Katrina Animal Rescue: Local group leaves tomorrow

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Two friends of mine, Kimberly Long and Jenny Test, are driving down to help

save Katrina dogs (and other animals) tomorrow.

 

If you still have supplies left to donate and want them to go to use

straight away, or can manage to donate some money to help them in this

effort - please read the below email that explains their efforts, what they

need, and how to donate.

 

If you know of anyone who might donate human food and drink - the volunteers

down there need food, too! (Please note: Many of the volunteers are

vegetarian - so healthy food - fruit, for example, would be much

appreciated.)

 

Thanks!

 

Kasie

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Thousands of animals became displaced--abandoned, lost, or forced surrenders

at rescue pick-up points (they didn't let animals onto the rescue

buses)--during the hurricanes. Additionally, there are hundreds, if not

thousands of families in the gulf coast who have no choice but to surrender

their beloved pets because they simply no longer have the resources to take

care of them--home, job, even family, wiped out.

 

Shelters all over the area are contacting rescue groups here in California,

literally begging for us to come and take these animals out so they won't

have to kill them in order to make room for new animals arriving daily--new

animals who may yet have family frantically searching for them.

 

Daily stories about the confusion, fear and depression and the desperate

plight of these faithful family members (pets and service animals alike) are

literally breaking our hearts, so we've decided to get into action.

 

We have been helping to coordinate rescue teams from the Bay Area to go into

the hurricane zones and help with animal rescue efforts. We have two teams

already in the field, and the third will leave this coming Friday--Kimberly

will be in that team. Michael is staying back to help coordinate the effort

on this end (and hold down the home front--hey, someone has to feed our five

dogs).

 

We are working under the auspices of The Milo Foundation

(www.milofoundation.org), a nationally recognized animal rescue group

located here in the Bay Area, along with other groups including Berkeley

Humane Society, Marin Humane Society, and SF SPCA among many others. Our

teams will be relieving exhausted rescuers, helping to set up new rescue

shelter facilities, and providing care and rehabilitation for rescued

animals--all of the tasks of helping animal victims left behind in the wake

of Hurricane Katrina and Rita. We will also be reuniting previously rescued

animals with their families, and bringing animals out of the shelters of

Louisiana to foster and adoption homes here in the Bay Area.

 

Sending these teams cost money, so...we are asking for any monetary help you

are able to give. You can go to the Milo Foundation website and donate via

their secure Donation page:

 

To make a tax deductible donation go to

http://www.milofoundation.org/donate.cfm

Important! Please put in the Notes box: For Long/Kingsbury Rescue Team

 

Or,

 

If you prefer to mail a donation, you can send it to us at:

 

Michael Allaire & Kimberly Long

450 62nd Street

Oakland, CA 94609

Make your checks payable to The Milo Foundation, and mark the notes section

of your check: Attn. Long/Kingsbury Rescue Team

 

Due to an outpouring of material donations, we have plenty of rescue

materials. We are bringing about a ton of animal food, crates and kennels,

leashes/collars/harnesses, blankets and towels, vet and people medical

supplies, etc.

 

What we need is food for our team during the trip, and fresh fruit for the

volunteers who have been living at the rescue centers (preferably items that

can survive a 3 day trip in a fully packed RV). We have a fridge on the RV,

so if you, or someone you know can donate ready-made or home-made food that

would travel well,(sandwiches or sandwich fixings, packaged foods, cheese,

nuts, bread, gallons and individual bottled water, juices, snacks,

PowerBars/Clif Bars, bottled coffee/tea drinks, etc.), these would be

greatly appreciated, and most definitely consumed by our team and/or the

people we will be joining in Louisiana.

 

If you have any questions about what we can use for the trip, please call

(number below) or email us.

 

If you are unable to donate at this time, we understand (we will be

accepting donations for this trip, and future trips, as long as there are

rescue efforts going). Please keep in touch anyway--email notes of

encouragement that we can convey to the rescue workers and survivors. They

need a morale boost and your encouragement and prayers will make a

difference too.

 

Thank you for reading this, thank you for any and all help, and take good

care.

 

Kimberly & Michael

450 62nd Street

Oakland, CA 94609

510/597-0321 phone

kim-long

mallaire

 

To make donations of supplies in San Francisco, please call Jenny Test at

(415) 412-1849.