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URGENT FROM Down Under Feb. 2009 In Australia, the wildfires have been burning out of control. As always happens in such situations, the lives of animals are threatened. Please click the photos below from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to see what you can do to help, no matter where you live.
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URGENT FROM spcaLA NOV. 2009
It's fire season in California, extended from the usual summertime conflagrations.
And as always happens, pets and wildlife are hard hit. Fire fighters are doing a wonderful job, but Santa Ana winds have not played fair, helping to spread blazes.
When such disasters hit, the spca-LA and Humane Society, plus some other
super organizations, quickly dispatch DART teams to help the animals in distress. These
groups do heroic work, but could use help funding the enormous task. Click the fire to find out more.
SEPT. 2008
Once again, the hurricane season has hit the Gulf, this time causing
havoc mainly in Texas, so far, with Hurricane Ike. The SPCA-LA and other organizations below
have come onto the scene to help, and your donations will enable them or
other agencies listed to be able to carry on their important work to
help stranded and confused animals left in the wake of the floods and
winds. Please read on to see what you can do. You can also check the
spcaLA website for updates. And do please pay attention to their call to
arm yourself for emergencies, for you and your pets. We also have a page
outlining what you can do to prepare. Please click the link below for a
printable version.
DisasterPreparednessforPetsfromPawprints.pdf
SpcaLA, one of
only 8 humane agencies permitted to enter Galveston, made 70
search-and-rescue attempts in the past two days. In fact, our Disaster
Animal Response Team (DART) went out again this morning for another full
day. Since arriving, DART has assisted countless dogs and cats, 5
ducks, 3 geese, 3 pet birds, 3 prairie dogs and a hedgehog!
To donate to spcaLA, please
click here or call (323) 730-5300, x232.
spcaLA is in DESPERATE need of cat litter to replenish
what was taken to the rescue efforts. For a listing of spcaLA
locations, and their hours, where donations of litter can be made,
please
click here.
spcaLA is one of eight humane
organizations that make up the Texas State Animal Resource Team.
Other team members include Houston SPCA, Denver Dumb Friends League,
Code 3 Associates, Humane Society of Pike's Peak Region, SPCA of Texas,
Humane Society of Missouri and the Louisiana SPCA.
Members of the Texas State Animal
Resource Team are the ONLY humane organizations credentialed to operate
and provide rescue in the areas of Texas hit by Hurricane Ike.
Please be sure an organization is on the Texas State Animal Resource
Team before you choose to donate to them.
OCT. 2007
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Right now it's about the Santa Ana winds in Southern
California, and the huge wild fires too big to contain. This is a
problem throughout the western states, as our climate has grown warmer
and fires larger, according to fire fighters interviewed SPCALA DART team
rescuing animals during fires Oct. 2007
READ BELOW AND
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During
the previous response to Hurricane Katrina
several of DART’s vital equipment was damaged
including a vehicle and an RV. The loss of the
RV was very significant as it allows DART the
ability to set up mobile staging areas. spcaLA
has rented an RV for this effort but needs its
own RV for future rescue and relief operations.
