Animal Survival International met dieren nieuws uit Zuid-Afrika en Madagascar ( 8 foto's )

 

How we are helping RIGHT NOW: August 2021

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It’s been a sobering month for our species – the time of reckoning has come for planet Earth, scientists have warned. Clear evidence now shows that we face a future of extreme climate change, and only immediate and radical reductions of fossil fuel emissions will provide any hope of saving us. Clearly, we have our work cut out for us because we know that as climate change takes hold, conflict between humans and animals over the same resources is sure to grow. In the end, it is this conflict that will be the biggest threat to animals around the world. This is why we at Animal Survival International (ASI) do the work we do – we speak for the animals. But, again, we couldn’t help animals without our supporters. Take a look at how your donations have made a difference to animals this month.

Zimbabwe

Repairing vehicles for vital anti-snaring work Entire populations of wild animals in and around Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park are under constant threat by thousands of deadly snares. Set up by impoverished and hungry locals, these cruel devices trap and strangle animals, causing severe pain, injury and ultimately death. Our partner, the Dete Animal Rescue Trust (DART), which works around the clock to remove these snares and rescue injured wildlife, was struck with a major setback. The organization’s only two vehicles, vital for its operation, were both in dire need of costly repairs. Without these vehicles, the team has been unable to respond to emergency calls to rescue snared and injured animals. We called on our supporters to help us raise the funds needed to repair the vehicles and get DART back on the road as soon as possible so they can continue doing the vital work they do. Thanks to your swift generosity, their vehicles are now undergoing repairs and will be back in action saving animals in no time.

Nigeria

Providing critical care to rescued baby pangolins Lagos city, in Nigeria, is Africa’s epicenter for illegal wildlife trafficking. With so many animals smuggled through the city, some are lucky enough to be found and confiscated. One man, Mark Ofua, has taken it upon himself to rescue and rehabilitate whichever animals he can at Saint Mark’s Animal Hospital and Shelter. Earlier this month, we asked you to help us raise funds for the care of five baby pangolins whose mothers were killed for bushmeat. Soon after that, another pangolin mother and her newborn were also brought to the shelter. All were rescued from the illegal wildlife markets in Lagos. But the shelter was running critically low on funds to rehabilitate so many baby pangolins who need 24-hour care to survive. We called on our supporters and thanks to your incredible generosity, we were able to rush aid to these fragile babies and one mom. Mark is in touch with us almost daily with the progress of the babies and mom. All are now strong enough to start the exciting next stage of learning to forage for ants. The next step will be to begin release trials so that the youngsters can be rewilded in an undisclosed national park. Here, they will need to be constantly monitored with trackers and camera traps to ensure their safety from poachers.

Cape Town, South Africa

Rehabilitating turtle hatchlings suffering from plastic ingestion This month, we focused on sea turtles and the devastating effect plastic waste is having on their survival. We teamed up with two organizations in Cape Town – The Beach Co-Op and the Two Oceans Aquarium Education Foundation – to help in the rescue and rehabilitation of stranded turtle hatchlings, whose lives are even more imperiled because of the microplastics they ingest. To help matters, we organized a beach clean-up at one of the turtle hatchling hotspots on Sunset Beach. Together with our team and the expert efficiency of The Beach Co-Op, we gathered as much garbage and microplastic as we could find and in just a few hours, we collected 66lbs (30kgs) of plastic! We also visited the Two Oceans turtle rehabilitation center where they showed us how much plastic these tiny, rescued turtles had eaten. Between the 47 rescued baby turtles, a total of 500 pieces of plastic had been passed! Each turtle is under constant care and monitoring in a high-tech saltwater life-support system. We called on our supporters to help us raise funds so that these babies can continue to get the specialized help they need until they are strong enough to be released back into the ocean. Thanks to your help, these baby turtles are a step closer to being released.

Madagascar

Celebrating the release of 1,000 radiated tortoises that you helped save The Island of Madagascar is home to the beautiful radiated tortoise, which is highly prized by the illegal pet trade market overseas. Poaching is pushing this already critically endangered species closer to extinction each year. When our partner, the Turtle Survival Alliance Madagascar (TSA Madagascar), rescued 800 of these unique tortoises from smugglers, they called on us for help. The tortoises were in a critical condition, suffering severe dehydration and injury. You helped us rush aid to these rare creatures. But then disaster struck when fresh food, critical for the tortoises’ recovery, ran dangerously low because of a catastrophic drought on the island. Again, you helped us raise funds to purchase and transport fresh organic produce to the tortoises. In the meantime, TSA Madagascar has continued to receive hundreds of tortoises confiscated from traffickers. Now we have received positive news: TSA Madagascar recently released 1,000 rehabilitated radiated tortoises back into the wild! Reintroduced within a protective community that culturally reveres radiated tortoises, these creatures will be closely guarded and monitored while still living in the freedom of the wild. This is the first of many more similar wild reintroductions of Madagascar’s radiated tortoises, and it’s thanks in part to the generosity of our supporters who see the value of rescue, rehabilitation and the safe release of endangered species threatened by the illegal trade.

Lowveld region, South Africa

Good news from Venus Remember Venus, the rare and elusive aardvark that was fighting for her life after being hit by a car in the Lowveld region of South Africa? Thanks to your generosity, she is now on the road to recovery. It was touch-and-go for Venus when the ASI team first met her at the Umoya Khulula Wildlife Center. She needed expensive, specialized food and 24-hour medical care to fend off deadly infections. Her wounds were so severe, we weren’t sure whether she would survive or not. But together with Umoya’s dedicated team, we did what we could to give her a fighting chance. We called on you for support, and thanks to your quick and generous donations, we rushed funds for medication and specialized food to Umoya. Thanks to this, Venus’ condition has improved so much that we now anticipate she will be ready for release in three weeks’ time! There is so little known about these fascinating creatures, except that multiple threats to their survival are mounting rapidly and that every aardvark life matters to the future of their species. Thank you for helping us save one.

World Lion Day

Hats off to South Africa for banning the cruel “canned” lion industry August is the month for World Lion Day, and this year we have something well worth celebrating. The South African government is shutting down its controversial and shameful captive lion breeding industry. For over 20 years, the cruel industry which supports breeding lions for cub petting, canned lion hunting, and trade in lion bones has been left to grow, producing more than 10,000 captive-bred lions that live in squalor, waiting to either be ‘hunted’ or slaughtered for their bones. In the meantime, only about 20,000 wild lions are left on the entire African continent. We know that there is no conservation value to captive breeding because of genetic deficiencies and human habituation. Although there is still much work to do to finalize securing a better future for lions in South Africa, and many difficult decisions need to be made about 10,000 lion lives, this is a major step forward which ASI will support until its conclusion, because lions belong in the wild.

World Elephant Day

ASI condemns the sale of wild-caught elephants in Namibia This month, we also celebrated World Elephant Day. Elephants have always held a very special place in the hearts of the ASI team. We’ve focused on many projects to help elephants in need and always, they have been a success thanks to our supporters’ love for the gentle giants. But this World Elephant Day left little to celebrate when we received the shocking news that the Namibian government has sold 47 of its wild elephants. We told you before of Namibia’s plan to sell 170 wild elephants – a plan which we condemn. We believe that elephants belong in the wild with their family groups. Research has repeatedly shown us that elephants cannot thrive in captivity. Elephants also suffer significant physical and psychological trauma when their family groups are split up, affecting their longevity and their ability to reproduce. We are still waiting for more information from the government, but we fear these wild elephants, which will be caught, trapped and shipped abroad, could end up spending the rest of their lives in captivity. But we will not stand aside, and watch Africa’s elephants being treated as money-making commodities; we plan to do whatever we can to fight this sale of Namibian wild elephants. We’ll keep you posted on the news and how you can help us stop the sale of any more wild elephants.

Once again, we are deeply grateful for your generous donations and support in raising awareness and funding for these critical issues impacting animals around the world. You make it possible for us to make a difference, protecting wildlife and wild spaces across the globe. For animals and the planet, Chief Campaigner Banner image credit: Gemma Catlin//Rex features

Rescuing Animals: 30 foto's van prachtig dierennieuws om blij van te worden

 

Sorry, geen tijd om te vertalen maar neemt niet weg dat het prachtig nieuws is. Geniet ervan !

Building a New Shelter in Egypt With the light of a million rescuers blinking like stars in the night sky, it’s nearly impossible to distinguish among them. But look closely and you’ll see that the glimmer shared by Harmony Fund’s heroes is strong, steady and oh-so-bright... Hoda Mklad is a long-time animal activist and rescuer who runs the Freedom Shelter in Cairo, Egypt. Though we have helped her for a few years, she made a deep impression on us last year when she carefully descended a steep embankment, entered waist-deep mucky water and made her way over to a trapped white dog on the opposite side. Completely blind to the unseen dangers in that water and the risks of a bite from a cornered animal, Hoda put the life of a stray dog before her own. Yes, fairly quickly it became clear that Hoda was one of us. “I am very happy when I am surrounded by strange dogs,” Hoda explains while feeding a new group of stray dogs on the steps of a building in Cairo. “My cart is full of their sustenance every day. They see me like they knew me for years. I saw them and I was happy for them. I touch the body of every dog and I feed them like they are my babies.” Right now, Hoda is moving all 310 dogs from her Freedom Shelter to a new location in Giza after the municipal building department in Cairo retroactively issued a ruling that the land of her present shelter could not be built upon, forcing her to have to swiftly assemble fencing, housing, drainage, water, electricity, quarantine areas and a storage area in a new location. All of this sits on top of the normally challenging task of providing food, sanitation and veterinary medicine for the pack. This has pushed Hoda’s rescue center well past its means and into a very precarious situation. The good news is that Harmony Fund specializes in throwing a sturdy lifeline to rescuers hanging on by a thread. We are doing all we can to help with the costs of the new shelter and sustaining the dogs’ everyday needs. Last night, the first of the dogs were transported to the new location and every nose was pressed to the ground, carefully inspecting their new home. The new shelter has shade trees to help ease the heat of summer and ample room for the dogs to run and play and nap. Sturdy walls and gates will keep the dogs safe from the outside world. This oasis will host the forgotten dogs of a city where many people classify dogs as garbage. But not here. At Hoda’s shelter, each and every soul is truly treasured. Old dogs, feral dogs and dogs with cancer get the special care they need. They aren’t simply thrown into the pack, but seen as individuals. And although most will never be adopted and get the chance to live with a family of their own, Hoda is their family. “Thank you, you are angels,” Hoda said in a message to Harmony Fund supporters. “You helped me. right on time. Your support always makes me feel strong.”   Food Drop for Wildlife Center The Amazon Shelter in Peru takes in wild animals painted in a rainbow of fur and feathers, each as beautiful as the next. These animals were stolen from the forest by traffickers who hoped to sell them illegally. The center nurtures the animals until they can return to the best place on earth…home. Supplying all the needed fruits and vegetables for the wild survivors has reached a tipping point as the pandemic has eliminated most of the international volunteer support and donations that typically keep this refuge alive. In March, the center asked us for an emergency grant to help make sure there are no missed meals and we provided fresh produce for an array of hungry residents. These animals have already gone through so much, being taken from their family units and undergoing the trauma of capture. The very best we can do is to keep them safe until they can return to their natural habitats and form new connections with others of their species. We would like to help The Amazon Shelter again soon with more fresh produce to keep the animals healthy while readying for their return to the forest.   Small Spay/Neuter Projects Will Have Massive Impact “I hope you will remember me. You helped me a lot with food for cats in a critical moment in covid virus in April when all was closed,” Bosnian rescuer Aleksandra Neskov wrote to us recently. “For 10 years I am volunteering in saving street cats but I get never help for that from my country or local city. In previous years, I had support from Italian volunteers for food, but as corona virus hit, food donation doesn’t come. I have to search different way for food donation so my cats can survive these months. I have about 70 cats that I’m feeding now plus foster cats and street colonies of cats. I am very desperate and don't know how to reach food for them in this hard time.” “The main problem is that I have to do spaying and neutering for the cats. Its March, and if I do not sterilize them, it will be a disaster. I did 25 cats and there are 28 left, but since I didn't pay for the old ones yet and am in debt for their surgeries, no new sterilizations can be done.” Despite the fact that we did not have funds readily available for this project, Harmony Fund contributed as much as possible because we are keenly aware of the massive domino effect of un-spayed cats. In just seven years, one un-spayed female cat and her kittens will together produce 420,000 cats. Already this year, the Harmony Fund has contributed for spay/neuter projects for homeless cats in Bosnia, Turkey, the USA and Venezuela.   Joy Overtakes Rescued Dogs Each of these dogs from Romania is truly flabbergasted at the happiness they’ve found! They feel the pulse of love in the arms of families who have adopted them, families who won’t ever leave them. All the dogs had a mother at one time, but somewhere along their journey, they ended up alone in a place of grave danger. The dogs you see here came from Romania’s savage public dog pounds or from a catastrophic private shelter in which we seized animals under police escort. We want to express special thanks to all our monthly supporters, participants in our Superhero Pets and Pet Memorial programs for helping to make this work possible.   Food Drive For Romanian Animals We have our hands full right now as we try to feed a great many animals on the street, at shelters, and in the public dog pounds of Romania. It’s a mission of epic proportions and we need help. Any donation will contribute to this battle against hunger. Please have a look at these photos of some of the animals who will benefit from your help. You can see they range from elderly dogs being rescued from the pound, to very young puppies and everything in between. Harmony Fund is a small charity, trying to deliver aid to underdog animal rescue squads across the planet. This region is among our most challenging. Your donations today will provide food immediately for our partners at Every Life Counts rescue center and Fundatia Sky rescue center, both of whom are very active in providing food well beyond the gates of their own shelters. Feeding homeless cats, dogs and farm animals has always been a cornerstone of Harmony Fund’s work in Romania, and we aim to continue that during the month of April. We're also buying more palettes of food for dogs who are trapped in neglectful dog pounds where only small bits of unpalatable food are provided by the government workers. And, Harmony Fund is collaborating with Polaris of Romania and Help for Afumati Dogs of Germany to continue providing foster care and adoption for the long, long, long line of dogs awaiting our help. While the magnitude of the problems facing homeless animals in Romania is daunting, we hope that the photos we share today will show you the true power of your donations at work. Thank you all. Bron; www.harmonyfund.org We Need You Now Every month, we face significant costs for spay/neuter, sheltering, vaccines, food and veterinary care for each batch of animals we take under our wing. We try to give them as much love as possible. To help us with the costs of care for these animals in Romania and beyond, please donate here. To Donate by Mail Checks may be addressed to Harmony Fund. 800 Main Street, Suite 217, Holden, MA 01520, USA

Dierennieuws uit Syrië : Het hartverwarmend werk van 'The Aleppo Catmen' met heel ontroerende veel foto's

 

Na onze succesvolle hondenredding vorige maand zijn we verheugd te kunnen bevestigen dat ALLE 41 van de honden die uit Salqin zijn binnengebracht, zijn geadopteerd. De missie was een groot succes en we danken u voor uw steun. Meer honden werden gered toen we hoorden van een moederhond en haar puppy's die op straat leefden. Ons werd verteld dat ze werden gekweld door kinderen en dat moeder was geslagen en haar puppy's waren mishandeld. We kwamen meteen in actie en ze werden naar de boerderij van Ernestos gebracht. Foto's werden op onze websites geplaatst en binnen een paar dagen kregen we een verzoek van een familie om ze allemaal te adopteren. De honden zijn geadopteerd en zoals altijd houden we contact met hen en hun nieuwe baasjes. Slechts 2 weken later ging een deel van ons team op bezoek. Ze vonden een hond en 3 puppy's. We zorgden voor gedroogd voedsel en Razak vaccineerde ze allemaal. Wanneer we honden hebben geadopteerd, ontvangen we soms negatieve reacties op onze Facebook-pagina's. We willen iedereen geruststellen dat we altijd doen wat het beste is voor de dieren te allen tijde - contact wordt altijd onderhouden tussen Ernestos en de adoptiefamilies. We kunnen op elk moment het welzijn en welzijn van de dieren controleren. De honden krijgen de rest van hun leven gratis behandeling van onze kliniek. We hebben veel vertrouwen in ons team om altijd te doen wat goed is voor de dieren die onder onze hoede komen. We zijn allemaal nog steeds kapot van de dood van Lolo, ons mooie hondje van Winsons Farm. Lolo werd gered door AbuAli uit een gebied dat zwaar was gebombardeerd. Hij nam haar mee naar de boerderij en ze werd al snel een vaste favoriet bij onze conciërge Ayman en zijn familie. Ze was meer dan een jaar bij ons. Ze was lief, zachtaardig en vriendelijk, en ze heeft een groot gat in ons hart achtergelaten. Ze had een enorme hernia gehad. We hadden er nog nooit zo'n grote op een kleine hond gezien. Ondanks de beste en onmiddellijke inspanningen van het team is ze overleden. We openden 2 inzamelingsacties in februari om te helpen met overheadkosten en om een grote voorraad gedroogd voedsel te kopen terwijl we de kans hadden. De commerciële grenzen tussen Syrië en Turkije zijn strenger gesloten vanwege de Covid 19-pandemie. We moeten nog steeds onze betaling voor het gedroogde voedsel en onze andere maandelijkse overheadkosten van lonen, vlees, medicijnen, verwarming en huur afronden. De donaties zijn de afgelopen maand traag verlopen. Onze huidige inzamelingsacties zijn - https://myevent.com/gedroogde voedersforpets En https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/lorraine-winson-ernestos116   Herinner je de prachtige gevlekte/tabby kat die we van mijlenver naar Ernestos hadden vervoerd? Hij werd naar de kliniek gebracht met zijn achterpoten verlamd en het team ging meteen aan de slag. Met Abu Alis-vaardigheden van kattenfysiotherapie en de zorg voor het team verraste zijn progressie ons. Hij is al mobiel! Er is nog steeds een beetje wiebelen op een poot, maar hij loopt rond alsof hij de eigenaar is van de plaats. Hij zal heel goed passen in zijn nieuwe huis en zijn poot zal sterker worden met gebruik. Another cat came to us after being hit in a car accident. Her injuries are quite severe but Abu Ali has promised her that he will do his best – we hope to be able to give you an update next month. Get well soon little one. You are in the safest of hands. All the animals at the farm had their periodical health check. Everyone took their vitamins and worming paste quite well……mostly….. Bibers didn’t like his…….. De nieuwste baby's op de boerderij, de geiten - Lil, Ruby en Cocoa, kijken uit naar de warme dagen van de lente. Lord is nu een volwassen hond geworden, en dus werd hij gecastreerd. Ik denk dat we het er allemaal over eens zijn dat de foto's van de dieren op de boerderij laten zien hoe goed en gezond ze allemaal zijn. Huidige aantallen zijn 21 honden, 3 schapen, 7 geiten, 4 ezels, 2 paarden, 4 apen, 2 pauwen, plus eenden, kalkoenen, kippen en duiven. Het is altijd moeilijk om te kiezen welke foto's in de nieuwsbrief gaan! Ernestos vrije kliniek gaat van kracht naar kracht. Het team wordt erg druk gehouden. In de laatste 6 maanden was het aantal dieren dat in de kliniek werd behandeld 1927. Het aantal mensen dat gebruik maakt van onze diensten neemt elke maand toe. Elke mannelijke kat in het asiel is nu gecastreerd. We ontvingen twee prachtige witte katten in de kliniek. De mensen die ze bezaten, realiseerden zich niet dat witte katten doof konden zijn. Helaas zijn beide katten dat, en dus besloten de eigenaren dat ze ze niet meer wilden en lieten ze onder onze hoede. Hoewel het voor ons moeilijk is om dit soort situaties te begrijpen, blijven we dankbaar dat ze aan ons worden overgegeven en niet op straat worden achtergelaten. Nu worden ze gevaccineerd, ontwormd en behandeld voor teken. Welkom bij Ernestos. Er zijn de afgelopen maanden veel levensreddende operaties uitgevoerd in de kliniek. Ze omvatten de reparatie van lies- en spigelian hernia's bij schapen en huisdieren zoals honden en katten. Dr. Youssef en het team hebben met succes het been van een pasgeboren veulen rechtgetrokken met een flexurale misvorming. Ze hebben baarmoederverzakkingen bij honden en schapen hersteld en tumoren bij vogels, honden en boerderijdieren verwijderd. Er is een groot aantal vergiftigingsgevallen in de wijk geweest - meestal katten, en we adviseren mensen voortdurend over het juiste gebruik van gifstoffen. The sanctuary continues to care for the 1000 souls that are reliant on us for everything. Food, warmth, love, care and medical attention. Our team work hard every day to care for the cats and the sanctuary. The virus that frightened us so much recently appears to have died away but the team are determined that they will keep it at bay and so the daily deep cleans continue, and new cats are quarantined for a longer period. Het kittenseizoen is aangebroken en we weten dat er een toename zal zijn van verlaten moeders en kittens. We verspreiden voortdurend onze boodschap over castreren en dierenverzorging en hopen dat onze boodschap na verloop van tijd werkelijkheid wordt. Vorige week ontvingen we 7 verlaten katten en een van hen had kittens. De ene is hoogzwanger. Eén was zwaar op het oor gebeten door een hond. Ze werden allemaal door de dierenarts behandeld in de kliniek. Een supporter van Ernestos die al sinds de begindagen bij ons is, besloot haar verjaardagsfeesten met ons te delen. Ze stuurde een donatie om te betalen voor een verjaardagstaart en speciale maaltijd voor de katten, en een voor ons team ook. Bedankt, Nicoletta, voor je vrijgevigheid. We danken u allen voor uw steun aan Ernestos. Je helpt ons om het leven van zoveel dieren te redden en te verbeteren. De oorlog is nog steeds dichtbij, maar gelukkig heeft het zich een beetje teruggetrokken uit ons gebied. De pandemie blijft de regio verwoesten. Covid-19-aantallen zijn in het gebied blijven toenemen. Er zijn nu 21.105 officieel geregistreerde gevallen in het gebied. Er is geen vaccinatieplan voor het gebied in zicht - hoewel de Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie nu een programma voor de regio bespreekt. Ons team blijft COVID-19-veilige procedures volgen om zichzelf veilig te houden. Bedankt dat je bij ons bent. Jij bent net zo goed een deel van Ernestos als wij. Zonder onze vrienden over de hele wereld zou Ernestos niet bestaan. Blijf alsjeblieft bij ons.   Onze inzamelingsacties deze maand zijn – https://myevent.com/gedroogde voedersforpets https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/lorraine-winson-ernestos116 https://www.paypal.me/ErnestoSanctuary U ook online doneren op onze website. Hier u ook een maandelijkse donatie instellen. https://ernestosanctuary.org/donatie/   Bankrekening: Huis van katten Ernesto Waren: IT 49 P 07601 11400 001035 493376  Bic: BPPIITRRXXX   Samen zijn we sterk.

. HUIS VAN KATTEN ERNESTO alle rechten voorbehouden CF: 93060210197 Brievenbus 54, Via verdi 1 26100 Cremona IT