EARS (Emergency Animal Rescue Service), which is part of
United Animal Nations is coordinating NOLA response efforts with the ASPCA, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Colorado-based Code 3 Associates and Best Friends Animal Society.
If you wish to donate or assist, go
here.
Or you turn directly to the ASPCA, which is part of the effort:
The ASPCA has set up a Hurricane Hotline for people who would like to volunteer their services or donate goods urgently needed by animal shelters and rescue groups impacted by Katrina. We will also be taking calls from hurricane victims who wish to report trapped animals in any of the areas affected by the disaster.
Experienced volunteers--i.e. veterinarians, veterinary technicians, animal handlers--who live in areas impacted by Katrina, your services are greatly needed. Please leave a message on our Hurricane Hotline at (212) 876-7700, ext. 4700 to volunteer. Be sure to leave as many details as possible and a way you can be contacted.
Donating Goods - If you are interested in donating goods and want to find out what items are needed by disaster-area shelters, please leave a message on our Hurricane Hotline at (212) 876-7700, ext.4700. Be sure to leave as many details as possible and a way you can be contacted.
Trapped Pets - If you are an evacuee and need to report pets who may be trapped, please leave a message on our Hurricane Hotline at (212) 876-7700, ext. 4700. Be sure to leave as many details as possible and a way you can be contacted.
To make a donation to our Disaster Relief Fund, please call (866) 275-3923. You can also make a secure online donation at ASPCA.org.
Local and state organizations are also on the job, and could use your assistance:
Animal Evacuation and Recovery Plan for New Orleans BATON ROUGE- The Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (LA/SPCA), the Louisiana Veterinary Medical Association (LVMA) the Louisiana Animal Control Association (LACA), and the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) are managing animal evacuations and recovery plans for New Orleans pets and displaced animals.
Pet Taveling with Owners
The LVMA is currently accepting pets at the Blackham Coliseum in Lafayette, LSU in Shreveport, the Monroe Civic Center for small animals and the Ike Hamilton Center for large animals in Monroe, the Farmer's Market in Alexandria, and the LSU Agriculture Center/Parker Coliseum in Baton Rouge. Owners must be housed in a Red Cross
> > shelter; owners are responsible for caring for their animals, including feeding and cleaning. Animals will be accepted 24 hours a day. Veterinarians will be on hand to handle any medical needs. If owner can not take care of their animals SVM student volunteers will provide primary care, such as feeding and cleaning.
The Parker Coliseum will be staffed 24 hours a day by a supervising veterinarian and student volunteers from the School of Veterinary Medicine. Pets in the Coliseum will be given physical exams and Bordetella (kennel cough) vaccinations. If a pet requires medical attention and veterinary monitoring, it will be sent to the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine's Veterinary Teaching Hospital.
PEOPLE WITH PETS WHO ARE CURRENTLY EVACUATING NEW ORLEANS
The LA/SPCA will transport animals from pick-up points in New Orleans to the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center. Beginning on September 1, residents who left pets in their homes may call a hot line to leave information about the number of animals, species, and their confined location. As soon as the hotline number> is obtained, we will advise the media.
A regional donation center is being established. Our needs include: large air kennels and metal cages leashes disposable bowls canned cat and dog food disposable litter pans spray bleach paper towels sheets towels locks hoses bottled water trash cans trash bags pooper scoopers cat litter extension cords fans. The most urgent needs are kennels and monetary donations. The media will be advised of the address once determined,
For more information or to make donations of the materials listed above, please call the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine at 225-578-9900;
www.vetmed.lsu.edu or the LVMA at 1-800-928-LVMA; www.lvma.org.
Many other groups are doing all they can to help:
"Noah's Wish. The team reached Slidell, Louisiana, yesterday. Today they will begin to provide assistance for animals in the devastated area. They hear stories of animals from almost everyone they run into. Many of these are about animals left behind. The Noah's Wish team is staying in Hammond, at the home of one of their volunteers. They are anticipating thousands of cats and dogs will be going into Slidell. Animal Control was completely destroyed. The Mayor has set Animal Control and Noah's wish in a warehouse with a large back lot. They will be setting up runs, kennels, etc. They need everything ASAP."
"The Humane Society of the United States HSUS animal response units are in Jackson, Mississippi, and on the western edge of the impact area, coordinating with other rescue efforts and ready to move into the worst-hit regions to respond to the hundreds of pleas for help from pet owners. The HSUS disaster teams are recommending that people with stranded pets continue trying to contact their local authorities. More than 30 experienced HSUS rescue staff and volunteers trained in animal rescue from 12 states are coordinating
with state officials, federal agencies, and other rescue organizations to start evacuating animals out of the most-affected areas. They'll also begin establishing pet-friendly shelters and delivering supplies, resources and medical assistance."
"Southern Animal Foundation refugees safe! Missy Jackson got all animals and people loaded into a giant truck and is heading to Baton Rouge. The team was able to pick up stranded animals along the way from various vet clinics and now have saved over 100 animals."
"Tawnya Lack and other volunteers with Lone Star Equine Rescue will leave for parts of Louisiana on Saturday to tend to and corral the thousands of horses, donkeys and mules abandoned after Hurricane Katrina. The group will corral the horses to a designated facility under the guidance of the Louisiana State Veterinarian Office, where the animals will be checked in, treated, and their owners will try to be contacted."
"Days End Farm Horse Rescue traveled Tuesday from Maryland to join the HSUS rescue effort, adding their truck and horse trailer to the fleet of rescue-specific vehicles that are designed for sheltering animals-pets, horses, and livestock-and responding to relief needs in disaster situations"
"The North Shore Animal League will be arriving at the Birmingham Humane Society. Two Emergency Response units are heading back to the League from Alabama after successfully rescuing 53 animals: 19 dogs, 16 puppies, 7 cats and 11 kittens. The animals were each assessed by our Rescue Team and loaded into our mobile units to begin their journey back to Long Island."
It does my heart good to see how many folks care, even for those fellow sentient beings who can't care for themselves. It almost makes up for the slime bucket stench of the likes of
zendari, that worthless little prick. :|