Fwd: Urgent: Help the Animal Victims of India’s Devastating Floods

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Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 10:21 PM

Urgent: Help the Animal Victims of India's Devastating Floods

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Dear Azam,

 

Thousands of animals in India desperately *need your

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A deadly combination of heavy monsoon rains and a failed dam have caused the

rain-swollen Kosi River to burst its banks. An unprecedented flood has

resulted, with highly populated areas in the northern Indian state of Bihar

under water. Whole towns and villages have been washed away...many people

and animals have perished...while many more have been evacuated and brought

to massive relief camps.

 

The pictures coming from our team on the ground show scenes of desperation:

Families clutching each other as they struggle through raging flood

waters...holding their pets tightly in their arms...even relying on their

cows to help pull them through the torrents of water that used to be roads.

 

Officials are calling it the worst floods in Bihar in more than 50 years,

possibly the worst ever.

 

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*Rushing help where it's needed most*

 

IFAW's Emergency Relief team is on the scene in Bihar, working hard to

alleviate the suffering of animals and people by:

 

- Working in several relief camps to administer veterinary care, provide

medicines and supplements, and help distribute food to displaced and

stranded farm animals.

- Traveling to the hardest-hit areas to provide vet care, medicines, and

nourishment to animals that are stranded and not yet able to be moved to

relief camps. So far the team estimates that they have provided aid that has

reached 6,000 animals.

- Supplying medicines and vitamins to animal owners, and educating them

on how to prevent diseases and worm infestations in their animals.

 

IFAW's Emergency Relief team at the Center for Wildlife Rehabilitation near

Kaziranga National Park is also on alert, preparing a full-scale wildlife

disaster response should it be needed. Kaziranga, located in the state of

Assam in north-eastern India, experiences annual floods that displace wild

animals like rhinos and elephants.

 

Nearly two million people and over 100,000 animals have already been

evacuated to the relief camps from the hardest hit areas across the state of

Bihar. In just the two districts where IFAW's Emergency Relief team is

working, about 23,000 animals have been sheltered in various camps. The

numbers are staggering, the devastation hard to believe, but IFAW is

committed to helping as many animals as possible.

 

*Be a part of the rescue efforts*

 

Right now, thousands of flood victims are counting on us. Your contribution

will help us rescue animals, feed them, and provide them with vet care they

so desperately need...*your contribution could be the difference between

life and death for so many animals*.

 

IFAW could not do the work we do without the incredible generosity of people

like you. The animals need so much, and you always come through for them.

 

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Thank you,

 

Erica Martin, IFAW Asia Pacific

 

p.s. In some places, the flood water is flowing with such force that it is

shaking the ground. People and animals are struggling through these waters

in search of some dry land and nourishment. *Please show them you care by

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