PAWS Philippines update in the midst of disaster brought by typhoon

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Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:44:28 -0700 (PDT)

Anna Nieves Cabrera <annahcabrera

PAWS Philippines update in the midst of disaster brought by typhoon

 

 

Just to assure you that the PAWS shelter has not been affected by the

flood. Nita and I - our homes are okay, and not affected too.

 

Two of PAWS' directors have not been as lucky. They are still stuck

in the second floor of their house with their 60 rescued animals as I

type this.

 

I am trying desperately to get a helicopter to rescue PAWS directors

Heidi Guzon and Gwen Protasio - who are trapped in the 2nd floor of

Heidi's house with her 50+ rescued cats and 8 dogs. They have not

eaten for two days. Their location is #11 Emerald Street, Liamzon

Subdivision, De Castro Avenue, Pasig City

 

The head of our Disaster Relief Team, May Felix, has lost one of her

dogs to the flood when her house got hit by the flash flood two days

ago.

 

PAWS has announced (on national TV and newspapers) that its shelter

doors have been opened as an evacuation center for animals that have

been rescued. The problem is that no one can even get in nor out of

the flooded areas. So much so that only three (3)animals have been

brought in to our evacuation center as of last night.

 

We expect more rescuees coming in today and tomorrow so I am getting

ready to sleep overnight at the shelter tonight.

 

We may soon be in need of tents and cages for the animals. The PAWS

shelter is very near the Disaster Area of Marikina where thousands

are still stranded in their homes with their animals.

 

Please check <http://www.paws.org.ph/>www.paws.org.ph under " Featured

News " for our announcement and for our exact location, bank account

number, etc for those who may be interested in donating

 

My mobile number is 639178315970 and I will be checking my email from

time to time. If you reply to this email, please copy

<nitapawsnitapaws,

<rich_ilustrerich_ilustre and

<lizaumayamlizaumayam

 

The PAWS Shelter has no electricity and no phone. I am only able to

email you from an internet cafe. I will go back to the shelter after

fully charging my celfone. In hindsight, we really need a radio for

the shelter

 

If there is a way any organization can send in a rubberboat and some

life vests (I know this is close to impossible though), our

volunteers who have recently been trained for water rescues in

Indonesia may be able to rescue some animals.

 

If you are unable to contact me on my mobile phone, please try

contacting Mr. Rich Ilustre at 632-9242902 or at 63917-8352405 or Ms.

Elsie Araneta at 63917-8551455 for more information. But better by

email, i think.

 

 

Thank you

 

-Anna

 

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