridge Animal Services / 1015 Yale St. / East Ridge, TN 37412
    Shelter: 423-664-0271, eras [at] comcast.net

    SUMMARY, 9/24/09: Lead ACO Carl Zagona contacted Kinship Circle today asking us to appeal to rescue groups: 21 dogs from the flood-soaked East Ridge shelter need foster/adoption ASAP. These animals are unable to remain at temporary sites much longer.

    IF ANY RESCUERS CAN PULL ANY EAST RIDGE DOGS, CONTACT:
    Carl Zagona, East Ridge Animal Control Supervisor
    423-664-0271 or 423-421-3681
    czagona01 [at] comcast.net, czagona [at] eastridgetn.org

    All animals are vaccinated with DA2PP and Bordetella. Most have current rabies vaccination. Almost all dogs have a “Guardian Angel” who has paid their adoption fee… We have wonderful animals. Please help us to help them… Thank you, Carl Zagona, East Ridge Animal Control Supervisor

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    Rocky and Fred are among the animals out of harm’s way — but 21 dogs need relocation now.

    SEE ALL ANIMALS:

    www.petfinder.com/shelters/TN360.html

    www.1-800-save-a-pet.com/shelter71540-pets.html

    ON THE GROUND 9/21/09

    Carl Zagona, East Ridge Animal Control Supervisor — Tonight our shelter had 3-4 inches of water inside the kennel with more rain coming… We’ve moved all dogs (25) to local animal hospitals but we need rescue help fast because we are unsure how long we can leave these animals at the hospitals.

    SEND MONETARY DONATIONS TO:
    East Ridge Animal Services / 1015 Yale St. / East Ridge, TN 37412

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    2. GEORGIA

    GEORGIA SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)
    Joan Sammond, Director, Georgia SPCA: joan [at] georgiaspc.org
    1175 Hwy 23 Suite 109 / Suwanee, GA 30024
    office: 678-765-2726; fax: 678-765-2729
    email: petresQfoster [at] aol.com * www.georgiaspca.org

    SUMMARY 9/22/09: Georgia SPCA is the lead agency on the ground for flood-affected regions of hard-hit Georgia. They’ve opened an emergency shelter for animal flood victims, including those whose guardians were forced to evacuate. The shelter is located in Columbus, about 90 miles south of Atlanta.

    GEORGIA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (GEMA)
    404-635-7000; Administrative Services: 404-656-5514

    www.gema.ga.gov

    SUMMARY 9/23/09: Kinship Circle has registered with the state as a potential resource to call upon for animal flood relief. At this time there has been no request for out-of-state volunteers.

    BARROW COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL
    610 Barrow Park Dr. / Winder, GA 30680
    office: 770-307-3012; fax: 770-867-1660

    www.barrowpets.net/

    www.myspace.com/BarrowBuddies

    www.Petfinder.com/shelters/GA261.html

    www.NeedfulSouls.org/main/categories.php?cat_id=292

    SUMMARY 9/23/09: Forwarded from: EdgyinJax [at] aol.com — The shelter has flooded and is closed to the public. Need help now. Not only flood water, but the sewer drains have backed up as well. The officers are working off one computer… There are others not on this current list who have come in since the photos were taken. Any help is urgently needed for them. There is no list currently available for those held over due to the circumstances.

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    Barrow Co. is full and they are doubling up the pens. Please save a life if you can. *Animals are required to be held for only 5 days so if you are interested in a certain animal please call the shelter as soon as possible.

    SEE ALL ANIMALS: www.barrowpets.net/

    DROP OFF OR SHIP SUPPLIES TO:
    Barrow County Animal Control
    610 Barrow Park Dr. / Winder, GA 30680
    office: 770-307-3012; fax: 770-867-1660

    SUPPLY NEEDS:
    * Kitty litter
    * Towels
    * Cardboard boxes that hold a case of drinks, chewy dog treats, etc.

    VOLUNTEER NEEDS:
    Call/email for a list of animals still in need if you can help.
    770-307-3012
    cwatkins [at] barrowga.org, mbeckemeyer [at] barrowga.org, mburrell [at] barrowga.org

    COBB COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL
    1060 Al Bishop Drive / Marietta, Georgia 30008
    ph: 770-499-4136; fax: 770-590-5620
    Cpt. Jeff Patellis, Dept of Public Safety: 770-590-5602

    animalcontrol.cobbcountyga.gov/

    SUMMARY 9/22/09: [THIS INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED]
    Forwarded from: EdgyinJax [at] aol.com, jennparr [at] juno.com — Cobb AC is in a crisis due to the flooding… They have taken in 50 dogs since yesterday, scores of cats, more coming in and they can’t hold. Please go to the shelter, they don’t have a lot of time for taking phone calls. Please don’t let this natural disaster turn into a worse disaster for the animals!

    Some are in temporary boarding covered by a Good Samaritan with limited funds… They are only TEMPORARILY safe and still need a rescue or adopter immediately! Please donate to help cover boarding, which adds up quickly.

    SEND MONETARY DONATIONS TO:
    Cobb County Animal Control / 1060 Al Bishop Drive / Marietta, Georgia 30008

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    SEE ALL ANIMALS: www.petfinder.com/shelters/GA50.html

    IF YOU ARE ABLE TO HELP SAVE A LIFE, PLEASE CONTACT:
    Cindy Ganues — Cynthia.Ganues [at] cobbcounty.org
    ph: 770-590-5621; fax: 770-590-5620
    OR Shannon Witt — Shannon.Witt [at] cobbcounty.org
    ph: 770-590-5624; fax: 770-590-5620

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    3. ALABAMA

    HALE COUNTY SHELTER
    Dee Sullins, Director
    20 Corrections Drive / Greensboro, AL 36744
    office: 334-624-8120; email: kernansullins [at] yahoo.com

    SUMMARY 9/22/04: Hale County told Kinship Circle it experienced minor water on their cat area floor, but that floor drains alleviated any buildup. They are currently fine, but appreciate Kinship Circle’s offer to help.

    ADAR ANIMAL RESCUE
    8051 Laurel Oaks Lane / Tuscaloosa, AL
    205-759-1100 * www.adarrescue.com/homepage.html

    SUMMARY 9/23/09: This rescue reports that all animals are in good shape, but
    would notify Kinship Circle if circumstances change.

    TUSCALOOSA METRO ANIMAL SHELTER
    3140 35th Sreet / Tuscaloosa, AL 35401-5411
    205-752-9101 * http:www.metroanimalshelter.org

    HUMANE SOCIETY OF WEST ALABAMA
    1515 Veterans Memorial Pkwy / Tuscaloosa, AL 35404-4703
    205-554-0011 * www.humanesocietyofwa.org

    BIBB COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER
    134 Bibb Lane / Brent, AL 35034
    bibbcountyanimalshelter [at] gmail.com

    SUMMARY 9/23/09: Kinship Circle was unable to reach anyone directly at the [three] shelters (above) in flood-affected parts of Alabama, but provided information to contact us if volunteers or supplies are needed.

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    Photographer Curtis Compton. A motorist abandons her flooded vehicle on I-85 South at Spaghetti Junction during rush hour, 9/21/09.

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    4. MISSISSIPPI

    MISSISSIPPI ANIMAL RESCUE
    5221 Greenway Drive Ext. / Jackson, MS 39204
    601-969-1631; DebraB [at] netdoor.com

    www.msarl.org/

    SUMMARY: MS Animal Rescue requires no out-of-state aid at this time, but asked to join Kinship Circle’s mailing list for updates.

    CITY OF JACKSON ANIMAL SHELTER
    658 S Jefferson Street / Jackson, MS
    601-960-1774

    SUMMARY: The police report that Jackson City Shelter is fine.

    HUMANE SOCIETY OF LEFLORE COUNTY
    P.O. Box 620 / Greenwood, Mississippi 38935
    662-453-8085

    SUMMARY: Left info to contact us if volunteers or supplies are needed.

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    I’m a little late in forwarding this alert from Kinship Circle, and in the interim, there’s been a development in the case. Not surprisingly, it hasn’t resulted in justice for the animals killed by veterinarian Marcy Miranov (and Dr. John Edwards, as well).

    Reports The Times-Picayune:

    Raw emotions and poor record-keeping triggered whirling accusations of animal cruelty at Jefferson Parish’s animal shelters, according to the results of an independent study released today.

    But no laws were broken when 51 cats and dogs were euthanized on Aug. 13 at the parish’s Elmwood facility, the Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals discovered. [...]

    “Our report is not a glowing report about what’s going on in interoperation,” said Ana Zorrilla, chief executive officer of the state SPCA. “We certainly hope that it’s well received and we certainly hope that the public reads parts and pieces of it, that it’s really seen as an opportunity to improve those operations, not just as criticism or critique of what’s been going on there.”

    The SPCA’s representatives worked in an atmosphere already emotionally charged by the abrupt resignation of the shelters’ director, Lee Ann Matherne. She quit the day before the animals were put down.

    The most glaring problem appeared to be shoddy record-keeping and lackluster policy management, Zorrilla said. The shelters have four different written policies governing euthanasia. Each one says a different set of people need to approve each procedure.

    As far as the SPCA could tell, none of them were being followed. But since none were being implemented, no policies were broken, Zorrilla said.

    The SPCA report, however, dispelled several rumors that arose from that incident. Dr. Marci Miranov, the parish’s senior veterinarian in Marrero, had clearance to work at the Elmwood shelter, Zorrilla said. Her colleague, Dr. John Edwards, did not stop her from euthanizing the animals on Aug. 13, as some animal activists suspected. Rather, he assisted her in her work.

    The cats put down that day had been sedated, Zorrilla said, contrary to reports that Miranov was lethally injecting the animals without killing the pain first.

    The report also found the number of animals put down that day were average. Euthanasia sessions don’t occur daily, which accounts for larger numbers when one is conducted, officials said.

    Zorrilla did say that the SPCA found that some of the animals killed that day were adoptable.

    “Some were sick, some were feral, but some were strictly space conditions,” she said.

    Parish President Aaron Broussard said he would be asking the Parish Council to enact several ordinances Wednesday that would go a long way to cleaning up the poor conditions at the shelters. Broussard has asked that the parish hire the American SPCA to take over the shelters for 90 days, that his administration begin searching for an outside group that could permanently run the facilities and that he enter negotiations to transfer the Marrero shelter to a new site – a former West Jefferson Medical Center clinic near the Oakwood Mall.

    (Background here.)

    If you choose to act on this alert, please take the SPCA’s findings and recommendations into account. In addition to turning control of the parish shelters over to an outside organization, please urge Jefferson Parish to work in concert with local animal rescue organizations in order to make NOLA a no-kill city. By “no-kill,” I mean truly no-kill – this goes for “feral” and “less adoptable” cats and dogs, too. While shelters may not have the time or resources to rehab animals with medical or behavioral problems, some rescue groups do; some even specialize in these cases.

    Whether any human law was violated or not, this slaughter needn’t have happened. Judging from ARNO’s comments, little-to-no effort was made to place these animals in rescue groups prior to killing them – and this is simply unacceptable.

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    Date: Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 11:23 AM
    Subject: Louisiana Vet Kills Without Cause [Friends of Kinship Circle]

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    8/28/09: Jefferson Parrish, Louisiana Vet Kills Without Cause

    ALERT WRITER: Charlotte Bass Lilly, executive director, ARNO
    table25 [at] bellsouth.net, 504-522-0222, www.animalrescueneworleans.org

    BACKGROUND: [EDITED FOR LENGTH]

    Charlotte Bass Lilly, ARNO, writes: [August 14] between 6am and 9am, Dr. Marcy Miranov, Westbank Jefferson Parish shelter contract veterinarian, traveled to to the Eastbank shelter and took 18 dogs out of the adoptable kennels, some of whom had been adopted and awaited pickup. In addition she took the entire population of cat ISO, 13-15 cats and kittens, and euthanized all by lethal IV injection (with NO pre-sedation).

    WHY? There were 12 empty kennels in stray hold, as well as open small kennels. Many [killed] were highly adoptable small and medium dogs, i.e. jack russell, min pin, boston terrier mix, chi mix… I can figure no reason why any doctor of veterinary medicine would do such a thing.

    I understand that Dr. Miranov’s contract does not authorize her to be at the Eastbank shelter, except in a medical emergency. No one okayed the killings, but the kennel manager and staff stood by quietly — perhaps afraid after the unexpected firing of Leeann Matherne, past director of Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter Division. The slaughter continued until Eastbank veterinarian, Dr. John Edwards, arrived at 9am. He was horrified…

    Some Jefferson Parish adoptables…

    Kinship Circle - 2009-08-28 - Louisiana Vet Kills Without Cause 01

    LT: Princess, CONTACT Amy, 304-832-4112 or ahmoloney [at] earthlink.net

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    RT: Miri, CONTACT fjaskittens [at] yahoo.com

    VIEW MORE ANIMALS: www.petfinder.com/shelters/jpas.html

    PLAYING POLITICS WITH ANIMALS’ LIVES?

    Dr. Miranov had recently reported to the DEA that Ms. Matherne was stealing drugs for resale. DEA found no drugs missing…Matherne was drug tested and passed. The “drug rumors” arose as retaliation after Dr. Miranov was terminated by Matherne (but somehow kept her job). This stirs questions about Jeff Parish authorities. Why was Dr. Miranov allowed to return? Whose agenda did this suit? Certainly not those with animal welfare in mind…

    [ARNO's] relationship with Jefferson Parish shelters, as well as municipal shelters in a five parish area, is well-known among rescuers. ARNO has supplied wet cat food pallets to encourage volunteer TNR efforts. We’ve sent donated pallets of quality canned dog and kitten food… We’ve taken dogs, cats, and kittens considered unadoptable due to health/behavioral issues older age… Our role in helping these shelter animals is purposefully done to work together towards a no-kill community. Events like [needless slaughter] send this shelter, and Jefferson Parish, reeling into the past…

    TAKE ACTION:

    Charlotte Bass Lilly, ARNO, writes: I urge you to call, fax or write. The horror of this occurrence should result in Dr. Miranov —

    1. Losing her license to practice veterinary medicine, as she has violated her oath;
    2. Charges and prosecution for 33 cases of animal cruelty/abuse;
    3. Termination of her contract to serve the parish in any capacity; and
    4. Reinstatement of Leeann Matherne as Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter Division director.

    Aaron F. Broussard, Jefferson Parish President
    1221 Elmwood Park Blvd., Suite 1002; Jefferson, LA 70123
    ph: 504-736-6400; fax: 504-736-6638
    email: ABroussard [at] Jeffparish.net
    SOURCE: www.jeffparish.net/index.cfm?DocID=4

    www.jeffparish.net/index.cfm?DocID=1376

    Jefferson Parish Council:
    ChrisRoberts [at] jeffparish.net, BJLawson [at] jeffparish.net, EltonLagasse [at] jeffparish.net, BBordelon [at] jeffparish.net, ByronLee [at] jeffparish.net, PWJackson [at] jeffparish.net, JohnYoung [at] jeffparish.net, SBurke [at] jeffparish.net, RBlanchard [at] jeffparish.net, ThomasCapella [at] jeffparish.net, MThomas [at] jeffparish.net, BGrenrood [at] jeffparish.net, LouisCongemi [at] jeffparish.net, NNicolosi [at] jeffparish.net, CynthiaLeeSheng [at] jeffparish.net, RHinyub [at] jeffparish.net

    FOR DISTRICT AFFILIATION + FULL CONTACT INFORMATION:

    www.jeffparish.net/index.cfm?DocID=7

    The Jefferson Parish Animal Shelter Department
    Tiffany Peperone, Interim, Director
    #1 Humane Way; Jefferson, LA 70123
    ph: 504-736-6111; fax: 504-736-8729
    email: JPAnimalShelter [at] jeffparish.net
    SOURCE: www.jeffparish.net/index.cfm?DocID=1149

    Louisiana Board of Veterinary Medicine
    263 Third Street, Suite 104; Baton Rouge, LA 70801
    ph: 225-342-2176; fax: 225-342-2142
    email: admin [at] lsbvm.org
    Complaint Form: www.lsbvm.org/complaint.pdf

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    The photo – which has nothing to do with the actual content of the post; rather, I stumbled upon it by accident while searching for pictures of a Jefferson Parish animal shelter and found it friggin’ adorable – is via Paul Douroux on Flickr.

    Title & caption: Hipbone in Jefferson Parish; Mardi Gras Day 2008.

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