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Organization |
Information |
Humane Society
of the United States |
Will be providing
on site emergency support. Helps all animals. |
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North Shore Animal League |
Will be providing
on site emergency support. Help focused on dogs and cats. |
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Houston ASPCA |
The Houston ASPCA
has taken in 260 animals from the Louisiana ASPCA. Houston does accept and
adopts out ferrets. Houston is seeking financial donations. |
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Noah's Wish |
Will
be providing on site emergency support. This organization focuses
strictly on disaster relief. |
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United Animal Nations |
Will be providing
on site emergency support. Broadly focused organization with an extensive
background in disaster relief. |
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International Ferret Congress |
Ferret education organization presently
supporting communications and facilitating information sharing. The IFC has
a special ferret support fund in place and is seeking additional donations
to their Emergency Love Fund - ELF - designed to provide direct aid to
shelters. Coordinating with Ferrets Across America and Save Our Shelters to
obtain temporary housing for displaced ferrets. Accepting donations of goods
and services aimed at ferrets. **Requests for temporary ferret housing/support.
**Veterinarian Resources - Links to pages of
veterinarians in the affected states prepared by IFW with the assistance of
Fancy Publications and other online resources.
Texas
Alabama/Louisiana/Mississppi
Florida |
Ferret Association of
Connecticut, Inc.
FACT |
FACT will be setting up a
dedicated Katrina Ferret Relief Fund. Details to follow. Further FACT is
coordinating a group of volunteers to
monitor various internet based newsgroups, websites and blogs for ferret
specific requests for information or support including lost/found,
fostering, vet needs. To volunteer for this group, please contact the
FACT webmaster. |
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ASPCA |
Will be providing
on site emergency support. Broadly focused organization with an extensive
background in disaster relief. Website provides a lot of information.
**Evacuee
Resources/Temporary Shelters. |
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International Fund for Animal Welfare- IFAW |
Broad based animal welfare
organization. On site. Focus on rescue and reuniting pets with owners. |
|
American Humane
Association |
Broad based animal welfare
organization, On site. Focus on rescue and reuniting pets with owners. |
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Best Friends Animal Society |
Broad based animal welfare
organization. On site. |
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Petfinder |
Updated NEWS on animal rescue
efforts. **Forum of resources, postings seeking animals, offering
shelter & support. |
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Craigslist |
Information Source.
Has listings of resources, volunteer opportunities, pet information by the
cities served. Affected areas highlighted in red. |
| PetsAnimals.org |
Compiling list to
direct to on-site relief agencies. **To Report Animals
Left Behind contact Pets Animals in Distress at:
contact@petsandanimals.org
or call (954) 202-9991. They are compiling a list of animals that need to be
rescued to pass on to affiliate relief organizations, rescue groups shelters
and volunteers in those areas who are already on the ground rescuing
stranded animals. Be prepared to provide the following info: a) Contact/
Owners name; b) Contact phone numbers / e-mail address c) Address where the
animals are; d) Name(s) of animal(s) e) Description of animal(s). |
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New Orleans Hotline
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**For People Who Left Animals In
Homes Or Boarding
Facilities. 225-578-6111 or
Katrinaanimalrescue@yahoo.com Please call and leave name, address
of confined animal, species, number of animals, and when food would have run
out. Louisiana SPCA director
Laura Maloney says shelter workers follow other agencies
and crews through neighborhoods and
rescue pets, some who are locked in houses |
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PuppymillRescue 2005 |
Has
established Katrina Found Pets
website to gather and disseminate information on lost/found pets and to
apply to foster animals. WEBMASTER NOTE: Do not currently know if they
are accepting ferret foster applications or if they are working directly or
indirectly with any of the area ferret groups or IFC. |
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