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Helping Animals in Disasters

Helping Animals in Disasters

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Preparing For Hurricanes, Just In Case………

Preparing yourself and your companion animals for storm season.

Protecting Your Pets in an Emergency

Proactive steps to keep your family members safe

Mustangs Rescued from Nebraska Ranch on to Greener Pastures

All 211 Animals Placed in New Homes, Involved Parties Thrilled with Outcome

Compassion Seeds, Inc. Animal Rescue Affected By Wildfires And Need Your Help

Rescue lost supplies and a handful of dogs and cats, but still managed to save most animals.

Oklahoma Fire Victims Looking For Lost Pets

Families begin returning to their destroyed homes to search for furry loved ones.

Rescues Offer To Take In Pets Displaced By Oklahoma Wildfires

Over 100 homes were destroyed in Midwest City alone on April 9, 2009.

Firestorm: Are You Prepared?

Dry, blast furnace winds combined with a spark makes for an emergency situation for you and your pets

“Sit and Stay” – Animals Affected by the North Dakota Flooding

Many pets now housed in emergency shelters

AVMA, AVMF, and Red Cross Enter Agreement

Now to coordinate animal rescue efforts and programs

Ethiopia Blog, Friday, March 20

A successful conclusion!

Ethiopia Blog, Thursday, March 19

Surgery training is going well!

Ethiopia Blog, Monday, March 16

Up and running!

Ethiopia Blog, Sunday, March 15

Everyone pitches in!

Ethiopia Blog, Saturday, March 14

A seminar to take a look at the big picture!

Ethiopia Blog, Thursday, March 12

What has brought Best Friends to Ethiopia?

Ethiopia Blog, Wednesday, March 11

Getting the team together

Rich and His Team Land in Addis Ababa!

A new start for Ethiopian animals

Demonstrating a Humane Alternative

Best Friends Rapid Response team brings pilot street dog TNR program to Ethiopia

Minnesota Emergency Services Personnel Receive Training To Help Pets Caught In Disasters

Realizing that now more than ever pets are considered members of the family, and knowing that pet owners will often risk their own lives to save their pets, emergency services personnel are learning how to properly provide first aid and CPR for household pets, horses, and livestock.

Teamwork Key In River Valley Rescue

Collaboration among groups helps

River Valley Wrap-Up

Two hundred dogs confiscated by the state of Missouri are now in safe hands and off the remote property in the Ozark hills they once lived on.

Best Friends Team Wrangles 100+ Dogs With Love and Kindness

River Valley Rescue Continues

Best Friends Team Stabilizing Missouri Mill Dogs

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Best Friends Team Assisting in Missouri Puppy Mill Bust #23

A team of six Best Friends Animal Society specialists is headed into the remote countryside in Ozark County located in South Central Missouri to “wrangle dogs, assess their conditions and help stabilize a chaotic and disastrous set of circumstances.”

Mother Nature Won’t Wait For A Bailout

Noah's Wish hosting disaster training weekends in March

Rescuers And Firefighters Helping Wildlife During Bush Fires in Victoria, Australia

These are difficult times in the land down under, and donations are appreciated

Want to respond to an emergency or disaster involving companion animals and have only a few days?

Consider participating with the PetSmart Charities® Emergency Relief Waggin’® program, under the management and coordination of Healing HEART Sanctuary, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation.

Rich Crook Travels to Ethiopia To Help With Street Dog Overpopulation

An enthusiastic meeting with government leaders

Coming Home

Best Friends Rapid Response demobilizes from Texas

All For the Animals

Galveston County Shelter’s dedication to the many animal victims of Hurricane Ike

“They’re Out There and In Need of Help”

Animal search and rescue continues

The Search Continues

Deserted pets still being found by Rapid Response

“Sad and Emotional Day”

Many Hurricane Ike evacuees chose to leave without their pets

Best Friends in Galveston Assessing Situation

Recovery efforts have begun following Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Ike Is Coming!

Prepare in advance to help animals in emergency Rapid Response situations

One Volunteer's 'Non-Stories' About the Animals of Hurricane Gustav


We Interrupt The Hurricanes To Bring You An Important Wildfire Story

Hurricane reporting will likely resume momentarily, but meanwhile, read how a rescuer manages to save all dogs but one by thinking on her feet in a crisis.

Rapid Response Team Rescues 41 Animals

Best Friends demobilization is expected Sunday

Limited Deployment in Louisiana

Best Friends Rapid Response team assisting pets left behind

Louisiana Best Friends Team Leader Safe After Gustav

Louisiana Network and Ambassador Team Leader Patty M.

Continuing Post-Gustav Assessment

Best Friends provides aid to pets left behind

Animal Groups Evacuated, But Now Need Help

Rescue groups needed for two shelters’ cats and dogs

Best Friends to Begin Post-Storm Assessment

Damage and volunteer needs to still be determined

Evacuating Louisiana Animals; Best Friends Provides Carriers

Hurricane Gustav predicted to hit tomorrow

Best Friends on Hurricane Gustav Alert

Volunteers not needed at this time, reports coming in

Gustav and Best Friends


Two Rapid Response Rescuers Feed Feral And Abandoned Cats In Oakville, Iowa

Melanie and Cindy deployed to Iowa Tuesday July 1st, and share their observations.

Helping Best Friends in Emergencies

Do you love animals and want to help in emergency situations?

Last Minute Reprieve for Iowa Rescues

Placements still needed for 60 animals. How you can help.

Iowa Flood Rescue Now Wrapping Up

Rapid Response demobilization is occurring today.

No More Help Needed in Butte, California Fire Response

Update: We've just received word that they are now only looking for California-licensed veterinarians.

Iowa Flood Survivors Now Need Placements

Temporary shelter scheduled to shut down on Thursday, July 3rd.

Ongoing Rescue Efforts in Iowa

Floodwaters are now receding.

No Weekend Off For Rapid Response

Animals are still being saved from Iowa floodwaters.

The Rescues Continue

Rapid Response saves the stereotypical “cat stuck up in a tree.”

The Search for Stranded Animals Continues

11 cats already rescued from flooded homes in Iowa.

Driving for Donations in Iowa on June 21

Racing Laps for Best Friends to benefit Iowa flood victims

Help Has Arrived

Best Friends Rapid Response Team now in Oakville, Iowa.

Rapid Response On Alert For Deployment to Iowa

Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, and other cities struggling with the aftermath of flooding.

Pet Emergency Management Company Helps Pet Owners Help Themselves and Their Pets

Would you know what to do in the event of a tornado, or another natural disaster to keep your pets safe?
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