Let’s not forget the animals

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One article I read said there were over a thousand cats and dogs wandering around now without food, water, or a place to sleep. And then there are the farm animals who are in extreme distress from not being milked or fed. Many cows are sick and dying from mastitis. Vets are trying to treat them as best they can. There are several private rescue groups trying to round these animals up and shelter them, but this is the only group I’ve found where you can make a Paypal contribution. I got this email off another CR website. Even donating a dollar or two will help this effort.

EMERGENCY! EMERGENCY! EMERGENCY! By now many of you have heard of
the powerful earthquake on January 8th in the Poas Volcano area of
Costa Rica. Rescue teams have been out in full force to evacuate the
humans in need.AHPPA is leaving tomorrow to rescue the animals left
behind, and provide food and medecines for them. One of our members
got hold of a helicopter who will bring us to the zones where help is
needed.Our board member Marilu found someone who will also fly us to
the disaster area this Wednesday morning. Colonel Oldemar Madrigal
will deliver us to San0D Miguel de Sarapiqui area where we will be
met by a rescue team. Our mission will be to locate, feed, treat and
ret urn every animal that is lost. Some people had to leave their
animal behind, AHPPA will rescue these animals and we will do
everything possible to reunite them with their owner again! You can
help by delivering pet food to the AHPPA (if you live in Costa Rica)
or you can help by sending us a donation by PayPal. Please visit our
website at http://www.animalescostarica.com to make a donation by credit
card or send us a check to Aptdo 73-3000, San Rafael de Heredia,
COSTA RICA. No donation is too small! THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP,WE
CANNOT DO THIS ALONE!!!!!!!

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There are so many animals and people suffering all around the planet at any given time that stopping to help one is as good as any other. People, of course, get the first and most assistance which is why I tend to favor helping out animals when the occasions arise. Thanks for the information.

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Call me crazy, but in any big disaster I only donate to animal groups. Why? I can’t say, except that I am an animal lover and would do anything to help them. I wish I were there right now; I would be out helping to round them up and take care of them. Thanks for your support.

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Here’s another good rescue org that has been busy rounding up the stray animals. The plight of these hapless creatures is heartbreaking.

Frances Kitten Jones does have a pay pal account for donations. It is on her blog at http://mrbudbud.blogspot.com She has the Lighthouse Animal Rescue Center in Atenas and went in to the area and rescued and fed many animals. Just a FYI.

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This is the latest report from Frances Jones with Lighthouse Animal Rescue –

Needs report from earthquake victims’ camp

They need EVERYTHING!!! Food, water, sunscreen, mosquito repellant, pillows,
towels, blankets, foam mattresses, linens, EVERYTHING!!!!

I have been into the zone every day doing animal rescue and it is horrendous.
Anyone who says “it is safe” is out of their mind.

It is EXTREMELY dangerous in the areas we have been working. There are MULTIPLE
tremors daily and it scares the hell out of me because all the earth around me
is constantly shifting.

We went in today but did not get to the area we wanted to go. The ground is so
unstable it is too dangerous and they won’t allow us past a certain point.
Especially when it rains, as it did today.

In spite of the fact that we could not go into the most effected areas, we found
many abandoned animals, starving and sick. We only have my Montero and can load
only so many crates into it. Hopefully, this weekend, we will have some large
vehicles going in with us along with several veterinarians.

The people in the shelters need donations of food for cattle, pigs, chickens,
dogs, cats, goats, etc. Animals are dying there. If you don’t care about them
then think of the contamination and disease if hundreds of them die there.

I have a terrible fear (phobia actually) of earthquakes so it’s no fun
being in these areas when we feel so many rumblings and the ground is
so unstable.

If you stomp your foot it feels like you are stomping on something hollow. You
can feel the earth vibrate from your stomp.

Please say prayers that we can save more of the animals and that we will stay
safe.

My rescue partners, Isabelle and Joray, and I brought out lots more animals
today and will be going back in again tomorrow. Before today we had three
others helping but they could not go today.

There seems to be some problems with other groups rescuing theses animals.

We stopped at the “emergency veterinary base station” today to pick up one of my
crates they had borrowed and, even though their “base station” is very near the
quake site, they
had no animals except for one parrot. And, as we were leaving to go hunting for
more animals, someone brought in a VERY pregnant dog. One of the vets said he
would take the dog home with him as she looked like she might give birth any
minute. Another vet there, (I am assuming she was in charge) told him, “No, the
animal can stay here tonight.” He argued fiercely and finally won. He took the
dog home with him to look after her, thank God!!!

I don’t have a clue why they can’t find animals in need. We are having no
problem. You can hear the cows bellowing, dogs barking frantically, goats
bleeting, from hunger!!! All you have to do is follow the sound for crying out
loud!!!

Although I have no problem with giving them locations of animals found, photos
of each animal, and any information they want so that owners can reclaim their
animals, I will not trust my rescued animals to them. I am leaving notes on all
the collapsed homes, from which I take animals, telling the owners where to call
to claim their animal. Most of the animals we find are not at homes. They are
just wandering around wondering what happened to their world. Others are still
chained or penned, without food or water for DAYS.

The other organizations have all been told that my rescues are going to Karin.
They tell me they are sending theirs to her too. But she has received more
animals from Lighthouse, my shelter, than she has from ALL the LARGE
organizations.
I do not understand this.

Residents of the quake area have told me that they took homeless (due to the
quake) animals to the veterinary base station and were told,? “Ummm We’re not
really set up for
that. We don’t have any place to keep them. Just let them go.” THESE PEOPLE ARE
HOMELESS TOO!!! They are living in the shelters and in dairy barns, etc.
They care enough to try to get help for the animals and are TURNED
AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Karin, the director of Animales de Asis in Heredia has told all the
organizations she will take ALL the animals into her shelter so that is NOT a
problem. She’ll even send trucks to pick them up!!! Her shelter is a no-kill
shelter. She does NOT euthanize the animals she takes in and does adoptions in
the park in San Jose every weekend.

I am trying to get her paypal info so you can donate to her if you’d like. She
deserves it. Her phone numbers are 2267-6012 and 8382-5163

Please be patient if you try calling to make a donation, to adopt, or to help.
Her lines are VERY busy with HUNDREDS if calls from people asking to adopt the
animals.

Please pray for everyone effected by this quake. Please pray for the animals
left there with no food and water.
And pray for our safety as we go in there every day..

God bless you,

Frances “Kitten” Jones and all the fuzzbutts
Please visit our blog at http://mrbudbud.blogspot.com/
our web site at http://www.lighthouseanimalrescue.com

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I was just going to post that message from Kitten. Thanks for beating me to it.

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