Haiti Animal Relief – Update 2-16-10
Updates from the two groups providing relief to the Animals In Haiti.
1. Humane Society International (HSI) / Humane Society United States (HSUS) /Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association
“The Haitian earthquake was not like Hurricane Katrina, with time ticking away against the minutes and hours of the lives of thousands of pets stranded in homes and buildings throughout the strike zone in Louisiana and Mississippi. And Haiti was not the United States, with an emergency response infrastructure ready to accommodate the efforts of those who wanted to help animals.Haiti was, instead, what it has been for a long time, an impoverished and underdeveloped nation, with different styles of pet keeping, traditional forms of subsistence agriculture incorporating animals, and a heavy reliance on horses and donkeys as beasts of burden. Before the earthquake, its animal welfare problems, grave as they were, did not greatly differ from those of dozens of nations around the world in which compassion and resources are not yet sufficient to reach the plight and the needs of suffering or neglected animals. Now, the earthquake has put a spotlight on these problems.”
- Helping Haiti in the Long Term
- Latest Video: HSI and Haitians, Working Together
- Additional Videos and Slideshows
- Third Team Heads In: February 10, 2010; 11:30 a.m. EST
- Heading Home, for Now: February 4, 2010; 10:00 a.m. EST
- Merger Village: February 2, 2010; 9:30 p.m. EST
- Second Wave Deploys: February 1, 2010; 3 p.m. EST
The long-term HSI/HSUS/HSVMA recovery plan is expected to include:
- the shipment and distribution of food and supplies necessary to keep animals alive and healthy
- financial and practical support for Haiti’s crucial rabies vaccination program
- ongoing direct animal care and treatment in Haiti
- a rural spaying and neutering program with Christian Veterinary Mission
- collaboration in equine care and welfare workshops
- disaster preparedness training for Haitian veterinary personnel
- the creation of a basic animal care infrastructure or animal services clinic
- a program of improved care for captive animals in zoos, and
- the hiring of veterinary personnel to staff and manage funded initiatives.
Slideshow 1
Slideshow 2
2. Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH)
From the WSPA Animal In Disaster’s Blog
“Over the last few weeks, the ARCH field team has been moving from neighbourhood to neighbourhood doing vaccinations, de-worming and providing treatments. Our other partners from IFAW, SODOPRECA and Best Friends have been part of this rotation, working together day and night. The collaboration between animal welfare groups has been vital to ensuring the immediate needs of Haiti’s animals are met. So far, that dedicated team has come to the aid of nearly 2,000 animals.”
Current members of Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH)
- International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
- World Society for Protection of Animals
- American Humane Association
- Best Friends Animal Society
- RSPCA (UK)
- In Defence of Animals
- American Veterinary Medical Association
- American Veterinary Medical Foundation
- Antigua and Barbuda Humane Society
- ASPCA
- United Animal Nations
- The Kinship Circle
- One Voice
- Swiss Animal Protection
- Palo Alto Humane Society (PAHS)
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
- Finnish Federation for Animal Welfare Associations
- Animal Medical Care Foundation (AMCF)
- Petfinder.com Foundation
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