5/22/11 — On Standby For Joplin, Missouri Tornado
ON STANDBY FOR ANIMAL AID IN JOPLIN, MO TORNADO: A multiple-vortex EF-5 tornado ripped a wide stretch of Joplin, MO on 5/22/11. Some 700 homes and a hospital were in the storm’s path, with more than 150 dead. Bonnie Morrison, Kinship Circle Disaster Management Director, is in Joplin for assessment. She has spoken to Missouri’s State Emergency Management Agency to offer assistance for animals. The state designated animal NGO, Humane Society of Missouri (HSOM), has a 15-person team on the ground working with Joplin Animal Control at an emergency shelter on Missouri Southern State University campus. So far, guardians are reclaiming animals. Some without means have temporarily surrendered their companions.
Animals Lost & Found from the Joplin, MO Tornado
TO VOLUNTEER: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER AS A DISASTER RESPONDER WITH KINSHIP CIRCLE.
Additional volunteers aren’t needed right now. We are accepting standby volunteers, should circumstances change. State your availability to volunteer for Joplin, MO tornado on form.
Please do not self-deploy. In the U.S., an official invitation (MOU) is required to work at the scene of any disaster. IF WE DEPLOY, a Kinship Circle representative will be in touch. We ask for your patience as we are still in Japan for animal victims of the tsunami-earthquake-radiation crisis and working separately with a U.S. government contact on an overseas cruelty situation.
Bonnie Morrison
Kinship Circle Disaster Management Director
office: 513-797-1881 / cell: 513-604-5509
dancnfeet1@hotmail.com
 
Register To Volunteer As An Animal Disaster Responder
When disasters strike, lives are at stake. Animals are scared, alone and hurt. Kinship Circle Disaster Animal Response Team is YOU. Your compassion. Your skills. Your stamina.
KINSHIP CIRCLE SEEKS:
- Independently trained volunteers with experience in disaster rescue, animal handling, sheltering, animal first aid, veterinary, photography and documentation, leadership skills.
- Flexibililty to travel to disaster zones for 1-2 weeks.
- Team players who follow FEMA Incident Command System and Kinship Circle protocol.
- Self-sustainability in rugged post-disaster settings.
- CLICK HERE to register for Kinship Circle Disaster Animal Response Team.
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CONTACT: Disaster Management Director Bonnie Morrison
ABOUT KINSHIP CIRCLE
KINSHIP CIRCLE DISASTER ANIMAL RESPONSE TEAM is a 501c3 nonprofit that activates trained volunteers for animal disaster victims. Our responders reflect a wide range of skills, certification and experience. Some disasters we’ve responded to include:
Kinship Circle sponsors teams to work in agreement with organizations in the affected region. We provide both skilled extra hands and leadership qualities within the local framework, with volunteers credentialed in:
- Search and Rescue
- Technical Rescue
- Ground Assessment
- Field First Aid and Animal Transport
- Veterinary Training and Veterinary Treatment Experience
- Emergency Sheltering
- Shelter In Place (food/water stations, mapping, documentation)
- Specialized Training (wildlife rehab certification, water rescue, large animal rescue, etc.)
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email: info@kinshipcircle.org
mobile: 314-795-2646
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Kinship Circle
Animal Disaster Aid Fund
7380 Kingsbury Blvd.
Saint Louis, MO 63130 USA
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