HAMAS-ISRAEL WAR: Animals caught in Middle East crossfire in 2005, 2006 and now in 2009 are victims of inhumanity. This deserted dog gets a second chance after animal rights activists retrieved her from the evacuated Gadid settlement in Gaza Strip. Photo from Time Magazine Aug 2005, "Abandoned Pets Rescued From Gaza Strip Settlements," originally at www.time.com/time
HAMAS-ISRAEL WAR: Lucy Fensom and residents of her Safe Haven For Donkeys In The Holy Land (at Moshav Gan Yoshiyya, near Netanya and Hadera in Israel) are safe as 2009 violence erupts in Gaza. Other animals aren’t as lucky. Israeli and Arab rescue groups — Let The Animals Live, CHAI (Concern For Helping Animals In Israel), Israel Cat Lovers’ Society, Rehovot Society For Protection of Animals, Friends Of The Earth Middle East (FoEME), Beirut for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (BETA), and more — recover animals in war zones, where abandonment is epidemic. Constant battle elicits the worst in humankind, with acts of animal cruelty on the rise. Photo from Safe Haven For Donkeys In The Holy Land, 2009 Middle East Conflict, www.safehaven4donkeys.org
Strays reliant on handouts or rummaging garbage are stranded without food during war. Some depend on the mercy of soldiers. Photo from Israel Cat Lovers’ Society, www.isracat.org.il/english
Yafit, a mobile clinic assistant with Hakol CHAI, rescues a chicken. Settlers evacuated from Gaza and the West Bank left farmed and companion animals behind to die of thirst and hunger. Photo from CHAI (Concern For Helping Animals In Israel), 2005 Middle East Conflict, chai-online.org
CHAI’s Israel sister-charity, Hakol CHAI, combs empty streets to find discarded animals during war evacuations. Photo from CHAI (Concern For Helping Animals In Israel), 2005 Middle East Conflict chai-online.org
A volunteer for Hakol Chai with Tali, a fortunate dog the group rescued from Gaza during 2005 bomb strikes. Photo from CHAI (Concern For Helping Animals In Israel), chai-online.org
Many settlers left their homes without taking companion animals. Israeli animal activists scour empty settlements in the Gaza Strip to find abandoned dogs, cats, chickens, goats, geese, parakeets, ducks, turtles, an iguana… Getty photo from BBC News 2005, "Israelis hunt for lost Gaza pets," originally at, BBC News
Hamas-Israel War — Animals caught in Middle East crossfire
Animals caught in Middle East crossfire in 2005, 2006, 2007…and now in 2009 are innocent victims. Amid current violence in Gaza, Israeli and Arab rescue groups recover them in war zones, where abandonment is epidemic. People flee to bomb shelters, leaving farmed and companion animals behind to die from thirst, hunger, bombs or bullets. Animals hide under bombed cars, desperate for food and water. Constant battle elicits the worst in humankind, with acts of animal cruelty on the rise. Fortunately, it also brings out the best, people willing to risk personal safety to save animals.
ISRAEL TO FUND MEDICAL CARE FOR WAR-INJURED ANIMALS
ynetnews.com, State to help fund treatment of pets hurt by rockets 1/6/09, Ynetnews — Last week a Qassam rocket hit a house in Sderot and killed the family’s dog. The dog was rushed to a veterinarian for treatment, but died due to severe shrapnel injuries and blood loss. The incident illuminates the fact that animals also live under constant threat of rockets in Israel’s south. In response, the Agriculture Ministry announced it will help fund medical care of dogs and cats injured by rocket fire from Gaza. According to Dganit Ben-Dov, DVM, the Veterinary Services official in charge of enforcing Animal Protection Law, the ministry will also consider funding treatment for street cats and dogs without guardians…
JANUARY, 2009 Middle East Animal Protection & Rights Groups
Video about CHAI’s work for animals of Israel, including heroic rescue of chickens, geese, dogs, cats, parakeets, guniea pigs…in Gaza and West Bank, and later in the Lebanon war under protection of army tanks. Soldiers helped transport animals to CHAI’s clinic.
LOCAL & REGIONAL ANIMAL GROUPS CHAI (Concern For Helping Animals In Israel)
GIVE BY MAIL:
CHAI In USA - PO Box 3341 / Alexandria, VA 22302
phone: 703-658-9650, email: chai_us@cox.net
Nina Natelson, Executive Director
CHAI In Israel - Hakol Chai
4 Harakon Street / Ramat Gan 52521, Israel
phone: 03-6241640, email: info@hakolchai.org
website: www.hakolchai.org.il
To help Let The Animals Live raise awareness and funds, Geler-Nasis ad agency voluntarily produced this brief video appeal.
GIVE BY MAIL: P.O.B. 3602 / Ramat Gan, 52136, Israel
Eti Altman, spokesperson/cofounder
Office and rescue call center: 972-3-6241776
972-8-9208306, yael@letlive.org.il, calbia@bezeqint.net
Due to the situation in Gaza, Let The Animals Live deals with a growing phenomenon of companion animals left behind by their families. We collect them to place in private shelters as well as our own shelter. Many are also abandoned in the streets by caregivers who can’t care for them due to rough financial circumstances.
GIVE BY MAIL: Israel Cat Lovers Society
P.O. Box 3858 / Haifa 31037, Israel
phone: 972-4-8244724, email: cat-lady@isracat.org.il
For donations to be tax-deductible under U.S. law, they must be made through PEF Israel Endowment Funds, Inc. www.pefisrael.org or Israel Gives www.israelgives.org.
USA RESIDENTS, GIVE BY MAIL: ANIMAL PEOPLE NEWS has kindly agreed to continue accepting checks on behalf of BETA in Lebanon. This dramatically reduces bank transfer charges for both you and BETA. A gift to BETA via ANIMAL PEOPLE is tax deductible for USA residents.
SEND CHECKS MADE OUT TO ANIMAL PEOPLE:
Kim Bartlett, President, Animal People
P.O. Box 960 / Clinton WA 98236 USA
Write BETA LEBANON on check memo line
ANIMAL PEOPLE: 360-579-2505, email: anpeople@whidbey.com
GIVE BY MAIL:
Headquarters, Amman Office
PO Box 840252 / Amman, 11181, Jordan
Munqeth Mehyar, Chairperson and Jordanian Director
phone: 962 6-5866602/3, email: info@foeme.org
Bethlehem Office
Nader Khateb, Palestinian Director
PO Box 421 / Bethlehem, Palestine
phone: 972 2-2747948, email: info@foeme.org
Tel-Aviv Office
Gidon Bromberg, Israeli Director
Menachem Begin Rd #90 / PO Box 51293 / Tel-Aviv, 67138, Israel
phone: 972 3-5605383, email: info@foeme.org
A unique organization that brings together Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli environmentalists.
REGISTER TO VOLUNTEER FOR ANIMAL AID IN DISASTERS. WE SEEK:
Independently trained volunteers with experience in disaster rescue, animal handling, sheltering, animal first aid, veterinary, photography and documentation, leadership skills.
Flexibililty to travel to disaster zones for 1-2 weeks.
Team players who follow FEMA Incident Command System and Kinship Circle protocol.
Self-sustainability in rugged post-disaster settings.
Already on Kinship Circle’s Disaster Animal Response Team? Tell us about your new certs, training and experience so we can update your profile and contact you for future deployments. CONTACT info@kinshipcircle.org
BOTTOM LEFT PHOTO: Humane Society volunteers search for hundreds of companion and farm animals left behind as Israel rushed to complete its disengagement plan with the eviction of thousands of settlers from the Gaza Strip. David Silverman, Getty Images 2005
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