5/10/09: Calif. Fires – Send Supplies/Donations For Animals

Special thanks to Kinship Circle member Ann McMullen, who lives in the wildfires area and alerted us to local needs for animal fire victims in California.

KINSHIP CIRCLE ANIMAL DISASTER AID NETWORK — ONLINE VOLUNTEER FORM: Tell us what you can do! Be on file in our Disaster Aid Network.

LT PHOTO: Volunteers with UAN's Emergency Animal Rescue Service (EARS) are caring for hundreds of animals who, with their owners, were forced from their homes by a massive wildfire. RT: Ranch hands work together to evacuate a herd of goats. Photo: Mark Boster, Los Angeles Times. FIRE UPDATES. Many evacuation orders have been lifted today.

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1. California Fire Status + Resources For Animal Victims
5/10/09, Santa Barbara Office of Emergency Services

JESUSITA FIRE STATUS, Last Updated: 5/10/09

SANTA BARBARA COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES
Animal Report, 5/9/09: 975 animals in shelter due to fire

SAFE SHELTER FOR ANIMAL FIRE VICTIMS

OTHER SHELTERING OPTIONS

LT PHOTO: More than 1,000 animals are in shelters due to Jesusita Fire RT PHOTO: JESUSITA FIRE: ANIMAL SERVICES UPDATE AND DONATION

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2. Help Fire Victims: Santa Barbara Humane Society

Santa Barbara County Animal Services and its community partners — Santa Barbara Humane Society, ASAP, and Equine Evac — are providing emergency care for animals displaced by the Jesusita Fire. READ MORE

SUPPLIES / MONETARY DONATIONS TO:

SUPPLY NEEDS:

• Medium & large size crates
• Quality dry dog food & canned dog food
• Johnny Cat Original cal litter (unscented and non-clumping)
• Quality dry cat food & canned cat food

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3. Help Fire Victims: Cats In Santa Barbara Fires
5/9/09: Food and other items urgently needed for cats in Santa Barbara

PHOTO: Karen Lee Stevens, Santa Barbara Pet Examiner Karen Lee Stevens, Santa Barbara Pet Examiner, writes: While the Jesusita Fire is far from contained, there appears to be light at the end of the tunnel. With that said, there is still great need for the city's most vulnerable victims: the animals. Here's how you can help...

SUPPLIES / MONETARY DONATIONS TO:

SUPPLY NEEDS:

Lemos Feed and Pet Supply is offering a 25% discount on items purchased for donations to the County Animal Shelters and to the Santa Barbara Humane Society. The discount will be offered for the duration of the fire.

CALL: 805-692-8566 to place your order by credit card. They will make sure the products are delivered to the organization you specify (ASAP, DAWG, K-9 PALS or the Santa Barbara Humane Society). http://www.lemospet.com

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4. Help Fire Victims: Santa Maria Valley Humane Society
5/7/09: Santa Maria Animal Shelter needs food/funds for pets displaced by Jesusita Fire

SUPPLIES / MONETARY DONATIONS TO:

SUPPLY NEEDS:

• Greatest need: Canned cat food
• Dog food of all kinds
• Cat litter
• Food for other type pets such as birds and reptiles

TO ASSIST WITH TRANSPORT:

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5. PetSmart Charities Drives Supply-Stocked Trailer To Calif.
5/8/09: PetSmart and EARS comes to aid of four-legged fire victims in Santa Barbara

Karen Lee Stevens, Santa Barbara Pet Examiner, writes: A PetSmart Emergency Relief Waggin’ trailer, stocked with at least 16 tons of much-needed pet food and supplies, was deployed from the PetSmart Distribution Center in Phoenix, Arizona...to the grounds of the Santa Barbara Humane Society. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support PetSmart Charities’ Emergency Relief Waggin’ program.

PETSMART CHARITIES’ EMERGENCY RELIEF WAGGIN’ PROGRAM

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6. UAN/EARS Response In Santa Barbara Fire

Volunteers with UAN’s Emergency Animal Rescue Service (EARS) are traveling from throughout California to help the Santa Barbara Humane Society care for evacuated animals at a temporary emergency animal shelter. UAN will deploy 10 EARS volunteers per day to help with the emergency sheltering operation... READ MORE

5/8/09: We got up with the sun (what we could see of it through the smoke) to set up the emergency shelter in a barn on Santa Barbara Humane Society (SBHS) property... We set up enough crates to house the many animals already lined up with owners in front of the shelter. Many of them were in tears bringing their animals in... READ MORE

DONATE TO EARS DISASTER RELIEF FUND

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