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Dog hit by shrapnel from
Katyusha rocket
Photo: Avi Hirschfield |
As Israel’s hardest hit northern town of
Kiryat Shmona is evacuated, volunteers of Hakol Chai, the Israeli
sister charity of Concern for Helping Animals in Israel (CHAI), rush
to provide emergency first aid to injured animals, to evacuate
animals of evacuees, and to leave food and water for those left
behind on deserted streets by residents fleeing to bomb shelters.
Already, Hakol Chai has sent more than 12 tons of dog and cat
food, water bowls, large containers to transport water,
vaccines, and supplies to the north of the country, including to the
municipal pounds of Kiryat Shmona, Tiberias, and Ma'alei Yossef, for
the animals there. Night after night, Hakol Chai teams of volunteers
brave danger to enter deserted northern communities, providing a
lifeline to animals left behind by people fleeing to bomb shelters
or to safer areas of the country.
Hundreds of people have called Hakol Chai's hotline
set up to help animals during the crisis — those eager to volunteer,
to adopt animals, or to provide a foster home for animals until
their families are able to care for them again. Many animals of
evacuees have been placed in foster homes.
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From a house in Akko, rescuers evacuated numerous
cats, three dogs, eight puppies, a falcon, pigeons, and rabbits in
cages, about twenty chickens, parrots and other animals. From
Nahariya, they saved the life of a dog hit by a Katyusha rocket, and
rescued two dogs tied so tightly they could not lie down,
administering first aid before evacuating them to a boarding
facility. Responding to a call from Shlomi residents about a dog who
was beaten when she tried to enter a bomb shelter, volunteers
provided emergency care to the abused, starving, and dehydrated dog
before evacuating her. (Note: After the ceasefire, Hakol Chai was
able to reunite this dog
with her family. See
Happy Reunions.) An exhausted dog with her eight puppies were
treated and evacuated from Sfat. In Akko, Nahariya, Ma'alot and
Kiryat Shmona, Hakol Chai volunteer teams provided emergency first
aid and distributed food, water, and supplies to animals in the line
of fire.
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Volunteers put out food for
hungry, thirsty animals left behind in deserted communities,
where
cars and buildings were bombed. |
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A dog who was beaten
when she tried to enter a bomb shelter; evacuated by
Hakol Chai. |
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Looking to the Future
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Now our task becomes to reunite animals placed in
foster homes with their families, and to find homes for those
without families or whose families cannot be located. Hakol Chai
is establishing a temporary shelter for the many puppies rescued
from the streets by volunteers. We need your help with funds for
cages, fencing, food, veterinary care, and workers to help care for
them over the next few months, until all are placed. |
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