Street dogs find their own way to the one Gaza animal shelter; fruit bat rescuer leads multi-species rescue missions into devastated kibbutzes TEL AVIV, Israel; GAZA CITY, Gaza––“Something wonderful has happened,” Sulala Animal Rescue posted to Facebook from besieged Gaza City on October 11, 2023, a surprising message from a location likely to soon be […]
Israel & Gaza: dogs, cats, donkeys, cattle, sheep, & chickens under fire
Animal casualties could outnumber the human deaths, but no one seems to be counting RAMAT GAN, Israel; GAZA CITY, Gaza––“The war is still going on,” Sulala Animal Rescue founder Saeed Al Err posted to Facebook from Gaza City as a fifth day of intense combat drew to a close in Gaza and adjacent parts […]
Rescuers try to survive & keep animals alive under fire in Israel & Gaza
Israeli & Palestinian animal aid charities report human casualties RAMAT GAN, Israel––Reliable information about animals and animal aid operations in Israel near Gaza and within the Gaza strip remains scarce, four days after Hamas terrorist attacks plunged the region into renewed warfare. The Israeli animal sheltering and advocacy organization Let The Animals Live, of Ramat […]
After the earthquake: donkeys & a lucky puppy rescued in Morocco
The London-based Society for Protecting Animals Abroad and the Massachusetts SPCA subsidiary American Fondouk are still the only major outside animal charities with boots on the ground in Morocco. MARRAKECH, Morocco––Most outside relief organizations, including animal charities, continue to be excluded from Morocco following the September 8, 2023 earthquake that flattened whole villages in the […]
All we know about animals after Morocco earthquake & Libya floods
Uncertain status of the Sahara sand cat is emblematic of the many unknowns following double disasters TOUBKAL NATIONAL PARK, Morocco; EL KOUF NATIONAL PARK, Libya––Little as yet can be reported about the plight of animals in either Morocco or Libya after the catastrophic earthquake that hit central Morocco on September 9, 2023 and the flooding […]
Outside animal rescuers excluded from Morocco after earthquake
But British-funded SPANA and Massachusetts SPCA subsidiary American Fondouk were both already there MARRAKECH, Morocco––September 11 might be the grimmest of dates thus far into the 21st century. September 11, 2001 is marked in the U.S. for terrorist attacks that killed 2,996 people when Al Qaida hijackers crashed two jets into the World Trade Center […]
Maui Humane Society CEO’s 4-week review of Lahaina rescue work
350 animals found alive after National Guard adjutant general Kenneth Hara said there were none, details Lisa Labrecque, DVM. Editors’ note: Though dated September 5, 2023, the statement below from Maui Humane Society chief executive Lisa Labrecque, DVM, just reached ANIMALS 24-7 as a media release today, September 11, 2023, and is posted for the […]
Animals & their humans flock back to Yellowknife after wildfire crisis
Northwest Territories capital & critters survive three-week evacuation YELLOWKNIFE, Northwest Territories, Canada––Yellowknife residents and their animals are returning home so rapidly after a three-week evacuation due to wildfires that Ollie Williams, founder of Cabin Radio in Yellowknife, on September 8, 2023 reported an “Alarming uptick in speeding” on the highways leading north to the Northwest […]
Two perspectives from animal advocates on the ground in Lahaina
Dave Pauli: “There are always lessons to be learned from these horrific events, but human decision makers need to apply those lessons.” [Dave Pauli, a member of the Greater Good Charities rescue team, debuted in animal rescue after major disasters following Hurricane Andrew in Florida in 1992, was incident commander at the Lamar-Dixon animal rescue […]
Cat rescue tales from Lahaina, both sad & glad
Two million bucks for the Maui Humane Society: catnip for all? LAHAINA, Maui, Hawaii––A week after animal rescue teams led by the Maui Humane Society were at last allowed into the burn zone, where 115 people and untold numbers of animals died on August 8, 2023 in a wind-driven firestorm ignited by downed electrical wires, […]