Dear friends;
My tel# for the remainder of my being away from AZ will be 303-257-3500...
I will email when back there for the 602# to be answered. It now forwards
to my voice mail/pager.
This is the update from Chere who is the coordinator of the
FERRET FRIENDS DISASTER RESPONSE INTERNATIONAL network, the news
is both good and pretty bad:
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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 00:36:29 EDT
Subject: URGENT: FERRET FRIENDS DISASTER RESPONSE INTERNATIONAL
Coordinators:
We have good news regarding the Ferret Shelters in NC after Hurricane
Floyd. Shelters there are O.K. and do not need our assistance at this
time.
The bad new is worst than worse. We HAVE URGENT NEEDS regarding the
animals in NC. First please be so kind as to check the WEATHER CHANNEL you
will see that we have another Tropical Depression and although it is not a
Hurricane - it will dump more RAIN in the ALREADY DISASTROUS ZONES in NC.
Please all Ferret Friends Remember: United Animal Nations Emergency Animal
Response Service (EARS) has been there for the FERRETS since Hurricane
Andrew - we must help them NOW
ANIMALS NEED OUR HELP AND THEY NEED IT NOW!!!! Toward the end of this
message is an address for sending supplies. We are sending all our dog and
cat supplies. We are holding back all the critical Ferret supplies in case
a shelter that we do not know of is down.
North Carolina Update:
Anyone knowing of an animal that needs to be rescued can contact:
EARS (UAN) at (252) 816-1813 between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. or,
after hours, can leave a message with the Pitt County Humane Society at
(252) 756-1268.
The EARS volunteers also will be caring for the rescued animals and any
displaced companion animals in need of a temporary home at the Life Science
Building at East Carolina University.
Any families who have been evacuated who need a place to house their
companion animals can bring them to the Life Science Building (located on
Emergency Drive in Greenville) between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.
EARS currently is in need of leashes, collars and towels to care for the
wet and cold animal victims. Anyone wanting to donate these items can
bring them to the Life Science Building between the hours of 7:00 a.m.
to 7:00 p.m. Here is the various situations
My name is Jennifer Homcy. I am with the International Fund for Animal
Welfare (IFAW) Emergency Relief Team. We are here in NC at the Emergency
Operations Center (EOC) in Raleigh, working with HSUS, Code 3, and EARS.
We can help you get your dogs. We have boats and a helicopter, 4 X 4
trucks, etc., and well experienced teams to respond. Please call us ASAP
at 919-733-9298. Good Luck, Jennifer
Update on Denton situation:
The situation is stable, water is down and the building is drying out.
Most dogs were found and are in kennels, cats and kittens are being moved
to another rescue. Fosters are being arranged locally and another county
has some space at their shelter.
Anyone who wants to help or donate to this cause please call Caroline
County Humane Society at (410) 479-3911.
We have animals in veterinary care from drowning that will have bills,
pregnant cats we rescued that will need help and we need it bad!! Also to
buy extra crates, supplies, etc for the next storm. Thank you for helping.
Humane Society of Kent County, Maryland;
http://www.kentcounty.com/humane/
Caroline County Humane Society:
http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/Park/4489/
Address for shipping donated supplies to North Carolina.
EARS
c/o Cora Tyson
215 Hardee Road
Greenville, NC 27858
Current wish list includes:
Polaroid film (to take photos of all rescued animals)
Leashes
Collars
Towels
Also, here's our update as of this morning (Sept. 19)..EARS Volunteers
Saving Animals Stranded in Flooded Pitt County (NC)SEPT. 19 UPDATE :
EARS volunteers headed out into the flooded communities of Greenville and
surrounding Pitt County, North Carolina, this morning with more than 50
requests to rescue animals who had been left behind and another 20 rescue
requests had already been received by midday for additional rescues. EARS
Director Terri Crisp said the team has eight boats and as many as 40
volunteers available to work on the rescues throughout the day. In
addition to dogs and cats, the volunteers also are helping with the
rescues of horses in the nearby communities of Grifton and Belvoir.
The situation is made more urgent by the fact that another storm is
approaching and North Carolina is due for more rain within the next day
or two. Another obstacle facing the volunteers in Greenville, is that
the local power plant has been flooded and the area surrounding it is off
limits due to safety concerns.Meanwhile, back at the Life Science Building
at East Carolina University, where a temporary emergency animal shelter has
been set up, volunteers are caring for approximately 30 animals-dogs and
cats-that had already been rescued from flooding situations the previous
two days.
EARS Coordinator Cora Tyson said that some of these animals were
hypothermic, after swimming or standing in cold, wet floodwaters for more
than a day, and some have come in covered with diesel fuel. However, a
veterinarian who works with the university is on site to look at and care
for any animals who are in need of medical care. Tyson said the community
has been extremely supportive of efforts to help the animals and
approximately 200 foster homes have been lined up for the animal victims.
Tyson said those foster homes are currently being used for any animals who
are brought in by families who have been evacuated from their homes and
need a place to temporarily house their pets.
Anyone needing helping with the rescue of an animal can call the EARS team
at the Life Science Building at (252) 816-1813 between the hours of 7:00
a.m. and 7:00 p.m. or, after hours, can leave a message with the Pitt
County Humane Society at (252) 756-1268. Also, any evacuated families who
need a temporary place to house their companion animals can come to the
Life Science Building during the same hours.
The temporary shelter at the Life Science Building (at East Carolina
University on Emergency Drive in Greenville) is in need of Polaroid film,
towels, collars and leashes for the animals. Anyone wanting to donate
these items can bring them to the Life Science Building between 7:00 a.m.
and 7:00 p.m. or mail them to EARS c/o Cora Tyson, 215 Hardee Road,
Greenville, NC 27858.
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Corrected address for donations to Denton, MD:
Caroline County Humane Society
PO box 4
Denton, Maryland 21629
(410)479-3911
PLEASE HELP THE CHILDREN OF FUR, FEATHERS, SCALES SHELLS AND HOOVES
Chere McCoy
Director, Ferret Friends Disaster Response International
FFDRI Web Site: http://www.worldaccessnet.com/~ferretma/ffdri1.html
[Posted in FML issue 2810]
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