---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 11:10:25 -0400 (EDT) From: ASPCA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 2005 ASPCA Disaster Relief Fund Thursday Update
ASPCA DISASTER RELIEF FUND UPDATE As rescue and recovery efforts continue, the ASPCA has made available a host of resources to help hurricane victims and for those of you wishing to provide assistance: Call for Volunteers: If you wish to volunteer and are a veterinarian, veterinary technician, or experienced animal handler, your services are greatly needed. Please start by filling out our online form at http://www.aspca.org/site/R?i=X0eBO_CLlTXMDNdZY5-VUw.. . Donating Goods: If you are interested in donating goods to disaster-area shelters, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Be sure to provide as many details as possible about your donation, 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. http://www.aspca.org/site/R?i=tpcBgO4l1MhYMInWteLxQA.. Trapped Pets (within Louisiana): To report a pet missing within Louisiana, you can go to http://www.aspca.org/site/R?i=yQuR8VNsd3raZZ3-YoQGAQ.. . This database is actively reviewed and given to the rescuers in the field. Trapped Pets (outside Louisiana): To report a pet missing outside of Louisiana, you can log your pet onto a database that is actively reviewed and given to the rescuers in the field. http://www.aspca.org/site/R?i=ehz6CJMEwhbyN6z4O1F4Qw.. EVENING UPDATE, SEPTEMBER 7: As reported by Sandy Monterose of the ASPCA's National Outreach department, ASPCA staffers have teamed up with others from organizations such as American Humane Association, Spring Farm CARES (NY) and the Houston SPCA, under the leadership of the Louisiana SPCA, to take to the flooded streets of New Orleans searching for abandoned pets. Working on a grid system, the five teams of three rescuers each waded through waist-high, fetid water, pulling boats loaded with equipment and supplies, successfully avoiding injury on fallen tree limbs and downed power lines. This hot, sticky, frustrating day netted 25 cats, 14 dogs, one pet snake and a gentleman who been overlooked by earlier rescuers. (Land and water rescues totaled 140 animals on Tuesday, and they expect to retrieve 200 on Wednesday as more of the water recedes.) Rescue crews were pleasantly surprised to find the animals in relatively good condition, having been left adequate supplies by their fleeing owners. At one home, rescuers came upon a pit bull chained to the front porch. As they neared, a frail man in his seventies came out of the house, and said he was fine but gratefully accepted all the dog food the team had with them. The authorities were coming for him tomorrow, he said. Your Generosity Continues Because of your generosity, we are able to send an additional $150,000 to the Louisiana SPCA for their work in Gonzales, LA. They are currently caring for 350 dogs and 150 cats at this staging area north of New Orleans. An additional 600 animals are being housed at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. More than one thousand animals have been relocated to Houston, TX, where the Houston SPCA has opened up a third staging area in a vacant car dealership. Attention Horse Lovers The famous carriage mules of the French Quarter, along with 65 other horses, have been removed to safety. And the New Orleans mounted police unit safely got out all their equine partners. They are currently stabled at the Franklinton, LA, fairgrounds. With a Little Help from their Friends, Texas Style Texas Animal Control Association (TACA) mobilized a number of animal control units with experienced field personnel from all over the state to head to New Orleans to round up more abandoned pets and strays, reports Cathy Clark, TACA executive secretary. James Bias, executive director of the SPCA of Texas in Dallas, reports that after having taken in hundreds of animals to ensure that the Houston SPCA had room for evacuees' pets, his organization did a record 315 adoptions last weekend. (All of these animals were turned in for adoption or were picked up as strays before Hurricane Katrina.) NEW PHOTO ALBUM - AUSTIN, TEXAS: http://www.aspca.org/site/R?i=OxrkUu7EqUPGHY_esr24xg.. Donate Now http://www.aspca.org/site/R?i=9FrrortsIB0hvfrnA9DRtg.. Your donation will help animals affected by natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina. To lend your support, please click the link below. Thank you for any amount you can give today. Tell A Friend http://www.aspca.org/site/R?i=ZbHHQrcTJV45cMO3vaOcMw.. Copyright ? 2005. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). All Rights Reserved. To unsubscribe from all future email, paste the following URL into your browser: http://www.aspca.org/site/CO?i=2h26az_W0cAzNgFyk5D9R7U09kT_-hyv
