Best Friends Rescue in NO Please donate

[Cattledog]

This was the group featured at the end of Anderson Cooper's show today. A great group.


www.bestfriends.org
http://news.bestfriends.org/

[astonamous]

1. This is the email I got from Best Friends

If you can help, please e-mail [e-mail] with specific information on how you would like to help, what expertise you may be able to supply and how best way to contact you. We are compiling a list and will be contacting people as the program develops. Please see the list below:



Volunteer help:

- People with emergency/disaster experience to work at the disaster site.

- Long term foster homes (approximately 3 months)

- Carpenters and other construction trades people to work at the temporary and permanent shelter sites.

- Veterinarians and veterinary technicians

- Truckers

- People with trucks and vans to do animal and supply transport.

- People to collect and hold supplies until they ship

- People to volunteer at the Sanctuary for at least one week to cover for deployed personnel.



Supplies needed:

People needs:

Toilet paper

Paper towels

Vegetarian People food that won’t spoil or need refrigeration

Portable toilets and sanitizer

Insect repellent

Sun showers

Sunscreen

First aid kits for relief workers

Hand sanitizer



Pet needs

Pet Food

Animal Bedding

Crates (all sizes)

Collars/leads

Veterinary Supplies

Puppy and Kitten Formula

Canopy tents for the animals

Large cat tower/cage (for kittens)

Portable water bowls for animals

Microchip Scanners



General needs

RVs, SUV’s & Trucks (4x4), ATV’s (loaned or donated)

Tarp

Two way radios

Generators

Rope

Duct tape

Cable ties

Fencing, both temporary and permanent

Heavy work gloves and welding gloves

Carpentry supplies

Gas cans

Gas for vehicles

Flashlights

Batteries (AA, AAA, C & D)

Water

Water tanks

Clorox bleach

Warehouse facilities near Tylertown, MS

Garbage cans

Garbage bags

Tents

Camping Gear

Towels

Blankets

Collapsible wire cages (extra large size)

Extension cords (heavy duty outdoor approved - 100 foot long)

Grooming clippers (electric)

Zip Lock bags (extra large size)



Important note: Please contact us at the number above before you buy large quantities of any of these items.



This list is not exhaustive and if you think that you can offer goods or services that can help, please contact [e-mail]. We will contact you soon.



No matter where you live or what you are able to physically do, you can help the survivors by donating to the hurricane relief effort. Any monies raised will go to help those animals and animal rescue organizations affected by the disaster. Please donate on the website at www.bestfriends.org or by calling 435-644-2001 ext. 104.



Again, thank you so very much for all offers of help. We’ll keep you updated on developments.





Best Friends Animal Society
5001 Angel Canyon Road

Kanab, UT 84741

[leftchick]

2. God I hope They Find these babies....

I love Best Friends and have been a member forever. These photos give general descriptions of their locations. I wonder if this would be helpful to them.

:cry:



Two dogs sit atop an SUV in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana September 6, eight days after Hurricane Katrina struck the region. Several private boats manned with New Orleans police, military police and medical personnel scoured the flooded streets in search of stranded residents. The White House is preparing a new emergency budget request for funding recovery efforts from Hurricane Katrina likely to be $40 billion to $50 billion, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Lee Celano



A sad looking dog peers out through the burglar bars in a flooded home in the Ninth Ward in New Orleans, La., Monday, Sept. 5, 2005. Thousands of animals have been left stranded in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)

[leftchick]

3. DONATE!

:kick:

[The Stranger]

4. Keep it going.

[calimary]

5. KICK!

God these pictures are so sad. Innocent animals. The last to be considered. Or remembered. :cry:

[librechik]

6. site is down--too much traffic n/t

[calimary]

7. Kicked and nominated.

Any snail mail address for these people? I'm not doing credit cards just now. The site is on overwhelm. Maybe that's good news...

[calimary]

8. Kicking again.

If anybody has more info, please post it here.

[leftchick]

9. This has al lt of local helo resources at this link

but not best friends....

http://www.petfinder.com/disaster/

[OneBlueSky]

10. good news . . . it's just after 1:00 am on Wednesday, and. . . .

the website is unavailable due to too much traffic . . .