When disaster strikes, Kinship Circle activates for animals. We communicate with Emergency Management Agencies, government, VOAD, and local animal NGOs to determine if and where animal aid is requested. We’re always at work behind the scenes, on conference calls, and coordinating with emergency personnel. In addition to full deployments, we assemble standby volunteers and/or arrange for supply deliveries.
 
SEPTEMBER, 2011
Fate Of Animals Uncertain, 6 Months After Japan’s Quake-Tsunami
Japan government officially stopped quake-tsunami aid on 9-11. But animals remain at risk. Fukushima’s nuclear reactor is still unstable. Radiation zones are still under police blockade. Wind driven hot spots still prompt new evacuations. As long as people cannot return home, animals are stranded. Kinship Circle’s Adrienne Usher in her Sep-Aug trip to Japan… SEE FULL REPORT
SEPTEMBER, 2011
Flood, Wind And Fire Sweep U.S.
Animals are lost in the chaos of Texas wildfires and Northeast U.S. floods. Kinship Circle is monitoring conditions in fire-stricken areas and has offered animal relief to emergency agencies in flooded parts of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, Massachusetts. Animals remain homeless even as floodwaters recede and fires are 50 percent contained… SEE FULL REPORT
AUGUST, 2011
Hurricane Irene
Kinship Circle volunteers and animals are hunkered down for Irene’s hit.
We’re in New Jersey to aid animal sheltering operations at an Atlantic County Red Cross shelter, a nearby racetrack serving as an animal shelter...and headed to two Monmouth, NJ evacuee sites with animals. Need quick-deploy volunteers now… SEE HURRICANE IRENE REPORT
JUNE, 2011
Arizona Wildfires
Kinship Circle is monitoring 3 Arizona wildfires for animal impacts and response: Horseshoe Two wildfire in southeastern Arizona; a 30,000-acre blaze near Sierra Vista; a fire in Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest; and a New Mexico blaze. All allegedly human-caused fires... SEE ARIZONA WILDFIRES REPORT
MAY 22, 2011
Joplin, Missouri Tornado
A multiple-vortex EF-5 tornado ripped a wide stretch of Joplin, MO, leaving more than 150 dead. Bonnie Morrison, Kinship Circle Disaster Management Director, is in Joplin for assessment and to offer our assistance for animals. Some displaced people are reclaiming animals. Others without means have temporarily surrendered their companions... SEE JOPLIN, MO TORNADO REPORT
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