A dog from Brazil grieves for the humans she lost under walls of water and mud. Nicky's story occurred a thousand times over when flash floods and landslides engulfed entire cities in the mountain region of Rio de Janeiro. Kinship Circle, partnering with In Defense of Animals (IDA), is in Brazil — where the situation is heartbreaking for thousands of injured, sick and frightened animals. PLEASE DONATE TO OUR ANIMAL DISASTER AID FUND! Your tax-deductible gift lets us:
- Send veterinarians and medical supplies to Brazil, to diagnose and treat wounded and sick animals.
- Heal animals so they are more adoptable. The disaster shelter stays open until all survivors are adopted/fostered.
- Deploy disaster-rescue and veterinary trained teams to Brazil.
- Fund a vehicle to rescue animals in areas where every human fled or died.
Some ask, "Why Brazil?" Kinship Circle specializes in animal disaster aid. We certainly activate for U.S. disasters — Gulf Oil Disaster, Hurricanes Gustav & Ike, Iowa Floods, Katrina & Rita, More U.S. Aid. But we base our decision on NEED, rather than GEOGRAPHY. Post-disaster animal conditions in Brazil are horrific. That is why we are there.
Feb 21-28, 2011 — Life, Death And Hope After A Disaster
Feb 21-28, 2011 — Photos (C) IDA-Kinship Circle, Brazil 2011. A month and a half post-disaster, the shelter settles into a routine: Clean puppy room. Force-feed sick animals. Assist Dr. Bruno, a Brazilian veterinarian financed through donations, with meds and treatment. One of four sick puppies dies today. Another non-responsive pup, given intravenous fluids, perks up right way. A Rottweiler who miraculously survived while buried alive with his elderly caregiver (who died) succumbs to a heart condition. Kinship Circle’s Bonnie Morrison and Cheri Deatch, on rescue with a WSPA Brazil team, treat a baby bull for Bicheira (flesh-eating maggots). After irrigating the wounds Luciana (WSPA) squeezes each individual neck sore, causing worms to emerge that she extracts with forceps. Once treated, the little guy trots away happily... Tomorrow will show us who lives and who dies. CLICK PHOTOS TO VIEW LARGE.
Lt - rt: WSPA Brazil team, EstimAcao director Bebete Filpi, Kinship Circle Disaster Director Bonnie Morrison. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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A young cow has Bicheira, with deep holes swarming with flesh-eating maggots. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Bonnie (Kinship) holds the young bull as a WSPA
vet treats worm-filled wounds. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
The little guy is fairly calm as hundreds of worms are extracted from his neck. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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This white-gray tabby’s family is gone. He has no one now. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Bonnie wraps the cat in a cotton tote to carry down the mountain to our car.(C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
The cat is mildly tranquilized for the drive back to the shelter. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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In Campo Grande, we see car-sized boulders and trucks smashed into homes. Goats rummage amid the debris.
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EstimAcao lead Dina relies on IDA-Kinship volunteers to "take care of the babies," over 50 pups with diarrhea.
(C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
Puppies, with their fragile immune systems, must be
closely monitored. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Kinship Circle’s Bonnie cradles puppies until they fall
asleep.
(C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Kinship Circle’s Cheri (rt) and Bonnie deworm and syringe feed pups.
(C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
A man drops off a Rottweiler-pit bull mix and leaves. She is so bewildered.(C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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The now homeless dog won't move or lift her head. She
gets extra love from IDA-Kinship volunteers Carlos Cabral and Cheri Deatsch. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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This Rottweiler never recovered from the death of his elderly caregiver, who died beside him when both were buried under a landslide.(C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
Weeks after the grieving dog is pulled out alive, he dies. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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In outlying Teresopolis, this white shepherd is found curled in a ball, unable to move. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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The limp dog is sheet-wrapped for the trek to our car and then to the shelter. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
Cheri and volunteer Michael James try a wheelbarrow,
but the dog is too uncomfortable. Weeks later, we learn his back was broken in the disaster. He has since died. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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This German Shepherd refused to leave the side of her friend with the broken back.(C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Since her life mate died, this dog is depressed. Her eyes show heartbreak. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
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Feb 14-15, 2011 — Shelter Director Bebete Filpi Will Stay Open Till All Have Homes
Feb 14-15, 2011 — Photos (C) IDA-Kinship Circle, Brazil 2011. Today a woman leaves three dogs. She surveys the shelter and bursts into tears. She lingers with her dogs for a half hour and finally departs, still crying. Bebete says she lost her home in the floods and landslides. She has no means to care for her dogs. Bebete hopes the emergency shelter does not become a dump site for unwanted animals. Puppy and kitten litters, born pre/post-disaster, are left here. Bebete cannot turn any away. She'll stay here until all are adopted or fostered. Three, four months? Bebete shrugs. She doesn't know the answer... CLICK PHOTOS TO VIEW LARGE.
Shelter director Bebete Filpi (right) of Brazil NGO
EstimAcao, with Kinship's Sister Michael Marie and local volunteer Stephanie. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Bebete (center back row) with IDA-Kinship volunteer
Carlos Cabral
(Kinship tee), Sister Michael, Dennis, and more EstimAcao volunteers. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Thousands of animals have passed through this disaster shelter. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
On average, one litter per day shows up at the disaster shelter. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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EstimAcao tries to move them to foster/adoptive homes as quickly as possible. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Their fragile immune systems don't stand a chance against so much disease.(C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
This very sick dog has no fur. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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A pit bull Kinship Circle"s Dennis rescued is weak, dehydrated and starved. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Flies swarm his rear legs and maggots infest his wounds. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
This small grey terrier mix inside has testicular Bicheira (maggots). (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Hundreds of flesh-eating maggots are extracted from wounded dogs with Bicheira.
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A very sick dog arrives at the Teresopolis shelter.
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This dog lifts his head for the first time, after electrolyte IV fluids and antibiotic injection.(C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Others assume he’s vicious, but the pit bull Dennis rescued is very sweet. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
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This is one of two kitten litters left outside the shelter gate one day. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
More kittens dropped off. Some belonged to people who lost means to care for them. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Others use the disaster shelter as dumping site for unwanted animals. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
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Carlos Cabral comforts a dog with mange at the disaster shelter. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
Sister Michael Marie, with Kinship Circle, cradles an orphaned puppy. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Another sad dog, someone’s former companion, waits at the shelter.(C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Adrianna, a local volunteer, hand feeds a poodle with pneumonia. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
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Feb 13, 2011 — Shadows In The Wreckage...Finding More Animals
Feb 13, 2011 — Photos (C) IDA-Kinship Circle, Brazil 2011. We navigate ruins on the long mountain ascent into Santa Rita. Most residents fled our died in flash floods and landslides that leveled this community. We discover a dog in a destroyed home, but the scared animal evades capture this time. Santa Rita residents, it seems, are so traumatized by the tragedy many have not come back. We find an obviously caregiven cat so disoriented and stressed, she practically stumbles into our crate... CLICK PHOTOS TO VIEW LARGE.
Search and rescue team: Kinship Circle’s Sister Michael
and Dennis Pickersgill, Rosaly Bastos of SOS Felinos,
and Savio da Silva Santos. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Tony Pires of Resgate de Animals also guides most search-rescue missions. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Compassion overcomes language barriers when we work with Brazil rescuers. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
A horse blocks our passage in the mostly deserted city of Santa Rita. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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There are many horses in Santa Rita. We know of 60 who drowned on a farm here. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Reaching stranded animals is a challenge here. Bridges and roads are down. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
In Santa Rita we encounter this bull who won't budge from his perch on a steep incline. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Though thin, the bull appears to be cared for. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Tony, Rosaly and Dennis attempt to coax the bull down, but’s he not moving. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
A tip leads us to this black/white cat, disoriented and stress panting in the road. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Rosaly rescues the cat who obviously had been someone's companion animal. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Locals tell us about 4 more kittens, but we find this calico only in an undamaged home. Residents left without their cats.
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Kinship Circle’s Dennis Pickersgill talks to the little guy. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Sister Michael, a Kinship Circle responder and vet tech, checks out the teeny survivor. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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This dog survived floods and mudslides. Locals look after him at an open canteen. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
Many evacuated without animals, like this rescued dog. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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These rescued guys look ready for food, rest and love. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
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More abandoned or orphaned dogs of Santa Rita. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
A ray of hope beams down over Santa Rita’s flash flood zone. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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A dog is seen amid the wreckage of this home, but we are unable to catch him. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Bunnies rescued on an earlier trip were left caged without food. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
Ducks with no way to swim or drink were so weak we thought they’d die. But they’re recovering. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Kinship Circle’s Dennis Pickesrgill rescued this pit bull in Teresopolis. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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IDA-Kinship team member Jan Cabral adopted Nicki from the Teresopolis shelter. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
Nicki lost his entire family to a fatal landslide. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Another dog with bicheira, a flesh-eating maggot condition epidemic in hurt dogs. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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A member of the latest litter of the tragedy. Pups are born or dropped off daily. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
Many animals belonged to families who lost homes and cannot care for them. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Most are confused to be in this huge space full of sick, injured animals. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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This sick dog is cared for at the disaster shelter in Teresopolis. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
Sister Michael with her recruit, Savio da Silva Santos, 15, a "great shelter helper." (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Parts of mountainous Teresopolis were in the direct path of deadly landslides. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Feb 12, 2011 — Where Humans Left Or Died, More Animals Found
Feb 12, 2011 — Photos (C) IDA-Kinship Circle, Brazil 2011. In Santa Rita, just outside Teresopolis, mountains fell like cookies off a baking sheet. We encounter missing roads and areas blocked by thick debris. Along the way, we spot a black Cocker Spaniel mix who leads us to an abandoned house. The occupants have fled without their animals. Seven chickens and five rabbits are caged without food or water. Two young ducks share quarters with the chickens. Three dogs roam... CLICK PHOTOS TO VIEW LARGE.
Flash flood zone in Santa Rita, where granite mountains collapsed over the village. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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This duck, abandoned when owners fled their Santa Rita home, is weak, starving. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Kinship Circle’s Sister Michael comforts a scared bunny left behind when her guardians fled. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
Sister Michael and a local volunteer save bunnies deserted at a Santa Rita home. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Back at the Teresopolis shelter, Santa Rita bunnies drank and ate voraciously. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Five caged bunnies were found in Santa Rita, where most residents fled or died in mudslides. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
Signs of life: Animals are found severely dehydrated, hungry and afraid. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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One duck saved in Santa Rita seems too weak to make it, but later rallies after a bath. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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It is illegal to cage native species, so Bebete Filpi frees a songbird found in Santa Rita. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
Carlos Cabral coaxes scared dogs deserted in Santa Rita. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Back in Teresopolis this very sick pup goes to a
veterinary office.
(C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
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Carlos Cabral soothes the 6-month-old, whose immunie system is shutting down.
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A German Shepherd is treated for bicheira, flesh-eating maggots that afflict many dogs. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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This pup is from a 13-count litter, all of whom were adopted. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
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This pup survived mudslides, but has since died of pneumonia. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
Another set of sad eyes tell a story of loss. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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What happened to me? Where is my family? (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
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Another puppy of the tragedy waits. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
A dog recovers from spay and mass removal procedures. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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A puppy with mange. New litters seem to show-up daily at the Teresopolis shelter. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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This dogs leg was wounded in mudslides that ravaged
parts of Teresopolis. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
Private citizens drop by to donate dog and cat food. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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With no room left inside the Teresopolis shelter, some
live outdoors. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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A dog whose back leg is broken, Teresopolis disaster shelter. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Feb 11, 2011 — Some Find Comfort In The Arms Of New Caregivers
Feb 11, 2011 — Photos (C) IDA-Kinship Circle, Brazil 2011. Bebete never expected to see Rosie Mary again. The Teresopolis shelter manager and long time rescuer had adopted out the scraggly dog with the broken femur two years ago. Yet here she was, goofy grin intact. Somehow the dog found Bebete after her guardian perished in the avalanches. CLICK PHOTOS TO VIEW LARGE.
Bebete reunites with Rosie Mary, orphaned by the mudslides. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Rosie Mary charms a photographer documenting post-
disaster animal aid. He adopts her! (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Kinship Circle’s Sister Michael and Teresopolis shelter director Bebete Filpi of EstimAcao. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
Kind voices and gentle hands do a lot for these
traumatized animals. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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A dog with bicheira (flesh-eating maggots), which has
spread among injured dogs. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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We need funds to buy medication for dogs with bicheira. Some lose body parts. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
A boxer rescued post-disaster has a large mass on his shoulder.(C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Kinship Circle’s Cheri Deatsch helps tend to a rescued Shepherd mix who is unresponsive. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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The dog has wounds on her feet, ears, head, etc., all susceptible to flesh-eating maggots. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
She is limp and unresponsive, except to painful
stimuli such as movement. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Cheri comforts the gravely injured dog, too weak to lift her head. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
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Cheri and Sister assist as a volunteer veterinarian
examines the dog. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
Another German Shepherd mix at the shelter is bonded
with the ill Shepherd mix. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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The healthy dog stands watch over the sick one all night long. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
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Carlos must separate the dogs to take the sick girl across town for treatment. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
This pup ate heartily after rescue, but has since succumbed to pneumonia. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Drawers become beds at the overcrowded shelter in Teresopolis where IDA-Kinship Circle works. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
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A mom tends to her puppy, born prematurely and the only litter survivor. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
Evey inch of the vast warehouse is filled with dog. Cats are housed separately. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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EstimAcao’s Dina, second in command at shelter, with Cheri Deatsch and Sister Micahel. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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IV fluid therapy is administered at the Teresopolis shelter. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
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Feb 10, 2011 — Their Eyes Ask: Where Are My People? What Happened?
Feb 10, 2011 — Photos (C) IDA-Kinship Circle, Brazil 2011. We’re based in Teresopolis, where the NGO EstimAcao has sheltered thousands of orphaned and abandoned animals in a warehouse. Post-disaster animal conditions are horrific. Mudslides buried families alive. Some animals were rescued near their demolished homes, searching for their humans. CLICK PHOTOS TO VIEW LARGE.
Some animals are still very traumatized and seem depressed, confused. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
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A little black dog is ill, but undiagnosed until we have funds for more vets. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Lost animal flyers taped to a wall. Innumerable animals died in mudslides. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
Kinship Circle’s Cheri Deatsch plays with a rescued pup in Teresopolis. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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This dog has bicheira, flesh eating maggots. The left side of his face is mostly gone. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Happy ending! Rescued and treated for bicheira, the dog gets a new forever home in Rio. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
Some 200 dogs are in Teresopolis shelter under Bebete Filpi's leadership. Another 300 dogs, plus 400-500 cats, are at Bebete's property. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Animals hurt in mudslides also contracted diseases, like this dog with bicheira. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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It was presumed this dog would die, but he responded well to treatment.
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IDA-Kinship Circle volunteers Cheri Deatsch, Dennis Pickersgill, Sister Michael Marie, Jan and Carlos Cabral work at the Teresopolis shelter.
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Animal survivors are met with healing hands.
(C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
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Animals range from from robust to those with life-threatening conditions.
(C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
A dog, 15, was at home with his elderly caregiver when a mountain side crashed down. Only the dog was pulled out alive. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Cheri gives stressed dogs some play time. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
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Gentle words and hands reassure frightened animals. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
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Feb 8, 2011 — Bicheira, Flesh-Eating Maggots, Threaten Injured Dogs
Feb 8, 2011 — Photos (C) IDA-Kinship Circle, Brazil 2011. Same sad stories, over and over: A black dog with bicheira, 15, was with his elderly caregiver when their home gave way to falling mud and rocks. An entire mountain side crashed down, burying both. The woman died, but the dog was pulled out alive. An injury on his underside now swarms with maggots. The old dog is listless, after losing the only family he’d ever known. He is not doing well. CLICK PHOTOS TO VIEW LARGE.
Bicheira occurs when flies lay eggs inside a dog's wound. Maggots hatch that eat flesh. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Rescuers fear many hurt animals will become infected with bicheira. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Boards over a trash-filled canal provide entry to a a Tereopolis shelter where IDA-Kinship teams work. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Feb 2-7, 2011 — Finding Where Animals Need Us Most, Team 1 In Brazil
Feb 2-7 2011 — Photos (C) IDA-Kinship Circle, Brazil 2011. Santa Rita no longer exists. A mountain collapsed over the town. But some always survive. Bewildered. Hurt. We know animals are there... A home in Nova Friburgo is reduced to pieces. Under layers of thick mud lie chained dogs, buried alive when the slides hit. But many animals survived. CLICK PHOTOS TO VIEW LARGE.
Cheri Deatsch, Jan and Carlos Cabral work in Nova Friburgo’s crisis shelter, COOBEA, a facet of city government.
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COOBEA's goal is to vaccinate, spay/neuter and adopt, to open space for more.
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Carla Freire, COOBEA’s coordinator, has adopted out 170 orphaned dogs so far. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
Orphaned animals roam streets looking for lost guardians and homes. Nova Friburgo. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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COOBEA plans to stay open as long as disaster impacted animals need help.
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All COOBEA animals belonged to humans killed or displaced in mudslides. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
Kinship Circle’s Cheri Deatsch comforts a Nova Friburgo survivor. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Nova Friburgo: Orphaned animals at the city facility lost their humans.
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Nova Friburgo lost some 500 people in mudslides and the city is in ruins.
(C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
Nicky's family was buried alive in a mudslide.
Teresopolis warehouse shelter.(C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
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Kinship Circle-IDA responders Jan and Carlos Cabral adopted Nicky.
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A decrepit warehouse in Teresopolis is a crisis shelter for thousands.
(C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
This dog came to the Teresopolis shelter with so many maggots, his tail fell off. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
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During treatment for maggot infestation, his tail disintegrated. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
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Animals are stressed, disoriented. Fights erupt at the Teresopolis warehouse. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle Brazil 2011 |
A warehouse in Meudon, a Teresopolis suburb, has sheltered thousands of animals. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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Nova Friburgo: Mudslide victims heal at COOBEA’s government office. Instituto Univida de Protecao Animal |
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Nova Friburgo: Skittish cats emerge from the wreckage. Brazil Flood Deaths (AP/Felipe Dana) |
Cheri Deatsch, Jan and Carlos Cabral navigate damaged roads, bridges to reach animals. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle |
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A dog in the post-disaster slums of Niteroi. Videos of flood aftermath in Rio de Janeiro (Globovision) |
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Emergency crews save a bunny while searching for humans in landslide. Brazil flooding (AP/Felipe Dana) |
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Jan 2011 — Walls of Water And Mud Orphan Animals In Brazil’s Worst Natural Disaster
January 2011 — Photos (C) IDA-Kinship Circle, Brazil 2011. Kinship Circle, in partnership with In Defense of Animals (IDA), is helping Brazilian agencies with rescue, first aid, vet care, and emergency sheltering in hard hit areas like Nova Friburgo, Teresopolis, Petropolis... NGO EstimAcao, working in a Teresopolis warehouse that thousands of displaced animals have passed through, has requested our aid. In Nova Friburgo, COOBEA — the animal welfare coordination office (a facet of city government) — has also asked for our help. CLICK PHOTOS TO VIEW LARGE.
Kittens recuperate in the hard hit town of Sao Jose, in Brazil. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle, Jan Cabral |
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A dog recovers at an emergency shelter in Sao Jose. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle team member Jan Cabral |
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(C) IDA-Kinship Circle. IDA-Kinship Circle. Jan Cabral in Teresopolis, Brazil |
Untreated broken bones, lack of medication, overcrowding. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle. Jan Cabral, Teresopolis |
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Fans stir muggy air inside the warehouse. Animals are doused in cold water. (C) IDA-Kinship Circle. Jan Cabral in Teresopolis |
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