7/24/06: Drained From Katrina – ARF Cries Out For Help
Since Katrina, ARF’s situation has grown desperate.
Mobile feels forgotten right now...
When Katrina struck, ferocious winds tossed buildings and cars like
weightless toys. Levees collapsed, drowning New Orleans in rotting black
water. Yet many did not realize Katrina’s wrath in the lower third of
Alabama. Bayou Labatre areas were wiped out. Katrina crashed down on Mobile,
AL — residents were evacuated — but news coverage was scarce. Still,
Mobile became a drop site for supplies, volunteers... and many animals
displaced by the hurricanes.
I know this firsthand. Before my role as food/water assignments director for
original ARNO (under Jane Garrison, Pia Salk, David Meyer), Kinship Circle
united with Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) of Mobile, under the banner
Grassroots Effort For Animals of the Storm. Many of you are on this email
list as a result of our work last September - November. We maintained a
supply distribution site in Mobile and ARF/Kinship Circle sent
supplies/volunteers to nearly 80 rescue missions across Louisiana,
Mississippi, Texas and Alabama...
ARF/Kinship Circle - Grassroots Effort for Animals of the Storm:
http://www.kinshipcircle.org/disasters/gulfcoast/effort/mission-photoalbum1.html
In Katrina’s chaotic aftermath ARF’s Julia Fischer and I mobilized
everything from crates, leashes and food to vaccines, generators, and
people. ARF worked tirelessly to save animals in other storm states, pulling
from MS, LA and Texas (after Rita). “Now, ARF’s plight is serious beyond
description,” Julia reports.
TO HELP ARF, CONTACT:
Julia Fischer, ARF Mobile - ggnu@bellsouth.net
cell: 251-455-9377; home: 251-645-8605
Donna Dickson - dkdickson@thomasbealle.com
cell: 251-510-0227
IMMEDIATE NEEDS:
- Dog Food / Cat Food
- Puppy food / Kitten Food
Most animals come to ARF debilitated and malnourished and need high-quality food in order to vet them. I.E., Purina, Science Diet, Pro Plan, Holistic/Vegan brands, etc. - Cat Litter
Non “dusty brands” due to poor health of incoming animals.
- TRANSPORTS To No-Kill Facilities Or Homes
- Please be prepared to tell us the approximate size/weight of donations (for proper storage purposes) and have references available for transports.
ARF SAVED NO SUPPLIES OR FUNDS FOR ITSELF. Even money urgently needed to rehab their “ARFanage” went to the hurricane crisis at hand. “How could we NOT give away our savings for ARF’s future,” Julia asks, “when people and animals faced such a bleak and tragic present?”
Thanks to Science Diet’s shelter program, ARF originally received donated food, allowing them to focus funds on vetting, rehabilitation, housing, kenneling, and supplies. But Science Diet has removed ARF from its “needy shelter” list, claiming LA/MS shelters need the food more. This has devastated ARF, who cares for more than 200-300 animals each day. Animals are in dire straits and ARF is struggling for help.
If ARF can place adoptable animals in loving homes, they can rescue more animals from local and hurricane-stressed areas in LA and MS.
VIEW ANIMALS
http://www.animalrescuemobile.org
or
Petfinder: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/AL31.html
ARF can provide photos/bios of all animals and provide references from past groups who will attest to ARF’s high standards. ARF WILL ATTEMPT TO MEET RESCUE GROUPS PART WAY OR ARRANGE A TRANSPORT.
ARF actively pulls from kill shelters and sends ONLY vetted, altered, HW-negative, FeLV-negative, microchipped animals. Most are house broken, kennel trained. Many are obedience trained as well. Because dogs and cats are in foster care or at the ARFanage, ARF knows each animal personally.
Julia <ggnu@bellsouth.net> writes, 7/22: We are the only true "no kill" group in Mobile and the only rescue group who accepts Pits and pit mixes as well as aged, wounded, debilitated, HW-positive etc... We DO NOT euthanize anyone — unless the animal is beyond medical help. We are 100% volunteers and exist solely from donations and fundraisers. ARF is a proud part of the Maddie's spay and neuter program.
ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION (ARF)
771 Holcombe Ave.
Mobile, Alabama 36605
shelter phone: 251-478-9743
http://www.animalrescuemobile.org
VIEW REST OF ARF’S ANIMALS: http://www.petfinder.org/shelters/AL31.html
TO HELP ARF, CONTACT:
Julia Fischer, ARF Mobile - ggnu@bellsouth.net
cell: 251-455-9377; home: 251-645-8605
Donna Dickson - dkdickson@thomasbealle.com
cell: 251-510-0227
IMMEDIATE NEEDS:
- Dog Food / Cat Food
- Puppy food / Kitten Food
Most animals come to ARF debilitated and malnourished and need high-quality food in order to vet them. I.E., Purina, Science Diet, Pro Plan, Holistic/Vegan brands, etc. - Cat Litter
Non “dusty brands” due to poor health of incoming animals.
- TRANSPORTS To No-Kill Facilities Or Homes
- Please be prepared to tell us the approximate size/weight of donations (for proper storage purposes) and have references available for transports.
ANIMAL RESCUE FOUNDATION (ARF)
771 Holcombe Ave.
Mobile, Alabama 36605
shelter phone: 251-478-9743
http://www.animalrescuemobile.org
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Shannon Moore July 22, 1969 ~ May 31, 2006
http://memoriesofshannon.blogspot.com/
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Caring about innocent animals caught in Katrina’s wrath
doesn’t diminish human suffering. It makes us human.
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