Help the animals suffering in the Victorian bushfires
February 11, 2009 – 3:07 pm
While many lives have been lost and devastated by the bush fires in Victoria, many animals have suffered a similar fate and need your help.
The animal welfare organisations have an enormous task on their hands when they are finally able to enter areas ravaged by recent bushfires. There are thousands of injured and starving animals still trapped, and the loss of two wildlife shelters has only worsened the situation.
There are so many stories emerging of what animals caught in the fires went through, and are still going through. Survivor Jason Lynn told The Herald that he doesn’t remember much of his ordeal except for the howling and screaming of animals burning to death in nearby paddocks and bushland. His story is a reminder that both human and animal victims need our support after the fires.
Injured domestic animals and native wildlife not killed by the fires now face starvation. Even the smallest donation will go along way to helping the Victorian RSPCA rescue and care for these animals, it only takes a minute and whatever you can spare will really help.
Please donate by going to http://www.rspcavic.org/campaigns_news/news_bushfires.htm or calling (03) 9224 2222. Every donation counts!
