Fwd: Urgent: Help the Animal Victims of India¹s Devastating Floods

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> Hi Erica and Azam,

>

> Best Friends has put a posting of this story on our Network India Community:

>

> http://network.bestfriends.org/india/news/28735.html

>

> with a link to the WTO website.

>

> Erica, if you could send me a couple of photos that we may use and an update,

> we¹ll be happy to do another story.

>

> Thanks!

>

> Sharon

>

> Sharon St. Joan

Editor ­ International Community

Bird and Wildlife Writer

Best Friends Network

Best Friends Animal Society

http://network.bestfriends.org/international

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> You're invited to join the Best Friends Network and International Friends!

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> Erica Martin, IFAW <erica

> Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 10:21 PM

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

> Azam Siddiqui <azam24x7

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> Dear Azam,

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> 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.

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> 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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> *Will you please help our rescue efforts by donating

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> *Rushing help where it's needed most*

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> 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*

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> 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*.

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> 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

> Director, IFAW Asia Pacific

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> 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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