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Dear Friends and Supporters,

Earthquakes. Oil Spills. Floods. Too much to process. Our senses get dulled.

But I am so upset about a phone call I received that I am writing to you personally. Traci Dawson, our Team 3 leader in Chile, reports that an evacuee camp in Talquahano wants to kill all its companion animals. People who lost everything in Chile’s 8.8 earthquake and tsunami can’t even feed themselves. They don’t want to watch their animals starve to death.

Kinship Circle and SACH (Animal Relief Chile) responded immediately with food and veterinary first aid. We met with the tent camp’s “Mayor.” The animals here are hungry, many injured, some sick.

LT PHOTO: We rescue litters burrowed inside wreckage, almost daily. RT: This kitten has a broken femur bone that went untreated since the earthquake.

There are 30 tent camps along Chile’s ravaged coast. People and animals occupy row after row of tents. We fear a similar mentality will invade all the camps. Though we travel north and south of Concepcion, we routinely run out of sutures, latex gloves… One of our veterinarians in Chile now, Dr. Dan Meakin, even performed surgery on a dog in an open field. At times we can’t afford the van rental to ferry our team, vet supplies and food.

LT PHOTO: Kinship Circle’s Dan Meakin, DVM, and a Chilean vet perform surgery on a dog at a clinic in an empty building. RT: This rescued kitten and puppy are so happy to eat, they have no problem sharing the bowl!

We promise the camp in Talquahano we will return. We won’t let despair propel them to shoot their own animals. But the situation distresses me deeply. It speaks volumes about Chile’s quake/tsunami victims…and how the world seems to have forgotten them. People assume they can recover on their own. They’re wrong, especially when it comes to animals.

Brenda Shoss, Kinship Circle, 5/9/10

We need funding to treat animals and distribute food.
http://www.kinshipcircle.org/donation



-   Chile has no animal shelters. No animal disaster plan.
-   Evacuees in tent camps need aid for their animals now.
-   We can’t send in our Team 4 without more funding.

LT PHOTO: Tubul, born just days within the quake, will stay in splints for a month or more to correct his leg deformities. RT: Kinship Circle’s Courtney Chandel (Team 2) cradles a quake survivor at an evacuee tent camp.
TUBUL’S STORY: http://www.kinshipcircle.org/chile/2010-mar-april-notes.html#april26

PLEASE HELP US BUY VET SUPPLIES AND MORE, IN CHILE
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Photos (c) Kinship Circle, Chile 2010

**  CHILE PHOTO LOG: http://www.kinshipcircle.org/chile/2010-april-photolog.html
**  FIELD NOTES: http://www.kinshipcircle.org/chile/2010-mar-april-notes.html
**  CHILE HOME: http://www.kinshipcircle.org/chile

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We Are Monitoring Animal Response In Other Disasters:

1. GULF OIL SPILL:
http://www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters/gulfspill/2010-05-05.html

2. TENNESSEE FLOOD:
Kinship Circle has learned that DSHR Red Cross Volunteers have been activated for two weeks, to setup and run human shelters in the path of Tennessee floods. The animal situation is currently under evaluation. If called upon to deploy volunteers, we will notify Kinship Circle’s disaster aid volunteer network.

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He came into this world on a crash and a wave…

The floppy-eared puppy was born just days before an 8.8 earthquake and tsunami swept over Chile’s coastal towns. We don’t know how he escaped waters that made 5 to 6 feet rings around buildings. We don’t know where he hid as structures collapsed. We do know the pup dubbed Francisco de Tubul did it alone. Somehow this tiny dog — crippled, starving — stayed alive…

TUBUL’S STORY: http://www.kinshipcircle.org/chile/2010-mar-april-notes.html

Please help. We need funds to buy vet supplies in Chile…
Your support gives animals like Tubul a second change.

http://www.kinshipcircle.org/donation

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••  CHILE HOME: http://www.kinshipcircle.org/chile

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Thank you very much for caring about animals in Chile’s earthquake and tsunamis. Your will bring us closer to fulfilling a three-part mission:

1) FIELD RESCUE + FIRST AID: We’re in Chile right now, alongside Chilean veterinarians and Socorro Animal Chile (SACH) in the coastal towns of: Villa Futura, Santa Clara Talchuano, Calita Los Morros, Calita il Fiernillo… Our team saw 500 roaming animals in one area alone and has cleaned animals near a quake-caused spill… Each day uncovers new animals in need and we’re concerned about reaching them — to treat wounds, infection, parasites, insect infestation, worms, broken bones, etc. — in the shadow of a government discussed cull of 700,000 animals… We need ongoing financial aid for everything from latex gloves and vaccines to van transport/gas and vet clinic fees for the seriously injured or sick.

2) MASS VACCINATION & TAGGING: We hope to vaccinate disaster-affected animals and strays and identify those protected from disease with brightly colored collars or other means — to let officials recognize which animals are immune and pose no threat to human health and safety.

3) TEMPORARY CLINIC/SHELTER: Ultimately, a centrally located temp clinic/shelter is needed, as there is currently nowhere to get animals off the streets. SACH Chilean vets hope to develop a military tent style one-year clinic/shelter for housing, healing, vaccines, and spay/neuter. Kinship Circle has written a plan for this emergency shelter and priced items required to maintain it. We would need over $700,000 for a site equipped with adequate surgical, diagnostic and treatment supplies, animal containment and care…and a project manager to oversee volunteer staff.

Your support for the Animal Relief Chile project is deeply appreciated. It is how we can get the dazed puppy from the middle of an intersection to a vet clinic. It is how we can feed the hungry, decontaminate the oil-covered…and give as many animals as possible a second chance.

Please help us spread the word…
A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION CAN BE MADE AT EITHER LINK:
http://www.kinshipcircle.org/chile
http://www.kinshipcircle.org/donation/

With heartfelt gratitude,
Brenda Shoss, President, Kinship Circle

Kinship Circle Board of Directors:
Kate Danaher, Social Media Director
Bonnie Morrison, Disaster Volunteer Management Director
Sandi Corrado, Disaster Team Director
Nora Constance Marino, Esq., Kinship Circle Counsel
Terri Kelley, Investigative Research, Disaster Aid Coordinator
E.H., Investigative Research
Adrienne DeArmas, Director
Grady Ballard, Director

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LT: A Chilean veterinarian, on mission with Kinship Circle’s team, holds a cat missing her paw. RT: Kinship Circle’s Traci Dawson, Byron Wilkes and Maureen Valentine head out to coastal areas hardest hit by an earthquake, aftershocks and tsunamis. Photos (c) Kinship Circle, Chile 2010

Kinship Circle works alongside Chilean veterinarians to save them — but can’t get animals off the streets without your help. Worse, Chile’s government has discussed a cull of 700,000 animals in hard hit communities.

As we travel the coast, Kinship Circle IC Traci Dawson likens it to Chile’s “Upper Ninth Ward,” in reference to a Katrina ravaged community in New Orleans. Pre-quake strays with mange, malnutrition, infection…blend with animals displaced by an 8.8 magnitude earthquake and tsunamis.

Still, that puppy in the middle of the road? She is safe and will be adopted. The animals near the oil spill? They are fed and clean.

WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT:
•   To send teams over several months, including airfare, van rental, field rescue gear, etc.
•   To position our project manager on site and maintain daily communications.
•   To (funds permitting) develop a temp clinic/shelter for injured, sick and homeless.

A TAX-DEDUCTIBLE DONATION CAN BE MADE AT EITHER LINK:
http://www.kinshipcircle.org/chile
http://www.kinshipcircle.org/donation/

KINSHIP CIRCLE CHILE PHOTO DIARY:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49004747@N02/

A cat is treated at a vet clinic. Eye infections are common, some due to prolonged saltwater exposure following an earthquake prompted tsunami. Photos (c) Kinship Circle, Chile 2010

4/2/10: Villa Futura, north of Concepcion, Chile
OVERVIEW: Kinship Circle team members Traci Dawson, June Towler, Shawndra Michell, Maureen Valentine and Byron Wilkes work in a temp vet clinic, with three Chilean veterinarians, student vets, and six volunteers from a SACH (Socorro Animal Chile / Animal Relief Chile) member group, Animal Dignity. Outside the clinic, a line of people and animals stretch down the sidewalk…

ACTIVITIES: The turnout is staggering. There are virtually no neutered dogs… Vets examine animals, checking eyes, teeth, ears, glands, neck region, flea infestation, spines, organs, heart, etc. Skin disorders are prevalent, as are wounds and bites.

ISSUES: The clinic runs out of pest spray, latex gloves and paper towels. Though Kinship donates latex gloves, there still aren’t enough.

STATS: Today the clinic sees over 200 animals.

KC’s Byron Wilkes brings food to one of many dogs roaming in ruined Chilean towns. Animals are examined at makeshift vet clinics. Skin disorders are prevalent, as are wounds and bites. Photos (c) Kinship Circle, Chile 2010

4/1/10: Santa Clara Talchuano / 9:00 am
OVERVIEW: An earthquake and tsunami crashed into this “fishing town” near ground zero. Torn nets and debris cover beaches and streets. Numerous dogs rove amid rubble. Homes are rimmed with waterlines about 5 feet high. Buildings have Katrina-like mold, mud, water damage and collapsed walls.

ACTIVITIES: We spot a nursing dog. Fishermen lead us to the vicinity of her den. We search for her pups to evaluate their condition, but mom has tunneled so deep underground that we are unable to safely reach them.

Some evacuated locals left animals behind. An extremely large stray population wander streets and deserted buildings. All seem friendly, if skittish. We don’t encounter any aggressives.

ISSUES: Mange, wounds, starvation, lack of water. Food is distributed in measured amounts because many sell food rather than feed animals.

SIGHTING STATS: Roughly 100-150 dogs and unnumbered cats.

Please make a contribution for Chile’s animal quake victims:
http://www.kinshipcircle.org/chile
http://www.kinshipcircle.org/donation/

4/1/10: Calita Los Morros / 2:30 pm
OVERVIEW: Military tents and small shacks of wood and pallets serve as evacuee camps here. Many are with animals, but not all. Some conflict erupts between neighbors with and without animals…

ACTIVITIES: The team provides food and medical care to animals in the camp. Two cats with severe upper respiratory disease are treated on site.

During street rounds, we visit a family with multiple dogs — including a mom with a large litter and several cats. All animals are checked, treated and left with food. KC revisits a resident who told SACH she’d leave with her dogs. As suspected, she did not take them. The abandoned dogs are fed and we’ll attempt to find a home for them…

ISSUES: Mange, injuries, wounds, starvation, TVT, distemper. TVT, a canine venereal virus prevalent here, is transmitted via contact (sexual, touch/rub open wounds, nasal). Dogs get large red “cauliflower” tumors…

SIGHTING STATS: Approximately 200 dogs/cats.

Large animal populations roam streets and deserted buildings in earthquake stricken parts of Chile. Photos (c) Kinship Circle, Chile 2010

4/1/10: Calita il Fiernillo, Quake causes oil spills / 5:00 pm
OVERVIEW: The earthquake caused an oil spill at a refinery along this town’s shore. Dogs and cats wadethrough black-water puddles. One cat is found atop a roof drenched in oil… Animals are decontaminated, but with no temp shelter, we can only release them.

In a an area swarming with strays, we capture and treat a very skittish dog whose staked out his “spot” on a slab of cardboard. Down the road, we find an 8-week-old puppy dazed and ragged in the middle of an intersection. SACH takes the puppy to a clinic, where she’ll remain till healthy enough to adopt out. Kinship Circle team members contribute money toward the pup’s clinic fees, as SACH reveals they are now completely out of money.

SIGHTING STATS: Over the course of the day, we see an estimated 500 dogs. The stray population has ballooned with animals displaced by this disaster.

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Kinship Circle’s team is en route to Chile.  Why Chile? The answer lies in their eyes…


WHY CHILE?
Animals have no borders, so when Chileans asked Kinship Circle to send teams to help displaced animals, we got to work. We are now in Chile for rescue, first aid and the eventual construction of a temp tent clinic/shelter to house homeless animals, treat injuries, vaccinate, and spay/neuter.

WHY CHILE?
A stretch of coastal towns, about 500-600 miles from Santiago, Chile are ruined from an 8.8 earthquake, aftershocks, and two tsunamis. Still, cries of animals are heard from the rubble. Many are sick from drinking saltwater… It will take 4 to 5 days for a SACH/Kinship Circle convoy to log animal numbers, leave food/water and treat any injured or sick animals.

I wonder how we will find the money to finance all that needs to be done for thousands… Will people care enough about animals in Chile to contribute?

WHY CHILE?
Anyone who looks into their eyes would see the same sadness and confusion that I see. That look, a mix of hunger and hopelessness, was Katrina’s hallmark. For some rescuers, it is a look that can never be erased.

How do you turn away from a plea for help? From tears…and stories of animals left behind? YOU DON’T. Brenda Shoss, president, Kinship Circle

*  DONATE TO CHILE RELIEF FUND NOW:
http://www.kinshipcircle.org/donation

*   DONATE BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER:
Kinship Circle / 7380 Kingsbury Blvd. / St. Louis, MO 63130

WE NEED TO RAISE AT LEAST $500,000 TO…
Fund Kinship Circle teams for 3 to 6 months — including veterinarians, first responders, and a Chile project manager — to purchase and oversee:
*   Search and Rescue / Trapping
*   In-Field First Aid / Wound Transport / Food-Water Program
*   Assessment and Tracking of Animal Populations
*   1-Year Clinic/Shelter (for homeless and temporarily surrendered animals)
*   Extended Care (vaccines, spay/neuter, and adoption programs)
*   Veterinary surgical/diagnostic equipment
*   Veterinary medicines, vaccines, tools
*   Containment & care: kennels, cages, food, hygiene, bowls, leashes, collars, litter…
*   Temp clinic/shelter: military tents, fencing, electrical lighting, air/heat…
*   Field work: stretchers, carriers, gas, first aid, catch poles, trap cages…

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WE NEED TO RAISE AT LEAST $500,00 TO:
–  Finance our initial five-person team, in Chile to assess the emergency for animals. This deployment will help form our extended plan for the rescue/recovery of earthquake affected animals.

–  Fund Kinship Circle teams over 3 to 6 months — including veterinarians, vet techs, first responders, and a Chile project manager — to conduct:
*   Search and Rescue / Trapping
*   In-Field First Aid / Wound Transport
*   In-Field Sustenance (food/water program)
*   Assessment and Tracking of Animal Populations
*   1-Year Clinic/Shelter (for homeless and temporarily surrendered animals)
*   Extended Care (vaccines, spay/neuter, and adoption programs)

*  DONATE TO CHILE RELIEF FUND NOW:
http://www.kinshipcircle.org/donation

*   DONATE BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER:
Kinship Circle / 7380 Kingsbury Blvd. / St. Louis, MO 63130

KINSHIP CIRCLE IS AUTHORIZED BY CHILI’S GOVERNMENT. DONATIONS HELP FUND:
1)  A temporary shelter/clinic to care for animals left homeless by the earthquake as well as provide extended care for those animals without caretakers or who require more medical aid.

2)  A spay/neuter campaign with the goal to sterilize 5,000 to 6,000 animals. With enough funding, a spay/neuter program can change both the post-quake and long-term landscape for Chile’s animals.

3)  Transport and adoption campaigns, particularly in the U.S. In addition to a large pre-quake stray population, thousands more animals are left homeless by overwhelmed quake survivors.

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Dear Supporters,
I just got off the phone with Kinship Circle’s Chile contact. She described the forgotten victims of Chile’s 8.8-magnitude earthquake on 2/27/10 — followed by 20+ aftershocks, some as high as 7.2 and 6.9, and two tsunamis.

Socorro Animal Chile, SACH (Animal Relief Chile) is a coalition of Chilean
animal protection groups united for the relief of an estimated 700,000 (or more) animals scattered across Dichato, Constitucion and Pichilemu, Chile. SACH sends three veterinarian-led teams into the field daily. They’ve formally requested assistance from Kinship Circle’s disaster response team.

SACH has also asked us to raise funds on their behalf, with three main goals to:

1. Erect a temporary tent shelter/clinic to care for animals abandoned in the earthquake.
2. Carry out a spay/neuter campaign.
3. Focus on transport and adoption campaigns, particularly in the U.S.

SACH needs Kinship Circle Animal Disaster Aid in Chile to assist with:
– Search and Rescue / Trapping
– In-Field First Aid
– Wound Transport to Veterinary Clinics
– In-Field Sustenance (food/water program)
– Assessment and Tracking of Animal Populations
– Emergency Sheltering (once a temporary staging area/clinic is established)

WE NEED TO RAISE $500,000.
http://kinshipcircle.org/donation/
I know you have DONATION FATIGUE! We wouldn’t ask, with Haiti animal aid still underway, if it weren’t critical. I ask for you to reach deep, to helpwith funding needs outlined below. We can’t keep our promise to Chile’s animals without funding, as most of our resources went to Haiti work.  With deep gratitude, Brenda Shoss, president, Kinship Circle

Please donate to Kinship Circle / Animal Relief Chile now:
BY MAIL:
Kinship Circle
Animal Relief Chile
7380 Kingsbury Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63130

ONLINE:
http://kinshipcircle.org/donation/

Your donation helps pay for:
**This is to show why we’re fundraising. DO NOT SHIP ITEMS TO US.**
STAGING AREA/TEMP SHELTER IN CHILE:
– Large vehicles: 3 SUVs
– Gas fueled generators
– Basic veterinary surgical equipment and examining table
– Basic veterinary clinic equipment, including vaccines, medicines, etc.
– Subcutaneous fluid bags, lines, needles
– Portable X-ray machine and light table
– Fans and portable air conditioners for surgical tents
– Kennels, run, carriers, cages…for rescued animals
– Sturdy large tent shelters for clinic, animal sheltering, volunteers
– Electrical lighting for staging area/volunteer camp at night
– Fencing
– Leashes, collars
– Bowls
– Litter-boxes & Litter
– Cat and dog food
– Water
– Blankets; Newspaper
– Trap cages
– Catch poles
– Hygiene
– Refrigerator cold storage of medication
VOLUNTEER DEPLOYMENT & GROUND ACTIVITIES:
– Airfare reimbursement for volunteer deployments
– Lodging for volunteers, whether in hotel, rented property, or camp
– Sustenance (food, water) for volunteers + some equipment, such as catchpoles, etc.
– Administrative costs for web construction, public messaging, long distance communications…

A Plea From Earthquake-Stricken Chile
Dear Ms. Shoss and Kinship Circle,
The earthquake and following tsunami that Chile suffered on the early morning of the 27th of February devastated several small towns close to the coast. Thousands of animals are silent victims of this catastrophe. Hundreds of dogs live with their owners in shelters and thousands roam the ruins of towns and cities. The dogs’ guardians have lost everything and do not have the resources to feed their animals. Some opted to abandon them.

Chilean animal welfare groups and veterinarians decided to work together to help animals and created Socorro Animal Chile (Animal Relief Chile).

Socorro Animal Chile (Animal Relief Chile) formally requests assistance from Kinship Circle for our animal aid operation in Dichato, Constitucion and Pichilemu, Chile. We need trained animal disaster responders and rescue and veterinary specialists. On behalf of the animal organizations in SACH/Animal Relief Chile, we ask that Kinship Circle deploy its team to Chile to work within our animal disaster plan, in response to Chile’s earthquake.

We also ask Kinship Circle to temporarily receive donations in the United States on behalf of Socorro Animal Chile. We urgently need funding to sustain our work for animals. Difficult bureaucratic steps necessary to opening a Paypal account ourselves, in Chile, have prompted SACH to request financial aid from other countries, especially the United States. That is the reason we ask Kinship Circle to accept funds on our behalf.

For all your help I am grateful,
Alejandra Cassino, Chief Coordinator
Adriana De La Garza, International Affairs
Socorro Animal Chile / Animal Relief Chile

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ANIMAL RELIEF CHILE
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=329459149031&ref=ts
http://www.sach.bligoo.cl/

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Hearts For Haiti: Animal And Human Survivors Need Us Now!


Photos reflect early assessment efforts in Haiti right now that help animal
teams form a comprehensive emergency response plan. As part of that plan, a
mobile veterinary clinic is en route to help the people and animals of
Haiti. (c) WSPA/IFAW, leading ARCH on the ground in Haiti.

Kinship Circle has assembled an expert team — with ground assets including a
veterinarian, vet tech, paramedic, ACO, FEMA certifications, technical and
large animal rescue, search and rescue… Kinship Circle’s team is on
standby, for deployment under ARCH as needed.

Animals in Haiti need you — now and tomorrow.

Haiti’s Minister of Agriculture tells us that 100,000 dogs were vaccinated pre-quake, out of an estimated 500,000. Where are they? Animal aid groups on the ground continue to help some, as they search for more.

ONE THING IS CERTAIN: Groups united under IFAW and WSPA’s leadership as the Animal Coalition Of Haiti (ARCH) want to leave the animal infrastructure better than they found it. That means funding is still needed for:

Mobile Clinic Relief / Vaccine Delivery / Temporary Vet Clinics
Dog population and control study / Monitoring and Evaluation
On-Site Project Manager / and more…

WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE… in a country with acute and long-term needs.
Rather than watch Haiti resort to the dog culls we’ve seen in China, here is
our chance to educate, vaccinate and support Haiti’s young veterinarians.

Though already over-budget, Kinship Circle has pledged time, people, and resources to Haiti animal relief. Please help us be there for them…

*   DONATE SECURELY ONLINE:
http://www.kinshipcircle.org/donation

*   DONATE BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER:
Kinship Circle / 7380 Kingsbury Blvd. / St. Louis, MO 63130

Write HAITI ANIMAL AID, on your check’s memo line.

HEARTS FOR HAITI: An American Dining Relief Benefit Launched By Bravo TV’s Top Chef Contestant

Hollywood, Florida — Haitian-born Ron Duprat of Bravo’s hit series “Top
Chef” has teamed up with three fellow contestants — Mattin Noblia, Hector
Santiago and Michael Voltagggio — to welcome other fine chefs nationwide in
an all-chef Relief Benefit on St. Valentine’s Day for his native land.

ON FEBRUARY 14, 2010: Participating chefs and restaurants will donate a
percentage of their receipts to Hearts for Haiti: An American Dining Relief
Benefit. Donated funds will be divided between Hollywood Unites For Haiti
and Kinship Circle Animal Disaster Aid. On-the-ground relief efforts will
receive 100% of donated funds.

“Chefs always care,” Duprat says. “I hope chefs across the country will join
us in this heartfelt effort for Haiti. One hundred percent of their
donations will go directly to Haitian relief efforts for both people and
animals. It’s a win-win for everyone.”

“Animals suffer in disasters just as people do,” says Kinship Circle
president Brenda Shoss. “They are frightened, alone, injured and without
food. Our organization has united with animal welfare groups worldwide under
the banner Animal Relief Coalition of Haiti (ARCH) to offer direct rescue
and veterinary care, as well as long term vaccinations and measures to
prevent disease outbreak such as rabies and leptospirosis.”

CHARITABLE BENEFICIARIES:
KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER AID, a major partner in the Animal Relief
Coalition of Haiti (ARCH), is a nonprofit that mobilizes volunteers,
supplies and resources for animal victims through its network of trained
responders in the U.S. and Canada. Kinship Circle works in agreement with
local agencies or other NGOs to deploy teams of highly trained and
credentialed animal responders for assessment, search and rescue, and
emergency sheltering aid.

HOLLYWOOD UNITES FOR HAITI, founded in 2008 by Jimmy Jean Louis, star of
NBC’s hit series, “Heroes,” is a charitable non-profit that focuses on
enriching the lives of Haitian children. HUFH has partnered with the
non-profit Pan American Development Fund to send supplies into Haiti from
its border warehouse. Mr. Louis is PADF’s Goodwill Ambassador for Haiti’s
Children program and celebrity spokesperson for the joint relief effort.

** To become a participating chef or dine at a participating restaurant, call
415-461-9300 or visit http://www.chefronduprat.com **


(c) WSPA/IFAW, leading ARCH on the ground in Haiti

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http://www.kinshipcircle.org/donation

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Kinship Circle / 7380 Kingsbury Blvd. / St. Louis, MO 63130
Write HAITI ANIMAL AID, on your check’s memo line.

Scenes From The Field In Haiti — Assessment Underway, 1/22 – 1/24/10…


1/24/10 – Dr Juan Carlos Murillo, WSPA’s longest serving disaster management
veterinary officer and an ARCH team member in Port-au-Prince, checks the
state of this dog’s health and treats any lesions. Dr. Murillo says, “The
animal was as normal as can be expected for a dog who survives day by day.
Our friend ‘Lucky’ really honors his name as another survivor of Haiti’s
earthquake.” (c) WSPA/IFAW; photographer: Tomas Stargardter

1/22/10 – Children huddle with a dog in makeshift tents, after Haiti’s
earthquake. Among the 150,000 “owned” and stray dogs in Port-au-Prince, the
Ministry of Agriculture estimates that 70% of “owned” dogs are vaccinated
against rabies. The line blurs between street dogs and those with
caretakers, as all dogs roam and scavenge for food. (c) WSPA/IFAW

LT PHOTO: 1/24/10 – A man holds a chicken in Port-au-Prince. In Haiti,
confined animals such as pigs and chickens are in more danger, due to lack
of feed and damaged housing. Goats, cows, horses and donkeys, who graze only
and do not require feed, live in fields away from structures. Haitian
farming commonly occurs in backyards. RT PHOTO: A dog walks through rubble
and fire. (c) WSPA/IFAW; photographers: Tomas Stargardter, Michael Booth

Kinship Circle is a member of the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti which is
jointly led by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and the
World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA).

Animal welfare organizations formed the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti
(ARCH) so that we could work together to bring aid to as many animals, and
in as short a time, as possible. At present, ARCH partners include:
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW); World Society for Protection
of Animals; American Humane Association; Best Friends Animal Society; RSPCA
(UK); In Defense of Animals; American Veterinary Medical Association;
American Veterinary Medical Foundation; Antigua and Barbuda Humane Society;
ASPCA; United Animal Nations; 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 Welfare Care Foundation (AMCF)

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