Pet Charities Helping Katrina Victims
The devastation in New Orleans is on everybody’s mind. The first place to give to help the human victims is, of course, the Red Cross.
There are also many charities that are serving the dogs, cats and other pets left homeless by the flooding. The organizations below are helping pet owners, pet shelters, and pet rescue teams and could use your support:
The Humane Society of the United States
“In response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina, The HSUS has launched a massive relief effort to rescue animals and assist their caregivers in the disaster areas. Our highly trained Disaster Animal Response Teams are in Louisiana and Mississippi coordinating a multi-state animal rescue and recovery effort. We’re now in New Orleans and have rescued hundreds of animals in the hardest hit areas of Mississippi since Friday.”
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Houston SPCA
“The Houston SPCA has established an animal emergency hotline (713) 802-0555 and is preparing to receive hundreds more animal victims.
Since Sunday, the Houston SPCA has received more than 600 animal victims of Hurricane Katrina.”
Donate Now –>United Animal Nations - Emergency Animal Rescue Service
“we are now assisting with operation of an animal shelter in Monroe, Louisiana. EARS has also been asked by HSUS to take over their role at the pet friendly shelter in Jackson, Mississippi. At that shelter yesterday, our team assisted with the decontamination of approximately 120 animals who were rescued from the Gulport, Mississippi area.”
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American Veterinary Medical Foundation
“AVMF supports state and Veterinary Medical Assistance Team (VMAT) training and equipment for deployment in times of disaster.”
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American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
“The ASPCA Disaster Relief Fund helps shelters and organizations across the country that are impacted by natural disasters. Your donation today will go directly to help shelters impacted by natural disasters rebuild facilities and assist in their disaster recovery efforts.”
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American Humane Association
“Our hope is that we can help the animals here, […] getting an idea of what activities we might have to take care of, and eventually, either leave a team down here, or take our entire team when we move into Louisiana, where we have been asked to come and support the animal relief efforts there. ”
Donate Now –>Noah’s Wish
“Noah’s Wish, a not-for-profit organization that work exclusively to rescue and shelter animals in disasters is rescuing animals from evacuated homes in Slidell, Louisiana.”
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If you know of any other organizations helping animals in and around the NOLA area please post them in the comments below.
Update
The Petfinder.com Foundation is also doing a lot to help shelter animal victims of Katrina. Their site is packed with updates on the work they and other animal shelter organizations are doing (including RSS feed). It is a great resource for anyone in the area who may have lost a pet or is looking to adopt a pet victim of Katrina. You can use the site to donate using PayPal or mail in a donation.
This is a collaborative database linking information from the public and emergency response organizations and making it available to rescuers, victims, and volunteers.
I also found this picture of a young girl displaced by the Hurricane with a puppy.
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Written by Four Legged Links on September 4th, 2005 with
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