What makes a Disaster Search Dog Teams and Emergency Teams different from the rest? 24/7 Disaster Search Dogs or Other Services are on call 24 hours a day, every day, at home, on the job, on vacation, wherever they need to be. Few people can claim that! Please Help with their tireless efforts to help them help those in need. Kudos to you all !!

Pet Smarts Rescue Wagon...

I know Petsmart is getting some grief right now but try to remember the bigger picture here.

Each year, six to eight million pets enter shelters and three to four million of those are euthanized simply because they do not have a home. Incredibly, some regions of the country still have euthanasia rates as high as 85 percent.  Our Solution: The Rescue Waggin’ program was created by PetSmart Charities to help save the lives of homeless dogs and puppies through partnership and collaboration with local animal welfare agencies. The program also works to proactively reduce pet overpopulation in those areas of the country that need the most help. An innovative animal welfare program, the Rescue Waggin’ is comprised of three parts:

• A pet transport program that transports dogs from areas of high pet overpopulation (where they face almost certain euthanasia) to shelters in areas where adoptable dogs are in demand. This program operates under professionally-developed industry standards for originating and receiving shelters, spay/neuter and animal health practices, and humane transport.
• Funding to expand spay/neuter services for cats and dogs in source areas.
• Funding and professional consultation to improve shelter facilities and operations for participating animal welfare agencies.

We provided aid to 400 dogs and other pets rescued from an alleged puppy mill in Paris, AR.
    * We dispatched aid to more than 150 dogs and 140 cats injured or displaced by California wildfires.
    * We sent immediate assistance to help more than 400 dogs rescued in what is reported to be the largest dog-fighting raid and rescue in U.S. history.

With 12 deployments this year alone, I hope you understand why we need your help to keep this critically important program strong. The success of our Emergency Relief Waggin' program has always been made possible by generous people like you... friends who have been with us each time that we've answered the call for help this year.                                       

If you'd like to know more or help out:

http://www.petsmartcharities.org/about/index.php   OR: http://www.petsmartcharities.org/rescue-waggin/index.php

Welcome to Team Trakr Foundation

Team Trakr Foundation is an international humanitarian organization committed to training and deploying elite K9 search and rescue teams across the United States and around the world. We provide life-saving K9 resources to people who are lost, trapped, or missing due to emergency situations or disasters, both natural and man-made.

Our organization was founded by James Symington, K9 search and rescue expert, former police officer and animal rescue advocate. It serves to continue the extraordinary search and rescue legacy of his K9 partner and 9/11 hero, Trakr. Learn more >

Team Trakr Foundation is not affiliated with any political, religious or military agenda. TTF is a privately funded Nonprofit Public Benefit Organization. Learn more >

Why We Need Your Help

Last year, 321 natural disasters occurred worldwide causing the loss of more than 200,000 innocent lives.1 In the United States alone, it is estimated that more than 50,000 search and rescue missions take place each year. Ninety percent of these are conducted by volunteers.2 Help us prepare for and respond quickly to any crisis, including a lost child in California, a hurricane in Florida or an earthquake in Indonesia by donating as little as $5. Give today >

To help or read more: http://www.teamtrakr.org/
 

Human-Animal Bond Division Vice President Marie McCabe, D.V.M., has seen firsthand how unfounded fear can cause pet “returns.”

Sadly, a lot of new or expectant parents today are giving their first “babies” -- their pets -- back to animal shelters. And if you think those pets will all find new, loving homes, think again. An estimated three to five million shelter animals are euthanized every year! Worst of all, in some cases, the pet has done nothing wrong. In others, the pet’s accidental “wrongdoing” could have been prevented. The truth is most families with new babies can live safely and happily with their pets. Why, then, are so many pets in these situations joining the ranks of homeless and unwanted animals -- to be potentially euthanized?

Please help American Humane stop this tragic trend by donating to our Human-Animal Bond Division!

This division’s many critical programs include a vital initiative to educate parents on maintaining households that are safe for babies and pets alike!Cats are especially likely to fall victim to an expectant family’s fears: According to The Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, a new baby is among the top three reasons people give up a cat. It provides expectant parents with solutions that are both baby-friendly and pet-friendly. Plus, it’s the only manual that covers multiple pet species, as well as how to handle situations involving the adoption or fostering of children of any age.
With your support, we can expand our critical Pet Meets Baby initiative, ensuring that more families make the best decisions for their children and for their pets! Donate now to help address one of the root causes of unnecessary pet “returns,” as well as other important human-animal bond issues!

To Help: https://secure2.convio.net/aha/site/Donation2?idb=0&df_id=1261&1261.donation=form1&JServSessionIdr004=s60k9tzq91.app223a

Animal

League Pet Rescue

Across the U.S., the Animal League responds to the call from other shelter and rescue groups that are forced to destroy animals as a means of population control, and we respond to the cries of so many dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens in peril that count on us to save their lives.

Our Rescue Efforts

As the world’s largest no-kill animal rescue and adoption organization, our hands-on work in animal rescue is unmatched, and we’re very proud that our efforts have rescued, nurtured, and adopted close to 1,000,000 animals to date.

Learn more about…

Puppy Mill and Purebred Rescue	Nationwide Rescue
Natural Disasters & Emergency Pet Rescue	New York/Tri-State Rescue

Meet Bradley

If you'd like to help, sponsor, or adopt an animal: http://www.animalleague.org/rescue/

American Humane Red Star Emergency Services...

Red Star Animal Emergency Services. Amid the chaos of a mass evacuation -- when every second counts -- even the most beloved companion animals can be overlooked and left behind. If flood waters are rising, people typically cannot take the time to coax terrified cats out from under their beds. Even wild animals, despite their survival instincts, cannot always save themselves from a perilous situation.

American Humane's Animal Emergency Services is available to help communities 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, thanks to a team of  Animal Emergency Services Volunteers. These individuals are animal lovers committed to making sure animal needs are met during times of crisis. Disasters -- whether man made or natural -- can occur at any time, in any place. American Humane's Animal Emergency Services helps communities prepare for disasters -- before they strike. Once they occur, American Humane's Red Star Animal Emergency Services is on the scene to:

• Assess animal needs
• Care for injured animals
• Reunite animals with their families
• Ensure animal shelters are co-located with human shelters
• Distribute pet food and supplies

Our mission is to prevent cruelty, abuse, neglect and exploitation of children and animals and to assure that their interests and well-being are fully, effectively and humanely guaranteed by an aware and caring society. American Humane is committed to the responsible stewardship of donated funds and to meeting the highest standards of public accountability, program effectiveness and cost effectiveness. American Humane meets the strong, comprehensive standards of the Better Business Bureau's Wise Giving Alliance, has been awarded the Independent Charities of America "Best In America" Seal of Approval and has met the stringent standards for financial efficiency and accountability required by the American Institute of Philanthropy to qualify as a Top-Rated Charity.

If you'd like to help:

http://www.americanhumane.org/animals/programs/emergency-services/red-star-sos-tour.html

    
What We Do: Our Rescue & Transport Program focuses on saving cats and dogs from high-kill shelters in the Southeastern US and moving them to safe, no-kill rescues in the Northeast. All animals receive full medical care and are quarantined at a boarding facility or in foster care until they are healthy to travel. We use professional transporters to transfer the animals safely from the Southeast to the Northeast, where they have a much better opportunity for adoption. All veterinary, boarding, and transport costs are paid by SSP thanks to the generous donations of people like you!
SSP also operates an innovative program called Puppy Promises that not only rescues puppies, but also spays their mother to help reduce pet overpopulation. Our Bernies Buddies program helps to treat heart worm positive dogs that are saved through our Rescue & Transport program. Our newest program is Spay & Neuter, which offers financial assistance to low-income pet owners in several Ohio and Georgia counties.

If you'd like to help:

Emergency Animal Rescue

Emergency Animal Rescue is a non-profit corporation founded in April of 1993. Based in San Diego California, our organization specializes in the actual physical rescue of animals that are in life threatening situations. But we do more than just the high profile rescues.  The Emergency Animal Rescue has done thousands of rescues that go completely unnoticed by anyone, save for the animal and the owner. Helping those who can't help themselves.

You Can Help

Each of us wishes to leave a legacy that says our life had real meaning, that we left the world somewhat different and better that what we found it. Planned gifts are a crucial source of future funding that enables the Emergency Animal Rescue to continue saving animals. To remember animals in such an enduring way is quite possibly the most powerful gift that a person can make. U.S. tax laws are structured to encourage charitable giving, and unlimited amounts can generally be left for charitable purposes free of estate and gift taxes.

If you'd like to help:

http://www.emergencyanimalrescue.org/index.html

Search And Rescue Dogs Of The USA... They could use a hand for all they give to us in a crisis when helping animals and people.

When a person is lost or goes missing a team of Professionals from law enforcement agencies, fire departments, and rescue organizations work together with the community to reunite the missing with their families.  Search dog teams are a proven lifesaving resource. We rely upon donations to provide search and rescue dog teams with the certification, training and education necessary to find lost and missing people. Most dog teams are Professional Volunteers, donating their time to answer the call of someone in need. Dog teams rely upon the community to support their efforts to find the lost and missing. The families of victims should never be charged for the services of search and rescue dogs.  Your donation will provide the best chance for someone that is lost or missing to be found. A dog's nose can do what no other resource can:

·        Find a child lost in the wilderness.

·        Follow a patient with Alzheimer’s missing from a nursing home.

·        Locate a skier buried in an avalanche.

·        Assist law enforcement with crime scenes.

·        Find live people trapped in collapsed buildings.

·        Locate drowning victims.

Your donation will provide the best chance for someone that is lost or missing to be found.

Noah's Wish

Who Is Noah's Wish?

Noah's Wish came into existence in 2002, not to duplicate existing efforts to help animals during disasters, but to expand on what was already in place. Too often, efforts to help animals during life threatening situations have been gravely inadequate. We recognize that animals need and deserve an organized, consistent and professionally managed national disaster relief program. They will, otherwise, continue to pay for human indifference with their lives. How animals are managed during disasters is to implement well thought out, field tested policies and procedures that are practiced in all disasters. Relief efforts for people are managed this way and we feel they should be for animals too. 

Our Vision: An increasing number of animals will be saved as Noah's Wish expands its education, networking and disaster response services across the United States, Canada and in other select international settings. This will be accomplished by: 

• Educating and preparing individuals, communities and organizations to mitigate the impact of disasters on animals.
• Recruiting, training and maintaining a committed team of volunteers and staff.
• Developing  collaborative working relationships with emergency response agencies and animal welfare organizations.
• Continuing to provide the highest standard of disaster response services.
  

• We have created and use over 50 forms in disasters. This is one of the ways we work to raise the standards for how animals are managed.             
  
• Noah's Wish is a unique animal welfare organization dedicated exclusively to rescuing and sheltering animals in disasters throughtout the United States and Canada. Noah's Wish is a not-for-profit, 501(c)3, charitable organization.                                                                                        

If you'd like to know more or help:

http://www.noahswish.org/AboutUs/

Angel's For Animals...

PILOTS N PAWS   

Shelter pets escape death row by plane

A few lucky shelter animals are taking to the friendly skies in search of a better life.

With the help of volunteers, like pilot Jeff Bennett, Pilots N Paws transports pets from overwhelmed shelters to communities, often ones with higher median income, where they'll stand a better chance of getting a new "leash" on life with an adoptive family. The pilots generously donate their time, planes and fuel to the cause.

Pre-boarding Pilots N Paws passengers. Pilots N Paws is seeking to transport 5,000 animals to safety in a flurry of flights this week designed to raise awareness of the charity and draw attention to the importance of spaying and neutering. Pilots N Paws was founded in February 2008 when a Knoxville, Tennessee pilot named Jon Wehrenberg. Moving animals from high-kill shelters around the country is not new for rescue groups, but the process usually involves long, exhausting car trips. The Pilots N Paws website currently serves as a forum where shelters and rescue groups can connect with volunteer pilots. More than 680 pilots have already transported thousands of animals — many of them rescued from death row at overpopulated, high-kill shelters in Southern states, where people are less likely to sterilize their animals.  

If you need an Animal transported, want more information or would like to help:

http://pilotsnpaws.org/

Mission Statement: Animal Rescue Corps’ mission is to end animal suffering through direct and compassionate action, and to inspire the highest ethical standards of humanity towards animals.

Purpose:

Animal Rescue Corps (ARC) is a nonprofit animal protection organization that takes direct action in three ways.  First, we conduct rescues of animals who fall victim to abuse and natural disaster.  Second, we create public awareness of animal suffering.  Third, we offer training and assessments for animal shelters, professionals and volunteers. We work closely with government institutions, law enforcement agencies, other animal protection organizations, and communities to improve and strengthen relationships between humans and animals.

Animal Rescue Corps seeks to inspire a fundamental idea: that our responsibility to animals is vital, and all lives have value.  This ideal benefits us all in many ways — our physical safety, our economic systems, our mental health, our emotional well-being and our environment.

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