More Help Came for Haiti Animals

More and more help and delegation are coming to rescue and provide most needs of the victims of quake killer in Haiti. Continuous help and support still needed so if we can help in any way, there are many ways.

Tracy Reis, the American Humane Association’s program manager for Animal Emergency Services, will be in Haiti on Thursday to join the international effort dedicated to animals affected by the earthquake.

Reis will arrive in the capital, Port-au-Prince, as part of the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti, an organization led by the World Society for the Protection of Animals and the International Fund for Animal Welfare.

Reis will work with coalition members in the Dominican Republic and Haiti to implement a feeding program for community dogs and to offer immediate veterinary aid to animals in Haiti. The efforts are conducted in cooperation with the Haitian government, particularly the Ministry of Environment.

"We are discussing the need for a vaccination program in order to prevent the spread of diseases amongst the animal populations,” said Jean Marie Claude Germain, the Haitian minister of environment.

In addition to deploying Reis, American Humane’s efforts include:

• Identifying volunteers from each group in the coalition and gathering skills and resource information about them so the most effective teams can be sent to Haiti.

• As the first professional animal welfare organization to join the coalition, American Humane donated $25,000 in funding and expects to provide more money.

• American Humane’s Red Star Animal Emergency Services volunteers are preparing for deployment by updating their vaccinations and receiving other medical assessments.

• American Humane notified more than 200 trained and FEMA-certified animal rescue responders on its response roster. Some qualified responders may join teams in Haiti once long-term mission objectives are determined.

To date, $150,000 has been raised to support the coalition’s work. Among the various challenges faced by the coalition members is being able to secure a suitable site for medical supplies for animals while human needs are met first.

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Ways to Help Animals - Haiti Earthquake

You can help the animals of Haiti out, by donating to the International Fund for Animal Welfare, which will be dispatched to the area to take care of injured animals as soon as the humanitarian effort has been stabilized. The IFAW website says that donations will go towards “bandages, vaccines, antibiotics and other pet supplies for our mobile veterinary clinic.”

Of course, you can also donate to the human relief fund by texting HAITI to 90999, to donate $10 to the Red Cross that will show up on your cellphone bill. You can also donate to the Red Cross online. Anything you can give helps, countless livestock, strays and wildlife that need medical help.

A rare animal specie Solenodon that burrows top soil was found in Haiti, probably their homes were destroyed too of the 7.0 Haiti earthquake.

In the past few days, several organizations have joined forces to create the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH), with the goal of raising funds to help animals in the earthquake-stricken country and to provide direct aid to animals once rescue teams can be assembled in Haiti.

The ASPCA has joined ARCH with the belief that partnering across organizations is the most effective way to address the serious and enormous problems facing animals in Haiti. There are an estimated 5 million head of livestock in the country (mostly goats), a large stray dog population, and an untold number of companion animals and native wildlife all adversely affected by the earthquake.

The ASPCA has committed to providing logistical support to the disaster responders from the U.S. In addition, the ASPCA stands ready to deploy highly skilled and specially trained members of our own Field Investigations and Response Team to the area.

As part of ARCH, the ASPCA urges you to donate directly towards the animal welfare Haitian relief efforts by visiting IFAW or WSPA.

In addition to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, ARCH now includes The International Fund for Animal Welfare, the World Society for the Protection of Animals, American Humane, Best Friends, The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International.

According to the ASPCA, "There are an estimated 5 million head of livestock in the country (mostly goats), a large stray dog population, an untold number of companion animals and native wildlife all adversely affected by the earthquake."

"Currently, a team is staging in the Dominican Republic waiting to get into Haiti to begin work. IFAW and WSPA have also begun to stock a mobile clinic with vaccines, antibiotics, bandages, food, and other supplies in anticipation of bringing direct aid to animals," the release adds.

The society has also set up a website where visitors can donate funds to help support the new coalition's work.