Hurricane Sandy, MarthaStewart.com, The Daily Wag — Kinship Circle is a remarkable nonprofit run by Brenda Shoss, who I spoke with just prior to Sandy’s landfall. Kinship Circle volunteers have been on the ground working directly with FEMA, in areas that have been hit. Brenda and I worked together during Hurricane Katrina and I can say without reservation that she is completely dedicated to the animals and those concerned about them.
Animal flood rescue, Bangkok Post — Soi Cats and Dogs, Thai SPCA, Soi Dog Foundation, Treat, Pic-A-Pet4Home, Elephant Nature Foundation, Kinship Circle Disaster Animal Response Team, Chulalongkorn University, Wildlife Friends of Thailand and a host of volunteers have worked for weeks to save thousands of stranded, starving animals…
Evacuees risk radiation to save pets, Animal People News — Relatively few outside rescuers were able to secure permissions and transport arrangements needed to fly into Japan and venture north from Tokyo to join the relief effort. Kinship Circle, however, managed to send a team of 5: Cheri Deatsch, Courtney Chandel, Adrienne Usher, Sister Michael Marie, Ron Presley...
The Great River Rescue, Rally To Rescue Magazine, Volume 4/Issue 3 — For weeks heavy rainstorms saturated Iowa and five other Midwestern states, causing rivers to rise and burst through protective levees. Barb Bryant received an urgent call from Iowa’s state veterinarian asking if she’d run a temporary shelter for pets displaced by flooding… "Since this was the first time we’d done this type rescue, we were fortunate to receive assistance from Kinship Circle, who helped set up our operation. Their volunteers had done this many times. Most had worked at Katrina..."
Precious Pets Reunited With Worried Owners, Hawk Eye Newspaper — Rescue workers from Best Friends and Kinship Circle picked up cats and dogs from flooded homes, barns and on top of trees in the Oakville area. The groups, which have been boating back and forth, were asked to come in by officials at the Iowa Department of Agriculture...
Daily Sentinel, Rescue organizations, animal shelters need help (no longer online) — Anyone who has ever cherished a pet understands the anguish of those forced to leave animals behind after Hurricane Katrina. Diana Hensley, founder of O’Malley Alley Cat Organization, provided information from Kinship Circle, a national animal advocacy group. According to the information provided, 50 teams of trained...
Hear Your Cries, a poem reprinted with persmission from writer Brenda Shoss, Published Book - Suffering Eyes: A Chronicle Of Awakening, by Franceen Neufeld / editor Calvin Neufeld
St. Louis Post Dispatch, Missouri’s largest daily, ran a front page story about State Reps who tampered with public information and harassed Kinship Circle. Associated Press versions ran in:
Bust of Rush fits well in Missouri Capitol, St. Louis Post Dispatch — Two years ago some male lawmakers ganged up on a St. Louis woman who dared to lobby against a bill to bring horse slaughter back to Missouri. They left intimidating messages on the woman’s home phone. They sang a version of Mr. Ed and made neighing sounds. They unleashed the state’s email system to forward any inquiry about the bill to her, in an attempt to shut down her nonprofit, Kinship Circle…
JAPAN QUAKE-TSUNAMI-NUCLEAR CRISIS Rescuers brave Fukushima danger zone — Japan Earthquake Animal Rescue-Support, Kinship Circle and Last Chance for Animals rescue a dog found severely emaciated and limping badly. He was taken to Animal Friends Niigata no-kill shelter for care and love. Japan Earthquake Dog Rescue
JUST THE FACTS PLEASE JUST THE FACTS PLEASE: Represent animals with reason and credibility. This movie expresses Kinship Circle’s core beliefs on animal use/abuse and how to effectively argue against it. Our educational materials use studies, stats, quotes and timely news to show negative impacts of animal use. WATCH AND SHARE Just The Facts for tips to create literature, or choose the right stuff for best results.
THE CAMPAIGN THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING The campaign to end cruelty inside Huntingdon Life Sciences. As a past spokesperson for SHAC USA, I marched nationwide to close Huntingdon Life Sciences, a lab that kills 500 animals a day to test pesticides, cleaners, drugs… SHAC USA leaders were jailed for free speech in 2006. But we can finish the job!
THE MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR LIE Multi-Billion Dollar Lie helps you argue for faster animal-free research development. But pro-vivisection bullies have left so many dislikes and bad comments, it might fail! For animals + medical progress: Watch movie on YouTube, Like It, Post Positive Comments.
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