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kinship circle disaster animal response activates in emergencies for animal victims. We provide skill, experience, stamina and leadership — in a spirit of cooperation to best serve animals. Responders reflect a wide range of training and credentials. The movie, I Am Alive! Save Me, is a portal to Kinship Circle aid worldwide. Please support our mission to save animals left behind.
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skills, knowledge, experience
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Kinship Circle volunteers are classified by training level, with a broad spectrum of skills from search-rescue and crisis sheltering...to veterinary experience and disaster operations.
- ASSESSMENT & GROUND OPERATIONS
- SEARCH AND RESCUE, ANIMAL TRANSPORT
- VETERINARY SKILLS - Veterinarian, Vet Tech, Vet Assistant, Animal Medical, Vaccination And First Aid Experience
- ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER - ACO Skills, Training, Certification
- EMERGENCY SHELTERING - Animal Care & Handling, Admin (setup, intake, records, shelter management, etc)
- SHELTER IN PLACE - Food-Water Stations, Documentation
- ANIMAL DISASTER TRAINING - With credentialing organizations like HSUS-NDART, American Humane, UAN Redrover, Noah's Wish, Best Friends, Animal Rescue Corps…
- CPR-AED CERTIFICATION - Plus Animal First Aid-CPR
- DOCUMENTATION - Photography, Video, Field Notes, Reports
- COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY - Communication, Wi-Fi, Information Coordination & Tracking, Spreadsheets, etc
- PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE - Firefighters, EMTs, MDs, Nurses, Veterinarians, ACOs, Shelter Managers, etc
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volunteers train in areas such as...
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~ Search And Rescue (SAR)
~ Technical Animal Rescue (TAR)
~ Large Animal Rescue (LAR)
~ Swiftwater/Basic Water Rescue
~ Flood Rescue Boat
~ Wildland Fire Training/Fire Rescue
~ Hazardous Materials & Decontamination
~ Aggressive Animal Handling
~ Animal Cruelty Investigations
~ FEMA Coursework And Certification
~ Wildlife Rehabilitation
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some disasters we've assisted in
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Kinship Circle works globally, with its main office in Saint Louis and volunteer staff across the U.S.
Kinship Circle
7380 Kingsbury Blvd.
Saint Louis, MO 63130
Brenda Shoss, Founder and President
Saint Louis, MO
info@kinshipcircle.org
314-795-2646
Christy Griffin, Social Media Director
Oakland, CA
cmgryphon@gmail.com
757-305-7019
Bonnie Morrison, Disaster Management Director / Batavia, OH
dancnfeet@hotmail.com
513-604-5509
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Graydon Ballard
Kinship Circle Board
Travel Logistics (presentations, conferences, disasters...)
Saint Louis, MO
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Kinship Circle is an all-volunteer 501c3 nonprofit organization. Kinship Circle has no sustained funding, and thus, no paid staff. We appreciate your patience in response to inquiries and your understanding that we do not have resources to fulfill every request.
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