from groups helping save animals from Katrina

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This is a comprehensive list of links for groups working to save animals from

the ravages of Katrina. Please pass on to other groups as appropriate. Also

the poster added a paragraph at the end on basic tips to ensure your companion

animals will be taken care of in an emergency.

 

Shelley

 

 

http://www.catsinthenews.blogspot.com/ Feral Cats In The News –

The Feral Cat Blog!

has information on how to help cats caught in Hurricane Katrina:

Monetary donations are best unless official and specific requests for

physical help or supplies are made.

 

Noah's Wish - Dedicated exclusively to Rescuing and Sheltering

Animals in Disasters

Noah's Wish has setup a Disaster Animal Shelter at the address below:

1325 BAYOU LANE, SLIDELL, LA (LOCATED NEXT TO HERITAGE PARK)

http://www.noahswish.org/

Terri Crisp, Founder and Director of Noah's Wish, a not-for-profit

organization that works exclusively to save animals after disasters,

has set up rescue operations in Slidell, Louisiana. ...Because most

shelters do not allow pets, except for seeing-eye dogs and service

animals, most pets are simply abandoned when families flee. Crisp

estimates that over the next few weeks she and her team will rescue

more than 1,000 pets. " Noah's Wish exists to help people just as

much as we help animals, " says Crisp. " We will provide temporary

shelter for pets whose owners have lost their homes and hopefully our

teams will be able to reunite lost pets with their owners. " Donate

online at WWW.NOAHSWISH.ORG.

 

United Animal Nations - http://www.uan.org/ears/action_report.html

Emergency Animal Rescue Services (EARS)

* Emergency Animal Shelters * Lost Animal Hotlines (downloadable pdf

off website)

September 2, 2005: EARS leaders are now staging in Jackson, MS and

Houston, TX to assess the situation and determine next steps. UAN is

coordinating response efforts with several other organizations that

are providing animal disaster relief - including the ASPCA, the

International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Colorado-based Code 3

Associates, the Humane Society of the United States, American Humane

and Best Friends Animal Society. On Saturday morning, responders from

these organizations will meet to determine a plan of action for

entering the Southern portion of the state. Initial plans for EARS to

enter the New Orleans area to assist with animal evacuations have

been put on hold due to increasing violence and lack of supplies

across Louisiana.

 

Best Friends Animal Sanctuary – Can call/email w/info about pets left

behind

http://news.bestfriends.org/index.cfm?page=specialreports

Best Friends is coordinating efforts with rescue groups to find

animals that have been left in Louisiana and Mississippi homes.

Please get the word out to anyone you know who had to leave behind an

animal that they can write to hurricane or call

435.644.3965 ext.4455 and leave the following information: Name and

current contact information/Address where animal was left Name of

pet/Description of pet (species, breed, distinguishing

characteristics) Photo if available. We will get this information

to emergency command posts in the hope of getting to these houses and

getting the animals out. We are doing everything we can to try to

make this happen.

 

Alley Cat Allies http://www.alleycat.org/ This will help

colony cats/stray cats.

If you know of cats, caregivers, or a rescue group in need, call

Alley Cat Allies at 240-482-1980, ext. 125, and ask for Vanessa or e-

mail alleycat. We want to help.

Please donate to Alley Cat Allies' Compassion Fund to assist the

community-based cat rescue groups providing on-the-ground support for

these displaced cats over the next weeks and months. Be sure to

designate the Compassion Fund. Please make your check payable to

Alley Cat Allies & mail to: Alley Cat Allies/7920 Norfolk Avenue,

Suite 600/Bethesda, MD 20814-2525 You can call Elise Ravenscroft of

Alley Cat Allies at 240-482-1983. Elise can take your donation

information over the phone.

 

 

Petfinder.com has set up an emergency Hurricane Katrina Resource page.

katrina.petfinder.com links to a message board for posting or

communicating with others about the plight of pets, animals and their

owners. http://www.petfinder.org/disaster/

 

American Humane Association (AHA)

http://www.americanhumane.org/site/PageServer?

pagename=pa_disaster_relief

American Humane's Animal Emergency Services is staging on the scene

and organizing teams. **Attention shelters and animal control

officers: If you need support, contact American Humane's Animal

Emergency Services program manager at (509) 869-1455!

 

Humane Society of the United States Disaster Relief Fund (HSUS)

https://secure.hsus.org/01/disaster_relief_fund_2005?

 

PETCO -- donate to Hurricane Katrina Disaster Relief at

http://www.petco.com.

 

ASPCA Can donate at www.aspca.org

For pets that have been left behind or to volunteer in affected

areas, leave a message on the the ASPCA's hurricane hotline at 866-

275-3923 x 4700. Be sure to leave as many details as possible and a

way you can be contacted.

 

North Shore Animal League http://www.nsalamerica.org/feature/katrina/

 

PetSmart Charities -- Make a credit card donation at the PetSmart

Charities home page at

http://www.petsmartcharities.org/ Make a cash donation at the

Charity Dog receptacle inside any U.S. PetSmart store between Aug. 30

and Sept. 30, 2005. Mail in a check donation to: PetSmart

Charities/Attn: Disaster Relief/ 19601 North 27th Avenue/Phoenix, AZ

85027 (write " Disaster Relief " in the memo section on check.)

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VCA Animal Hospitals in Texas Provide Free Boarding to Animals

Victimized by Hurricane Katrina LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept.

1, 2005--In the shadow of the devastating impact of Hurricane

Katrina, VCA Animal Hospitals is taking an immediate step to aid

victims by providing free boarding to house pets from the areas

hardest hit by the hurricane. With a national network of 375 animal

hospitals, VCA facilities in Alabama, Florida and Texas have joined

together to help provide a safe haven for pets that have been

impacted. The approximately 65 VCA hospitals are offering this

valuable service on a space available basis to try to ease the

emotional and financial burden many pet owners are now facing. For

further information and to locate a VCA hospital in Alabama, Florida

or Texas, please call 1-800-VCA-PETS or visit the Web site at

www.vcapets.com

 

Wildlife Care Center Needs Help After Katrina Wildlife Care Center,

which is located at 3200 S.W. 4th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale. Their

phone number is (954) 524-7564

 

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And what we all need to do –

-- take pictures of our pets, store them online (can use computers at

library), e.g. www.photoworks.com, http://www.snapfish.com/ , also

have photos at home

-- have at least 3 days water/food/litter/meds stored in plastic

containers (buy bottled water)

-- have one carrier per cat, kept inside living space (easy to get

to, and will smell like home)