Displaced Pets

http://network.bestfriends.org/rapidresponse/news/28477.html

Of course if you are not in their area, please mail any items on their list to:

Operation Kindness, No-Kill Shelter
3201 Earhart Drive
Carrollton,Texas 75006

Dana,
Here is the support request we sent out yesterday.

“Greetings to all:
We are very lucky to be spared hurricane weather, however the southern states are not as fortunate.  We would like to help the animal evacuees, but in order to do this we need your help.
Supplies needed:

Blankets /beds
slip chains/leashes
bowls (food & water)
rawhides
crates of all sizes
cat & dog food
cat litter/litter boxes
cat & dog formula
paper towels
flea & tick preventative (no flea collars please)

You may drop these items off at the shelter anytime within the next few days.
Thank you for your help.”

Please let me know if you need anything from us! Thank you for including us!
Melody

Melody Boulay
Communications and Development
Operation Kindness, No-Kill Shelter
3201 Earhart Drive
Carrollton,Texas 75006
972.418.PAWS ext 238
214.587.0930 Cell
www.operationkindness.org
Be part of the solution, please Spay/Neuter your pets!

Capital Area Animal Welfare Society in Baton Rouge http://www.caaws.org/

I will be updating this post continuously throughout the next few day as I get ahold of more people at shelters to find out what they need!

Follow Best Friends Animal Society on Twitter! They are out there rescuing animals right now. www.twitter.com/bfas is their Twitter address.

ALso – so far Pasado Safe Haven is one of the main animal rescue groups I would focus on, and their links are below. They are going right out there and rescuing animals, they have a HUGE 600 acre farm that has been donated for animal triage, and they have some specific needs such as printers, ink, and laminated signs, as well as of course cash.

In times like these, pet lovers want to know what they can do to help. Often people volunteer to send food and supplies, but in all honesty, what most shelters will tell you is that what they need most are monetary donations to buy medical supplies, pay veterinarians, pay for temporary shelters for animals, pay for transportation – gas isn’t cheap these days! – and buy other needed supplies.

Even a small donation like $5 or $10 is very helpful.

I spoke to a volunteer at Utah-based Bestfriends.org, a group which has sent a team of volunteers with three thousand animal carriers to the affected region and is helping with the evacuation. They are very deserving of your support! You can donate to them HERE:

I also heard back from Ellen Gilmore, volunteer project coordinator for Bestfriends.Org, who told me that they don’t know what their needs will be at this point but she will talk to me after the storm.

Here are a few more links I’ve dug up so far:

The Louisiana State Animal Response Team

http://www.network.bestfriends.org/rapidresponse/news/

http://blog.petfinder.com/petfinder/hurricane-gustav/

http://www.pasadosafehaven.org/GUSTAV/Gustav_Home.htm

http://www.pasadosafehaven.org/DONATIONS/Donation_Form.htm

While twittering about the storm bearing down on the Gulf Coast (#Gustav), @TylerPatton @Dana_Willhoit and @conej determined, collaboratively, to help out. “What about those animals and pets that might be effected by this storm?”

What could be done?

The online discussion yielded a plan. While geographically in Florida, Texas and Canada, all the stars aligned and a ning group with Wordpress blog quickly appeared.  All thanks to Tyler for making this happen so quickly!

So in just a few hours, from initial idea to getting all this set up, here’s a place “for pet owners to be able to communicate, post lost pet notices and find pet resources.”