3/28/09: Icy Waters Rising – Help Animals In North Dakota

One of Doug Stensgard’s dogs, Annie, looks out over what used to be a 5-acre yard and an outbuilding, now flooded by the rising Red River in Fargo. Stensgard built an earthen and sandbag dike around his home in the hope of holding back the floodwaters. PHOTO: Associated Press. As icy floodwaters climb to a record crest of 43 feet at Fargo’s Red River in North Dakota, forced and voluntary evacuations continue. The Red River is expected to crest at about 52 feet Monday or Tuesday in Grand Forks, ND. More rivers, creeks and streams rise around the state...

Kinship Circle has spoken to some resources below, as well as local authorities. If we’re asked to deploy any volunteers in our independent network, we’ll update you. In the meantime, below are ways to help flood-stranded animals via monetary donations and/or supplies. Fargo-Moorhead Humane Society lists a phone number for potential volunteers [#2 listing below]. YOU MUST CALL THIS NUMBER FIRST, as circumstances change daily.

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1. North Dakota Flooding - Incident Summary Report
3/27/09, North Dakota Department of Emergency Services (NDDES)

FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR RED RIVER AT FARGO

MORE FLOOD SITES IN WESTERN, CENTRAL, EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA

EMERGENCY ANIMAL SHELTERS: 5

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2. Help FM Humane Society Emergency Animal Shelter
3/26/09: Fargo-Moorhead Humane Society

EMERGENCY ANIMAL SHELTER

LEFT PHOTO: A 4 day old foal is sheltered at the RRVF. RIGHT PHOTO: Kennels are lined up to house small animals. www.redrivervalleyfair.com

SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR ANIMALS

DONATE MONEY OR SUPPLIES

VOLUNTEERS

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3. Adopt-A-Pet Pitches In For Displaced Animals
3/26/09: Adopt-A-Pet of Fargo-Moorhead

FM Humane Society, in partnership with Fargo-Moorhead Emergency Managers and Adopt-A-Pet has set up a regional emergency animal shelter.

DONATE BY MONEY OR SUPPLIES
*See supplies list in #2 of this alert*

IF YOU NEED TO EVACUATE YOUR ANIMALS TO THE EMERGENCY SHELTER PREPARE AN EMERGENCY
CARE KIT FOR YOUR PETS THAT INCLUDES...

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4. More Local Rescues In Flooded North Dakota

Wag-N-Train 1662 5th Avenue NE; Grand Forks, ND email: mail@wagntrain.net Call 701-746-9331 for details or if you can volunteer with the flood animals. Wag-N-Train is prepared to offer temporary emergency shelter for pets in need of refuge. We will offer this free of charge, ONLY to people forced to evacuate their homes. If you have any questions please call. 4 Luv of Dog c/o Natural Pet Center 3037 13th Avenue South; Fargo, ND 58103 701-205-0190; email: fosters@4luvofdog.com Central Dakota Humane Society 104 37th Street; Mandan, North Dakota 58554 ph: 701-667-2020; email: cdhs@btinet.net

Pet Connection Humane Society 730 Highway 1804 NE; Bismarck, ND 58501 ph: 701-222-2719; email: petcon@btinet.net Pets are not accepted at Red Cross shelter in Moorhead, MN. Animal shelter might be available at Doggy Depot and Mutt Hut. Space is limited. Residents should make accommodations with family or friends outside flood zone. Doggie Depot 3224 8th Street South; Moorhead, MN 56560 ph: 218-236-DOGS; email: info@fmdoggydepot.com Mutt Hutt 1214 Main Avenue; Moorhead, MN ph: 218-236-9935

PHOTO: Rising water traps a group of cattle on high ground Monday east of Linton. Associated Press.

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5. UAN/EARS Response In Fargo
3/27/09: Animals threatened by flooding need your help

Volunteers with United Animal Nations' Emergency Animal Rescue Service (EARS) are on the ground in Fargo, North Dakota, where rising Red River floodwaters and freezing temperatures are putting the lives of countless animals at risk. This is the worst flooding Fargo has seen in more than 100 years. EARS volunteers have deployed to Fargo from six surrounding states...

EARS volunteers are working at a temporary shelter, where more than 80 animals have already been evacuated by families. But as the Red River continues rising to catastrophic levels, EARS volunteers are bracing for as many as 1,000 animals in the next few days.

DONATE TO EARS DISASTER RELIEF FUND

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6. IFAW Expects Up To 5,000 Animals Need Aid
3/27/09: IFAW to Help Animals Affected by Record Floods in North Dakota

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW - www.ifaw.org) is sending an emergency relief team to aid animals affected by record floods in North Dakota. The full team and IFAW's 36-foot transport trailer are expected to be in Fargo on March 28...

IFAW is looking at an initial sheltering effort of up to 5,000 animals, primarily pets. The animals are in Fargo but sheltering sites are a significant distance to the west. Freezing temperatures and logistical challenges will make it difficult to give immediate care to animals.

"We simply won't know the scale of the situation until we get on the ground. There may also be a significant number of livestock affected as well," said Dick Green, IFAW's Emergency Relief Manager of Disasters. "One positive development is that IFAW will be working with a coalition of animal-related groups that haven't fully mobilized together since Hurricane Katrina."

Nearly 150 residents have been rescued from flooded homes and more than 1,000 North Dakota National Guardsmen have been called in to help with the emergency. The floods are due to an unusually cold and snowy winter which left a larger-than-normal snowpack. Recent warm weather and heavy rains melted the snow and the frozen ground was unable to absorb the water. Since melting the temperature has fallen and was recorded at 10 degrees on March 27 with a wind chill of 4 degree below zero. North Dakota Governor John Hoeven has declared a state-wide flood emergency and the federal government has declared it major disaster area and a public health emergency.

DONATE TO IFAW

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7. Other National Orgs Mobilizing For ND Animals



Elsie, one of two Stensgard family dogs, stands on the earthen and sandbag dike surrounding the Stensgard home, not pictured, which overlooks a flooded outbuilding as the Red River continues to rise in Fargo, N.D. The Stensgard home can only be reached by boat. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

PetSmart Charities Sends Emergency Relief to North Dakota
As floodwaters rise and evacuations continue in Fargo, N.D., PetSmart Charities is sending an Emergency Relief Waggin' trailer stocked with at least 16 tons of pet food and supplies, as well as a back-up trailer with essential care items for pets and their rescuers, to the affected areas...

Humane Society of Missouri Disaster Response Team deploys to North Dakota
3/27/09: The Humane Society of Missouri Disaster Response Team has been deployed to North Dakota to rescue animals affected by severe flooding in the Fargo area. The four team members are all experienced in water and disaster rescue and animal sheltering. The team will take with them two trucks pulling a travel trailer and an equipment trailer with water and rope rescue equipment and a boat and an animal transport van...

Noah’s Wish Mobilization to Bismarck, North Dakota Underway
Noah's Wish is in the process of deploying volunteers to Bismarck, North Dakota to open a shelter for evacuees from Fargo. Evacuations begin today as residents of Fargo, population 92,000, begin the trek to shelters. The Noah's Wish shelter in Bismark expects to house more than 1,000 animals. Volunteers are asked to contact convergent@milesend.org with availability.

Best Friends Monitoring Situation in North Dakota
3/25/09: Our Rapid Response manager, Rich Crook, is monitoring the situation in North Dakota...but we do not expect to need any volunteers at this time. In the event that emergency operations agencies in the area contact Best Friends for help, we will work with local authorities to determine what is needed and if and how Best Friends can provide assistance...

Fargo Neighborhood Evacuated as Waters Rise.

Michael Stensgard uses one of his family's boats to get back to their home from the Red River, March 25, 2009, near Fargo. The Red was expected to crest at Fargo between 39 and 41 feet by Saturday morning, though an updated forecast was due from the weather service later Tuesday. By about midday Tuesday, the river had reached 30.5 feet at Fargo, up about five feet since Monday morning. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii)

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