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Victoria Burning - Help Animal Fire Victims In Australia

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2/13/09: Victoria Burning - Help Animal Fire Victims

IN THIS ALERT:

KC Directory: Animal Relief Efforts You Can Help. Millions Died... Nigel’s Animal Rescue: Send Money & Supplies ASAP Wildlife Victoria: Overwhelmed With Fire Victims Help For Wildlife: Long Recovery Ahead For Animals RSPCA: Emergency Aid For Companion Animals Wildlife Burning IFAW: Team On The Ground For Animals In Victoria Survivors Of The Fire - Symbols of Hope

 

Please review resources below to see WHO and HOW to help.

PHOTOS: Help For Wildlife, Victoria (Australia) --

http://www.helpforwildlife.com/bushfires/photos.html

 

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1. Animal Relief Efforts You Can Help. Millions Died...

 

EYEWITNESS TO THE FIRES -- VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA

2/12/09, Katie, Lake Nagambie - Victoria, Australia,

beachside64 -- It feels like the whole of Victoria is up in

flames. We expect [human] fatalities to climb over 300 when they get around

to more isolated areas. [it is estimated] well over 1 million wild and

domestic animals have perished... Animals lucky enough to be rescued will

need months of care and rehabilitation. There are still 31 fires burning...

 

Kinship Circle Directory

HELP FOR WILDLIFE

WEBSITE: http://www.helpforwildlife.com/

WILDLIFE IN FIRES: http://www.helpforwildlife.com/bushfires/how_to_help.html

DONATE BY MAIL:

Help For Wildlife, PO Box 181

Coldstream, VIC 3770, Australia

ph: 0417 380 687

 

WILDLIFE VICTORIA’S URGENT BUSHFIRE APPEAL

WEBSITE: http://www.wildlifevictoria.org.au/cms/index.php

DONATE ONLINE:

http://www.wildlifevictoria.org.au/cms/index.php?option=com_wrapper & view=wrapper & Itemid=43

BY MAIL:

Jon Rowdon, President, Wildlife Victoria

Reply Paid 84688

MELBOURNE VIC 3000

DIRECT DEPOSIT:

Account Name: Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Account

Bank Name: Commonwealth Bank

BSB: 063 806

Account: 1007 7387

 

NIGEL'S ANIMAL RESCUE

WEBSITE: http://www.animalrescue.com.au/

DONATE BY MAIL:

Nigel’s Animal Rescue, PO Box 1096

Hartwell 3124

ph: 0427 533 083

ONLINE INFORMATION:

http://www.animalrescue.com.au/fire_crisis.php

 

RSPCA – INJURED/DISPLACED COMPANION ANIMALS

WEBSITE: http://www.rspcavic.org/index.htm

DONATE ONLINE:

https://wic032p.server-secure.com/vs138364_secure/Default.aspx?ReferredFrom=rspcavic_header

BY MAIL:

Bushfire Appeal, RSPCA Victoria

3 Burwood Highway

Burwood East VIC 3151

ph: 03 9224 2222

DIRECT DESPOSIT:

RSPCA Bushfire Appeal

BSB 083-153

A/c 868326451

Email your contact info to: accounts

(name, address, date, amount donated)

 

IFAW / ASIA-PACIFIC

DONATE ONLINE:

https://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/donate_now/index.php?msource=DR090202001

 

WILDLIFE RESCUE & INFORMATION INC

WEBSITE: http://www.wrin.asn.au/

EMAIL: secretary

DONATE ONLINE:

http://www.wrin.asn.au/payments.htm

BY MAIL:

W.R.I.N. Inc., P.O. Box 2412

Bendigo, VICTORIA 3554, AUSTRALIA

 

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES + NEWS LINKS:

DOGS Victoria Bushfire Appeal

http://www.dogsvictoria.org.au/Content.asp?ID=277 & SubID=367

Australian Wildlife Health Centre / RACV Wildlife Connect 13 11 11

http://www.awhc.zoo.org.au/Get%20Involved/Found%20Injured%20Wildlife.aspx

Millions of animals feared dead

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29143295/

Millions of animals dead in Australia fires

http://www.rr.com/news/news/article/9002/6834427/Millions_of_animals_dead_in_Australia_fires/1

Koala rescued from Australia's wildfire wasteland

http://news./s/ap/20090210/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_wildfires_koala_rescue

Wildfire toll could surpass 200

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29114722/

 

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2. Nigel’s Animal Rescue: Send Money & Supplies ASAP

 

2/9/09, Victoria Fire Crisis – Your Urgent Assistance Is Required

FULL STORY: http://www.animalrescue.com.au/fire_crisis.php

 

NIGEL’S ANIMAL RESCUE – CENTRAL HUB FOR DONATIONS & SUPPLIES:

Nigel's Animal Rescue has been working around the clock to provide emergency

assistance to animals affected by the bushfires and we desperately need your

help! Nigel’s Animal Rescue currently operates as the central hub for

donations and supplies for all animal rescues in the area.

 

SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR ANIMALS:

Hay, Straw / Food Cat-Dog-Chaff / Medical Supplies

Cages Transportable Collapsible / Temporary pens

Transport for injured animals.

4g and 22g catheters (prefer introcan but anything would be fine)

5cm coplus & soffban / Idexx urea and creat slides

0.9% sodium chloride 1 litre bags

Gloves / Swabs / Bedding

Giving sets / Extension sets

Melolin 10cm x 10cm

Silvazine / Baytril injectable

Tramal injectable / Temgesic injectable

Alfaxan CD / Solosite

IV Drip pumps J / Heat pads/packs

1ml, 3ml, 5, 10ml, 20, syringes

 

DONATE TO NIGEL'S ANIMAL RESCUE:

WEBSITE: http://www.animalrescue.com.au/

EMAIL: nigel

DONATE MONEY OR SUPPLIES BY MAIL:

Nigel’s Animal Rescue, PO Box 1096

Hartwell 3124

ph: 0427 533 083

ONLINE INFO ON HOW TO DONATE:

http://www.animalrescue.com.au/fire_crisis.php

 

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3. Wildlife Victoria: Overwhelmed With Fire Victims

 

2/09, Bushfires threaten wildlife survival – affected wildlife already in care

FULL: http://www.wildlifevictoria.org.au/cms/index.php?option=com_content & view=article & id=61:ftts & catid=1:general

 

The fires have devastated our wildlife, including the loss of at least two

wildlife shelters... Wildlife rescuers are preparing for one of the largest

operations in our history once we can safely enter fire grounds...

Unfortunately we cannot take volunteers at this time unless they’re already

trained. If people want to help -- please donate to the appeal.

 

FOR INJURED ANIMALS, ONLY: 13 000 94535 (13 000 WILDLIFE), 24 hours

 

DONATE TO WILDLIFE VICTORIA’S URGENT BUSHFIRE APPEAL:

To fund bandages, treatment, medicines and food for injured wildlife, plus

activities to help our volunteers best respond to wildlife needs.

WEBSITE: http://www.wildlifevictoria.org.au/cms/index.php

EMAIL: office

ONLINE:

http://www.wildlifevictoria.org.au/cms/index.php?option=com_wrapper & view=wrapper & Itemid=43

BY MAIL:

Wildlife Victoria, 3/288 Brunswick St.

Fitzroy 3065

ph: 9445 0310

DIRECT DEPOSIT:

Account Name: Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Account

Bank Name: Commonwealth Bank

BSB: 063 806

Account: 1007 7387

 

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4. Help For Wildlife: Long Recovery Ahead For Animals

 

2/10/09, Rescuers And Firefighters Helping Wildlife During Bush Fires in Victoria, Australia

FULL STORY: http://network.bestfriends.org/rapidresponse/news/32108.html

 

POSTED COMMENT IN BEST FRIENDS AUSTRALIA NETWORK COMMUNITY:

http://network.bestfriends.org/foaaustralia/news/

The Help for Wildlife response team -- based in the vicinity where

Kinglake/Healesville fires occurred -- are on standby to enter fire grounds

when safe to rescue injured wildlife. They already have a number of animals

in care and are expecting many more. Kangaroos and wallabies found in

abundance in this area can take months to recover and require a great deal

of dressings and medication.

 

SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR ANIMALS:

silverzine cream / non-stick dressings

soft bandages / vet wrap

saline / disinfectant/clorhexidine

syringes / pain relief / antibiotics

feed / hay (for starving wildlife)

Donations for fuel (to carry out the extensive search and rescue)

 

DONATE TO HELP FOR WILDLIFE:

WEBSITE: http://www.helpforwildlife.com/help_for_wildlife.html

EMAIL: helpforwildlife

DONATE MONEY OR SUPPLIES BY MAIL:

Help For Wildlife, PO Box 181

Coldstream 3770 VIC, Australia

ph: 0417 380 687, 0359 649, 480

Denise Garratt, Director

 

 

Parched koala bear gets a drink from a biker

http://www.lobsa.org/images20/ThirstyKoalaVictorianBushfires09.jpg

 

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5. RSPCA: Emergency Aid For Companion Animals

 

2/12/09, How the RSPCA is helping Victoria’s bushfire victims

FULL STORY: http://www.rspcavic.org/campaigns_news/news_bushfires.htm

 

HOW RSPCA IS HELPING BUSHFIRE VICTIMS:

Emergency advice is available at 03 9224 2222. Free veterinary care to animals in need at RSPCA Burwood and Pearcedale Veterinary Clinics. Financial assistance to cover expenses provided by other vets: Call 03 9224 2251 or 0405 015 794. For all other enquiries call: 03 9224 2222. Pet Supplies: RSPCA has delivered pet food to relief centres. To donate pet food, bedding, leads and bowls, deliver these to your local RSPCA. Lost & Found: Working to reunite lost pets with their families. Temporary Accommodation: To animals at our shelters across Victoria. Call: 03 9224 2222. FOR MORE DETAILS -- http://www.rspcavic.org/campaigns_news/news_bushfires.htm

 

DONATE TO RSPCA - INJURED/DISPLACED COMPANION ANIMALS:

WEBSITE: http://www.rspcavic.org/index.htm

DONATE ONLINE:

https://wic032p.server-secure.com/vs138364_secure/Default.aspx?ReferredFrom=rspcavic_header

BY MAIL:

Bushfire Appeal, RSPCA Victoria

3 Burwood Highway

Burwood East VIC 3151

DIRECT DESPOSIT:

RSPCA Bushfire Appeal

BSB 083-153

A/c 868326451

Email your contact info to: accounts

(name, address, date, amount donated)

 

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6. Wildlife Burning

 

2/12/09, Animals fall victim to Australian fire

FULL STORY: http://newsok.com/animals-fall-victim-to-australian-fire/article/3345273

 

SYDNEY -- Wildlife rescue officials worked frantically to help the animals

that made it through Australia’s worst-ever wildfires, but they said

millions of animals likely perished in the inferno. Hundreds of burned,

stressed and dehydrated animals -- including kangaroos, koalas, lizards and

birds -- already have arrived at shelters across the scorched region.

Rescuers have doled out antibiotics, pain relievers and fluids to the

critters in a bid to keep them comfortable, but some of the severely injured

were euthanized to spare any more suffering.

 

 

Sam, a koala saved from the bushfires, is treated 2/11/09 at the Mountain

Ash Wildlife Center in Rawson, Australia. AP PHOTO.

http://newsok.com/animals-fall-victim-to-australian-fire/article/3345273

 

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7. IFAW: Team On The Ground For Animals In Victoria

 

2/11/09, Bushfire Emergency

FULL STORY: http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/index.php

Bushfire emergency in Australia - a message from Erica Martin

FULL STORY: http://www.animalrescueblog.org/

 

 

Photo © IFAW / M. Fillinger. 2/11/09, IFAW helps Victoria's animal victims

http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/media_center/press_releases/02_11_2009_52441.php

 

IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) has sent an emergency relief

team to help wild and domestic animals affected by the devastating fires in

Victoria. Tania Duratovic is leading the IFAW team in Whittlesea. We arrived

in Whittlesea (2/9/09) and set up in the staging area...

 

Today we traveled to Kinglake West and Kinglake Central - two of the worst

hit areas. Remnants of trees and piles of rubble are all that is left of

what used to people’s homes and indeed whole towns. People are happy...to

see something emerge alive from the devastation. As one person recounted as

they handed over a slightly burned ring-tailed possum, “We have lost our

house, our neighbours and our pets but we found this little guy alive --

please help him, I just want him to live.”

 

 

IFAW vet Dr. Howard Ralph administered first aid and the possum is now under

the care of Help for Wildlife volunteers. Dr. Ralph, is a renowned vet,

burns specialist and human doctor. He is helping local vets treat pets at

the survivors’ shelter in Whittlesea. Photo © IFAW / M. Fillinger

 

So far we have been able to provide immediate aid to many animals suffering

from the effects of the fire including dogs, cats, horses, ducks, chickens,

wallabies, possums, kangaroos, joeys, koalas, a peacock, a lyrebird, a goat,

a dingo and an orphaned baby deer...

 

ONGOING IFAW UPDATES FROM THE FIELD:

http://www.animalrescueblog.org/2009/02/bushfire-update.html#more

 

DONATE TO IFAW / ASIA-PACIFIC:

https://www.ifaw.org/ifaw_asia_pacific/donate_now/index.php?msource=DR090202001

Anyone who finds an injured animal should call Tania Duratovic on 0428 229 000.

 

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8. Survivors Of The Fire – Symbols of Hope

 

2/11/09, Aussies find symbols of hope in two koalas

FULL STORY: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29123220/

 

 

A koala nicknamed Bob puts his paw around fellow fire survivor Sam at the

Southern Ash Wildlife Shelter in Rawson, Australia. Colleen Wood / Southern

Ash Wildlife Shelter via Reuters. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29123220/

 

SYDNEY -- A bond between two burned koalas rescued from Australia's

deadliest wildfires has provided some heart-warming relief after days of

devastation and the loss of more than 180 lives and possibly millions of

animals. The story of the koalas emerged after volunteer firefighter David

Tree used a mobile phone to photograph and film the rescue of the bewildered

female, since nicknamed Sam, that was found cowering in a burned-out forest

at Mirboo North, 90 miles southeast of Melbourne.

 

 

Photos and video of Tree, 44, approaching Sam while talking gently to her,

and feeding her water from a plastic bottle as she put her burned claw in

his cold, wet hand quickly hit YouTube, making her an Internet sensation.

 

But it was after reaching a wildlife shelter that Sam met and befriended

another koala, nicknamed Bob, who was saved by wildlife workers two days

before Sam, in Boolarra, about 110 miles from Melbourne... CONTINUE STORY:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29123220/

 

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