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5/26/08: Santa Cruz Fires - Emergency Aid For Animals
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1. Emergency Aid Needed For Animal Fire Victims
www.fowas.org/index.htm — Friends of the Watsonville Animal Shelter desperately needs donations and volunteers to help animals
evacuated from fire zones in Santa Cruz and Nisene Marks areas.
Santa Cruz County Animal Services in Watsonville is currently providing emergency shelter to pets evacuated or displaced by the Santa Cruz County Summit Fire. On May 22, 2008, the Watsonville Shelter received over 60 dogs, cats, rabbits, ducks, chickens, birds, and even fish displaced by the fire. As the fire grows, more animals are expected and we want to be prepared. SUPPLY NEEDS AT THIS TIME: • Ceramic Bowls
• Bottled Water • Purina Rabbit Chow / Fresh Vegetables for Rabbits, Small Animals • Litter boxes / Cat Litter / Woodstove Pellets (for litter) • Straw for Bedding • Safeway Gift Cards for Fresh Vegetable and Supplies • Gas Gift Cards for Rescue Transports • Used Towels, Blankets, and Sheets • Cat and Dog Toys and Beds • Chicken and Livestock Feed • Zip Ties • Snacks and Drinks for Staff and Volunteers SEND SUPPLIES TO: DROP-OFF: Watsonville Animal Shelter • 580 Airport Blvd • Watsonville, CA 95076
MAIL: Friends of the Watsonville Animal Shelter • P.O. Box 1930; Watsonville, CA 95077 831-475-2432; admin@fowas.org ONLINE DONATIONS: www.fowas.org/donations.htm PEOPLE SEARCHING FOR LOST ANIMALS: Watsonville Animal Shelter • 580 Airport Blvd; Watsonville, CA 95076
Hours: Monday - Saturday, 10am to 5:30pm; kennels open 12:30pm Scotts Valley Shelter • 27 Janis Way; Scotts Valley, CA 95066-3506 Hours: Tuesday - Sunday, same hours as Watsonville Shelter Animal Services at both shelters: 831-454-7303 If your animals need evacuation or placement, call 831-454-7303 or bring to Watsonville fairgrounds. FRIENDS OF THE WATSONVILLE ANIMAL SHELTER / WHO WE ARE: VIDEO - SANTA CRUZ FIRE - WATSONVILLE ANIMAL SHELTER: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY1wNGBaAtY
Santa Cruz County Animal Services (including the Scotts Valley and Watsonville shelters) spends much of their revenue on staff salaries and building and vehicle maintenance... FOWAS (Friends Of Watsonville Animal Shelter) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping animals at the Watsonville Animal Shelter with special projects and donations... VIDEO OF ADOPTABLE PETS: www.youtube.com/ca490 2. Help Animal Services Aid Fire-Displaced Animals ANIMAL SERVICES SEARCHING FOR, AIDING FIRE-DISPLACED ANIMALS: 5/24/08: Timothy Howard and his wife, who abandoned their home in the Santa Cruz Mountains due to the approaching Summit Fire, went to Watsonville Animal Shelter to see if their two cats turned up there. Howard, who said he had yet to find out if his house had escaped the flames, left the shelter disappointed. “Our two cats just took off,” he said. “We don’t know where they are.”
The Howards’ situation isn’t unique. Santa Cruz County Animal Services officers, joined by several San Francisco Bay Area animal control agencies, are in the process of searching for missing animals, “going door to door in the mandatory evacuated zone looking for animals that were left behind by people that were evacuated...” Dogs, cats, chickens, goats, geese and goldfish are among the animals to have been found. “We feel like the whole Bay Area and Central Coast has come together to help care for the animals affected by this fire,” said Tricia Geisreiter, animal services coordinator for Santa Cruz County Animal Services... In addition to searching for lost animals, Animal Services has also received more than 50 dogs and cats that have been brought in by owners who were evacuated... More than 200 horses are being housed at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds. Animal Services said it was in need of “donations of any kind, including blankets, tarps, horse feed, hay and wood shavings for bedding.” FULL SUPPLY NEEDS AT END OF #2 LISTING The Watsonville shelter is also seeks donations of supplies and money to take care of its growing population of displaced animals... FULL SUPPLY NEEDS IN #1 LISTING OF THIS ALERT   LEFT PHOTO: Patrice Fagundes evacuates her home with her horse Roxie with other residents from a fast moving wildfire in Corralitos, Calif., Thursday, May 22, 2008. A wind-whipped wildfire burning out of control threatened several homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Thursday, closing schools and prompting some evacuations. The blaze, first reported around 5:30 a.m., according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. (AP Photo/Paul /Sakuma) RIGHT PHOTO: A wildfire burns in Corralitos, Calif., Thursday, May 22, 2008. A wind-whipped wildfire burning out of control threatened homes in the Santa Cruz Mountains, closing schools and prompting some evacuations. (AP Photo/Paul /Sakuma) SUPPLY NEEDS / SANTA CRUZ COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES: 1. Used towels, blankets and sheets
2. Ceramic bowls (for watering animals) 3. Zip ties 4. Bottled water 5. Water-tight aquariums for turtles, fish, reptiles 6. Horse halters 7. Cat and dog toys and beds 8. Cat litter boxes (1 in - 1.5 in sides) 9. Non-clumping cat litter 10. Canned wet food for dogs or cats 11. Wood stove pellets (rabbit litter) 12. Fresh vegetables (rabbit food) 13. Purina Rabbit Chow 14. Straw for bedding 15. Chicken-livestock feed 16. Snacks and drinks for volunteers 17. Safeway gift cards for produce 18. Gas cards for animal transport 19. Small animal carriers (front & top load) 20. Stainless steel bowls (all sizes) 21. Small animal cages (plastic bottoms) 22. Xpens 23. Grass, hay and shavings DROP-OFF FOR ITEMS FOR SANTA CRUZ COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES shelters in Watsonville and Scotts Valley: Scotts Valley Shelter: 27 Janis Way • Scotts Valley 95066 MAP: www.mapquest.com/maps/27+janis+way+scotts+valley+ca/ Watsonville Shelter: 580 Airport Blvd. • Watsonville 95076 MAP: www.mapquest.com/maps/580+airport+blvd+watsonville+ca/ ph: 831-454-7303; fax: 831-454-7210 MONETARY DONATIONS: www.fowas.org/donations.htm FRIENDS OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY ANIMALS P. O. Box 703 • Santa Cruz, CA 95061 831-457-7617; admin@foscca.org MONETARY DONATIONS: http://foscca.org/Help.html 3. Lost And Afraid In The Santa Cruz Fires PHOTOS REPRESENT SOME OF ANIMALS DISPLACED IN FIRES:
SANTA CRUZ ANIMAL SERVICES: http://scanimalservices.us/rescue3.htm
4. Calif. Wildfire Grows Despite Effort, Calmer Winds 
 PHOTOS: Chris 'Catman' Puett comforts his dog Tony after a wildfire burned up the property where Puett works as a caretaker in the Santa Cruz Mountains west of Gilroy, Calif., Friday, May 23, 2008. Puett had a shelter for abused animals on the property and lost 17 cats and four dogs to the Summit fire. Calmer winds and heavy fog brought some much-needed relief Friday morning to firefighters working to rein in a wildfire that quickly consumed a dozen buildings in the Santa Cruz Mountains a day earlier. By dawn, the blaze was 20 percent contained after scorching 3,100 acres. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) FULL STORY: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080524/ap_on_re_us/wildfires GILROY, Calif. - Firefighters took advantage of cooler temperatures and calmer winds (5/24/08) as they continued to fight a persistent wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains that has chewed through acres of centuries-old redwoods, destroyed at least 17 homes and displaced hundreds of people... The fire was about 25% contained and expected to grow to more than 6 sq. miles before it's brought under control... Almost 2,000 residents remained under evacuation orders — more than 450 of them mandatory — while more than 3,000 personnel and a swarm of air tankers, helicopters and fire engines were deployed to the area, said Dave Shew, a battalion chief with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection... "As long as we don't have this fire contained, then homes are still threatened," Shew said. "We don't consider this anywhere near contained.” Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in Santa Cruz County to allow access to funds for the effort... 5. Financial Aid To Help Fire Victims Care for Pets EMERGENCY ANIMAL RESCUE SERVICE (EARS) GRANTS FOR VET CARE, BOARDING: SACRAMENTO, CA (5/22/08) -- United Animal Nations (UAN) is offering financial assistance grants of up to $500 to help victims of a wildfire in the Santa Cruz Mountains care for their pets. UAN's LifeLine Crisis Relief Grants can help pet-owning fire victims with expenses for the following:
• Veterinary care to treat injury or illness caused by the fire • Temporary boarding for those whose homes are damaged or destroyed • Animal transport to a temporary living situation UAN will offer qualified individual applicants up to $500 as long as funds are available. Since UAN's LifeLine Crisis Relief Grant Program is supported solely by private donations, individuals can help keep services flowing to fire victims and their pets with donations to UAN's Disaster Relief Fund: https://secure.ga4.org/01/UAN_disaster_relief For eligibility information and to apply for LifeLine Crisis Relief Grant: www.uan.org or call 916-429-2457
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