URGENT DISASTER UPDATE; United Animal Nations

[Lisa B]

I am posting this in hopes others will read, and do what they feel is right in thier hearts. There will be a donation from this household going to United Animal Nations to help with the relief effort in Sampson Bell's name.
Some might ask why I will be sending a donation in his name. Well UAN was very kind to me when Sampson was so sick. UAN donated to help with Sampson's medical bills through thier lifeline grant.
Ther web site is:
WWW.UAN.org


EARS Hurricane Katrina Alert - The Animals Need - and will get - Our Help
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 18:10:15 +0000

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URGENT DISASTER UPDATE

To: Concerned Animal Advocate
United Animal Nations (UAN) Supporter

Re: Hurricane Katrina
Date: August 31, 2005
From: Jennifer Fearing
UAN President & CEO


Notes from a call to UAN from Jodie on Tuesday...

"How can I find out if my horses are okay? I live near Hurley, MS but am staying in Tallahassee, FL. I left three horses and two ponies behind. We have no communication with anybody in that area and we cannot get in. There were dozens of horses left out in pastures around Pascagoula, Moss Point, Hurley, Lucedale, MS and into Alabama towards Mobile..."

Donate today so we can help animals like Jodie's horses!



I know we have all been watching Hurricane Katrina's devastation unfold before our eyes on round-the-clock news coverage. Now being heralded as the single largest natural disaster ever to befall the United States, Hurricane Katrina has caused billions of dollars of property damage, killed dozens of people, left millions more stranded and/or without power and of course, left untold numbers of animals in extremely dangerous situations.

At UAN headquarters, we have already received more than 20 frantic calls and e-mails, like the one from Jodie shown at right, from evacuees from Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi who can't get home to check on the animals they left behind.

United Animal Nations' Emergency Animal Rescue Service (EARS) has been on high alert since Katrina first began threatening over the weekend, making contact with emergency management officials in Alabama, Mississippi, Florida and Louisiana, offering EARS' free animal disaster relief and sheltering services.

We were just notified this morning that we are being activated to respond to Louisiana, with our first goal to assist with the rescue of a reported 175 animals who are at a Metairie animal hospital, which is now flooding. Our National Director is headed to Houston, where she will drive straight through to assess the needs and begin our deployment.

And just 36 hours after alerting our entire EARS disaster volunteer force - now more than 2,300 strong - we have more than 400 volunteers, from 44 US states and a Canadian province, who have notified us of their willingness and ability to respond when our team is called in. Among those who have responded already are...

Skilled professionals: 6 animal control officers,
3 chemical capture specialists, 12 large animal rescuers, 27 veterinary technicians, 8 veterinarians, 15 wildlife rehabilitators and 9 animal shelter directors.

Land/Equipment Offers: 6 people have offered land in the area to serve as an EARS staging area; 15 will provide transportation; 16 horse trailers have been offered along with 2 mobile veterinary clinics, 48 trucks and 20 RVs.


Foster homes: 50 people have offered to foster cats; 85 to foster dogs; 18 are willing to foster horses and 34 people have offered to foster other species.
... and the offers are still coming in by the dozens each hour!

But as we await further deployment, we must continue to strengthen our forces, build up our relief capacity and save some energy for the long days ahead. And this is where you - and your friends and family - can help. Please consider a gift to our EARS disaster fund, so that when we are called in to assist disaster's most innocent victims, we can buy the supplies they need, get them the best possible veterinary care and safely shelter them until they can be reunited with their families or placed in new loving homes.
Help us keep UAN's nearly 20-year commitment through more than 60 disasters... that no animal be left behind.


And there are other things you can do in addition to giving (especially if you are among those who have already shown us your generosity):

Please tell a friend or two or ten about our efforts and encourage them to help us help the animals in need.
Keep up to date with our efforts by visiting our Action Report, which is updated each morning by 9:00 a.m. PST.
Discuss your concerns and interests related to Hurricane Katrina online in UAN's community forums.
Register for an upcoming training workshop - we'll be in Hartford, CT, Portland, OR, San Antonio, TX and Atlanta, GA later this year.
Thank you again for your continuing support and for your concern for the animals' safety during this frightening time. I will stay in touch.




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[OwnedbyMacaws]

We've donated Lisa, to UAN and HSUS. I wish I could give more. I did however talk my friend at the pet shop into getting in touch with someone about donating some cages and carriers from the shop.

If I were closer, I'd open up the house for some fosters, even as full as we are right now but we're just too far away to be of much use in that capacity. I'm praying for all those people and all those animals.

[Lisa B]

Originally Posted by OwnedbyMacaws

We've donated Lisa, to UAN and HSUS. I wish I could give more. I did however talk my friend at the pet shop into getting in touch with someone about donating some cages and carriers from the shop.

If I were closer, I'd open up the house for some fosters, even as full as we are right now but we're just too far away to be of much use in that capacity. I'm praying for all those people and all those animals.

Thank you very much for helping out!!!!
"...Saving just one pet won't change the world...but, surely, the world will change for that one pet..."

[OwnedbyMacaws]

Thank you for speading the word! I can't imagine the horror of having to leave my crew here behind. And you never know, it might be us one day.

[birdyland]

I can make one donation to get a matching fund, so I want to put it all in one basket and make it count as much as possible. I am right now considering UAN or HSUS.... does anyone know which has the better reputation (administration-wise) or any advice as to if one would be better to give to than the other right now??

My Company will match ONE donation from me I make a donation to the "bona-fide" disaster relief charity of my choice, and they will make a dollar for dollar match donation to the American Red Cross upon receipt of my receipt.

[Lisa B]

Dana,
I dont have any dealing with the HSUS but I can tell you first hand what a great group of people UAN is.
Not knowing me from squat, I contacted them when Sampson's medical bills were almost at my end. They were extremely helpful and a wonderful support system for me with my dying African Grey. They sent a donation from thier lifeline grant program for some of Sampson's medical bills right to the hospital. They never asked for a thing in return.
Donations have been made in Sampson Bells name, and each time, they contact me to tell me. They even used my boy in one of thier newsletters.
I was very proud, and very happy to have found them.

[The Outlaw]

Lisa:

That speaks volumes to me. They will get my donation. Thanks. By the way, thank your husband for all of his good works and you for supporting his best efforts. You are a good person. He has good taste .

[TooLover]

I, too, will donate! Thanks for the link and the concern; I am also willing to foster until the families can get on their feet!
Nancy - pretend you didn't read that!

[Regina U.]

There is a link on their website where you can indicate if you can help in anyway.

Regina

[Lisa B]

Thank you all. I sent in my donation too. I thanked them once again for thier help and support with Sampson Bell. I am a big believer in what comes around goes around.
i have a saying in my house that reads,
When you get, give.
When you learn, teach.

I try my best to do so.

Thanks again, and Outlaw, I will let him know. He laughed at your line
"sh** t the B*stards"
He was pleasntly surpised at his welcome to the board.
he also said your hubby had a job that came with alot of crap too.....
He said, they have a tough job, and never any thanks....

i believe he will post again tomorrow....

he was thinking of some lines for his favorite Jersey shore woman........