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You are here: Home / Catinees / Sunday Catinee: Helping Hurricane Sandy’s Animal Victims

Sunday Catinee: Helping Hurricane Sandy’s Animal Victims

November 11, 2012 By: Sparkle Cat24 Comments

When a disaster happens, my human is always torn between donating to the big organizations or sending money directly to local groups. The truth is that both need your help to rescue the animals affected in storms, tornadoes and earthquakes. Local groups, whose shelters may have been damaged, need assistance to help displaced rescue pets and to rebuild, while the big organizations are on the ground, helping care for pets who had to be left behind and reuniting them with their owners. The below video shows a couple of rescues performed by an animal rescue team from the International Fund for Animal Welfare. Pull out your handkerchiefs for this one:

If you can’t see the above video, click here to watch it on YouTube.

Thousands of humans and animals are still suffering from the aftereffects of Sandy, so however you choose, please give. In fact, if you want to mention a group you know of that needs help, please tell us about them in the comments and link to them below. Thanks!

BTW, thanks to A Tonk’s Tale for leading me to this video!

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  1. Isolated Existence says

    November 12, 2012 at 8:26 pm

    Thank you for sharing this! It made me laugh and tear up at the same time. I’m glad they were ok…

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  2. Rykerz Boyz 'n' Allie says

    November 12, 2012 at 1:27 pm

    Isn’t that just SO cool? We made mommy donate after she wiped the tears away 😉 (wasn’t too hard, she’d already reached for her plastic card thingy after seeing those reunions!!)

    Hey, we just gotted your calendar on order – WOOT!

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  3. Oui Oui says

    November 11, 2012 at 8:05 pm

    We had heard of this group and the excellent work they are doing. Believe it or not, we still have one cousin who lives in Princeton NJ who doesn’t have water, although she finally has her power back on.

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  4. Adan & Lego says

    November 11, 2012 at 5:59 pm

    purrs for every pets.

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  5. Spitty the Kitty says

    November 11, 2012 at 2:12 pm

    We were so happy and leaky at the end of the video. We will send a few green papers to IFAW. Thanks for posting this, Sparkle.

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  6. Mark's Mews (Ayla, Iza, and Marley) says

    November 11, 2012 at 2:03 pm

    We are purring for all animals and groups that help them… We raise our paws in salute to all veterans too!

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  7. Cats of wildcat woods says

    November 11, 2012 at 1:35 pm

    We help both the humans and the pets from Sandy. Good post.

    Happy Veteran’s Day! Our Pop is a vet so he gets lots of extra cuddles today.

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  8. Katnip Lounge says

    November 11, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    Mommy is all misty! These folks are wonderful.

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  9. Noir the Texas Tabby says

    November 11, 2012 at 12:12 pm

    What those humans do is WONDERFUL! Yep–I’m making sure Tommy does a donation. We like to see happy endings…

    Noir

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  10. Kjelle Bus aka Charlie Rascal says

    November 11, 2012 at 11:32 am

    Thank´s for sharing this touching video !
    I snatched my mom´s creditcard and made a donation to IFAW 🙂

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  11. Eric and Flynn says

    November 11, 2012 at 10:19 am

    That was a very touching video. There were a lot of tears here. We have been wondering about the pets affected by Sandy.

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  12. meowmeowmans says

    November 11, 2012 at 10:16 am

    Thank you for sharing this video, Sparkle. You’re so right … we used a bunch of hankies watching it. What vital and amazing work IFAW and other groups like them are doing.

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  13. Katie Bella says

    November 11, 2012 at 9:54 am

    Thank you Sparkle for the video and telling us about furbabies that need help as well as their humans. I also wonder why not anything that mom and I have seen or rea has addressed this so I am particularly glad you did. xxoo

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  14. CATachresis says

    November 11, 2012 at 9:43 am

    It’s a very moving video. There are so many that need our help *sigh*

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  15. Grace says

    November 11, 2012 at 9:12 am

    I had never heard of these folks. I’ve book marked their site – perhaps my year end charity spending spree will include them. Thanks…

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  16. Layla Morgan Wilde (Cat Wisdom 101) says

    November 11, 2012 at 8:46 am

    What’s needed urgently are foster homes. Petfinders annual Foster a Lonely Pet for the Holidays program is on now.

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  17. Fraidy Cats! says

    November 11, 2012 at 8:22 am

    oh, this made our mom’s eyes all leaky. Bless the folks from IFAW and the other rescue organizations. thanks for sharing the movie, Sparkle 🙂

    Pip, Smidgen, Minnie, Hollie

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  18. Glogirly & Katie says

    November 11, 2012 at 7:14 am

    That’s one of the most amazing videos we’ve ever seen. Lots of tears here…we are so grateful for the rescuers and their dedication and compassion. We needed extra kleenex when the woman and her kitties were reunited.
    xo
    Katie & Glogirly

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  19. Hannah and Lucy says

    November 11, 2012 at 6:58 am

    The video made our Mum cry especially whe the lady was reunited with all 4 of her cats.
    Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx

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  20. Brian says

    November 11, 2012 at 5:10 am

    I hope everyone gets the help they need, such a tough time for everyone.

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  21. The Kitties of Purring Pines says

    November 11, 2012 at 4:41 am

    Fantastic video & organization!!! Have a great Sunday & thanks fur sharing!!!

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  22. Laila and Minchie says

    November 11, 2012 at 4:25 am

    What a great organization! Such a happy ending!

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  23. Marg says

    November 11, 2012 at 4:17 am

    What a terrific video. We sure didn’t know anything about IFAW. What a great organization. Wish we had some money to donate to them. Thanks for the video. Take care.

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  24. Duni says

    November 11, 2012 at 12:53 am

    I support the IFAW.
    Why is it that there is so little news of the fate of animals affected by a hurricane or earthquake or other disaster. It always makes me sad.
    Thanks for posting about this very important issue!

    Reply

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