The American Humane Association have been busy: during the last two weeks they were the first to join the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH) and are sending their first animal rescue responder to Haiti to aid displaced and injured animals and livestock after the devastating earthquake that rocked the island nation on January 12th.
Along with nearly two dozen other animal rescue organizations, the AHA have joined ARCH so they could work together to bring aid to as many animals, and in as short a time, as possible. Their first representative will be in Haiti on Thursday to set up feeding and vaccination stations to address the needs of the dogs, and as you can see, they are sorely needed.
For those interested in the relief efforts being done by volunteers, the AHA has set up a blog, and also have a Twitter account that gets updated regularly as well.
If you’d like to learn more about donating to help out the animals of Haiti, check out the AHA’s donation page for more information. You can specify if you’d like your donation to go directly to the rescue efforts in Haiti, or to general animal emergency services.
[images used with permission from americanhumane.org, ©WSPA/IFAW]
Post from: Blisstree