world animal protection news canada - special edition - summer 2014

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From the Executive Director

Protecting animals indisasters for 50 years

Meet our Disaster Response Team

The Philippines: responding to Typhoon Haiyan

Celebrating 50 years protecting animals

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Contact World Animal Protection

Wed love to hear from you! Contact us at:

World Animal Protection90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 960

Toronto, ON M4P 2Y3

T: 416 369 0044 TF: 1 800 363 9772F: 416 369 0147

E: [email protected]

World Animal Protection is a registered Canadian

charitable organization. No. 12791 9076 RR0001

8-year-old MarJo Nalagan Jr. holds puppy Brownie while he receives treatment from World Animal Protection vets in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan.

WSPA is now World Animal Protection

As youve probably noticed, our organization has a newname. In June 2014, World Society for the Protectionof Animals became World Animal Protection.

While our name has changed, our focus has not itremains firmly dedicated to our work with animals. Wealways have been, and always will be, about protectingthe worlds animals. And the more people who know aboutour work, the more animals we can reach. Such a powerfulname will help us be heard as we call on supporterseverywhere to move the world to protect animals.

Find out more about how were changing animalslives and how youre making a difference.Visit worldanimalprotection.ca today.
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Stories

2 WSPA is now World Animal Protection

3 From the Executive Director

4 The Philippines: responding to Typhoon Haiyan

5 Les Philippines : intervention aprs le typhon Haiyan

6 Meet our global Disaster Response Team

8 Celebrating 50 years protecting animals

World Animal Protection.It is who we are and what we do.

And now, its also our name. Thank you for all your support as

we make this exciting transition. With this name, that tells the

world exactly what we are here to achieve, well be in an even

stronger position to deliver change that matters for animals.

While we take important steps into the future, its also a timeto reflect on what we have achieved for animals. This year

marks our 50th anniversary of protecting animals in disasters.

Our legacy began in 1964, when John Walsh travelled to

Suriname in South America to rescue animals stranded after

extensive flooding. Known as Operation Gwamba (featured on

page 8) his work saved nearly 10,000 animals.

That daring rescue effort set the stage for many more decades

of lifesaving work. For example, on page 4of this magazine

you can see how your support made an impact after Typhoon

Haiyan last year, helping communities rebuild and prepare

for the future. In 2013 alone, World Animal Protection helped

more than one million animals and their owners affected by

14 disasters.

This issue is a special tribute to our teams working tirelessly

for animals whenever a disaster strikes. Its also a tribute to

supporters, like you, who make this lifesaving work possible.

I hope you enjoy reading about all you have accomplished

for animals over the years and I hope you are as excited as

I am about what the future holds for animals and World

Animal Protection.

Sincerely,

Josey Kitson

Executive Director, World Animal Protection Canada

Contents

Thank youfor protecting

animals in disastersfor 50 years

Editor:Elizabeth Sharpe

Contributors:Catherine Coquerel, Josey Kitson,Katriona Meheran, Carla Pisarro and Elizabeth SharpeDesigner:Lyubava FartushenkoCA0009_0814

Cover photo: World Animal Protection.Unless otherwise stated, all images are the copyrightof World Animal Protection.

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In November 2013, thePhilippines was hit by thedevastating Typhoon Haiyan.Known to locals as Yolanda,the typhoon tore through citieswith winds up to 150 miles perhour. Thousands of lives were lost.

Thanks to your generous donations, our Disaster Response Team deployedquickly to the Philippines to reach animals in need. Once there, we provided

food, water and veterinary care to over 17,400 animals.

Our team found sick and injured animals cows, goats and water buffalo

foraging for whatever food they could find. They saw desperate pets not

used to fending for themselves, separated from their owners. People shared

what little they had to keep their animals alive but struggled to find food even

for themselves.

The Philippines:responding to Typhoon Haiyan

Going mobile reaching farther for animalsWe know that getting skilled help and the right tools forthe job to where they need to go is critical in saving animallives. Thanks to your support we were able to train localvets with specially prepared lifesaving kits that are lightand versatile for travelling on foot or bicycle to otherwiseunreachable areas across the Philippines. These kits aremaking the difference between life and death for thousandsof animals.

Puppy LoveIn the village of Mamarang Sapa, three young boys broughttheir puppies, Liney, Lance, and Brownie, to one of World AnimalProtections mobile clinics. Our vets, aided by local volunteervets, gave the dogs medical injections and also provided foodfor the boys families. On learning that their dogs were now safe,the boys eyes lit up. One of them, eight-year-old MarJo, huggedhis dogs to his chest while saying Salamat (thank you) overand over again.

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Our team training local vets on mountain bikes helping them reachmore animals in the future.

Three young boys wait for their puppies to be treated byWorld Animal Protections veterinary team.

Trousses mobiles pour sauver les animauxtoujours plus loin

On sait que laide qualifie et les bons outils sont critiquespour sauver des vies animales. Grce votre appui, nousavons pu former des vtrinaires locaux avec des trousses desecours lgres et versatiles, conues pour les expditions pied ou vlo aux endroits les plus inaccessibles desPhilippines. Pour des milliers danimaux, ces trousses font ladiffrence entre la vie et la mort.

Des amours de petits chiots

Au village de Mamarang Sapa, trois jeunes garons nousont apport leurs chiots, Liney, Lance et Brownie, la cliniquemobile. Avec des bnvoles de la rgion, nos vtrinaires, lesont traits par injection et ont offert de la nourriture aux famillesdes garons. En apprenant que leurs chiens taient saufs, cesgarons avaient des soleils dans les yeux. MarJo, huit ans, aserr son chiot bien fort contre lui, en rptant sans cesse Salamat! (merci).

En novembre 2013, le typhonHaiyan sabattait violemmentsur les Philippines. Appellocalement Yolanda , il aravag les villes, avec desvents atteignant 240 km/h,et fait des milliers de victimes.

Grce votre gnrosit, notre quipe dintervention durgence a t rapidement

dploye aux Philippines pour sauver les animaux en pril. Une fois sur place, nous

avons distribu eau, nourriture et soins vtrinaires 17 400 animaux.

Notre quipe y a trouv des animaux malades et blesssdes vaches, des chvres

et des bufflesqui cherchaient de leau o ils pouvaient. Nous avons vu des animaux

de compagnie en dtresse, incapables de se dbrouiller sans leur maitre. Les gens

partageaient le peu de nourriture quils avaient avec leurs animaux, pour les maintenir

en vie, mais avaient eux-mmes du mal se nourrir.

Les Philippines :intervention aprs le typhon Haiyan

These stories of rescue are only possible because of you.Thank you for being there for animals like Liney and forsupporting our teams as they help communities recoverand prepare for future disasters.

Find out more about how you are making a difference byvisiting our blog animalsindisasters.typepad.com

Ces histoires de secours seraient impossibles sans vous.Merci dtre l pour les animaux comme Liney; merci depermettre nos quipes daider les communauts serelever et se prparer pour les catastrophes futures.

Pour savoir combien vous faites la diffrence,visitez notre blogue animalsindisasters.typepad.com
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Meet

our globalDisasterResponseTeam

Faitesconnaissanceavec notrequipe

mondialedinterventiondurgence

Dr. Ian Dacre

Even when I was young, I knew it was

important to look after animals. Sadly,

during my career I have witnessed much

animal suffering. But the sadness of some

cases is balanced with the knowledge

that as a vet I can make a difference.

Mme trs jeune, je savais dj quil

tait important de soccuper des animaux.

Malheureusement, au cours de ma carrire,

jai vu bien des animaux souffrir. Mais

malgr les cas les plus tristes, je sais que,

comme vtrinaire, je peux au moins faire

une diffrence.

Cinthya Diaz

I work as Logistics Officer on our Disaster

Team. Im the person in charge of taking

care of all the work behind the scenes

so our veterinarians can be fully focused

on delivering aid. The faster and more

efficiently we move, the more animals wecan reach. I love this work!

Je travaille la logistique de notre

quipe dintervention. Cest moi qui fais

tout le travail en coulisse pour que nos

vtrinaires puissent se concentrer

100 % sur les secours. Plus on travaille

vite et efficacement, plus on peut sauver

danimaux. Jadore mon travail!

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James Sawyer

Its always the sheer numbers of animals

in need that amazes me. The worst disaster

in terms of scale was the 2010 dzud (when

an extremely cold winter follows a summer

drought) in Mongolia. So many animal lives

were lost. One of the toughest things is thatit becomes very difficult to leave. When

were about to go, there is always one more

animal brought to us that needs help.

Cest toujours le nombre danimaux dans

le besoin qui me dcourage. Pour moi, la

pire catastrophe fut le dzud de 2010 (un

hiver particulirement rude aprs un t de

grande scheresse), en Mongolie. Jy au

vu tant danimaux mourir! Le plus dchirant,

cest le dpart. Au moment de partir, on

nous apporte toujours un autre animal qui a

besoin daide.

Gerardo Huertas

When I started this work, I did not know I

was getting into the best job there is. Every

story is great to tell, but helping animals in war

zones such as Afghanistan and Nicaragua

was a highlight, as well as our disaster

response in Haiti. The work I leave behind by teaching people to plan for disasters will

save animals for generations to come.

Quand jai commenc ce travail, je ne

savais pas que a allait tre le meilleur emploi

au monde. Chaque histoire est fascinante

raconter, mais le fait daider les animaux en

zone de guerre, comme en Afghanistan ou

au Nicaragua, ou en zone sinistre comme

en Hati, cest vraiment satisfaisant. Quand

cest le temps de partir, aprs avoir enseign

aux gens se prparer aux catastrophes

ventuelles, je sais que cest plusieurs

gnrations danimaux que jaurai sauvs.

Dr. Juan Carlos Murillo

In every mission, there is something

significant that makes all the effort

worthwhile. One highlight was looking after

sick dolphins in Guatemala and Nicaragua

who were kept in filthy tanks. Our mission

was to treat them until they were fullyrecovered and train them for release back

to the wild all the months of hard work

ended in one minute when we set them

free. That felt good! Although it can be

very challenging, working with animals in

disasters and helping people to look af ter

them better is a big blessing.

Chaque mission comporte des lments

importants qui donnent leur sens tous nos

efforts. Au Guatemala et au Nicaragua, jaiun jour soign des dauphins malades, qui

vivaient dans des aquariums sales. On avait

pour mission de les traiter jusqu ce quils

soient totalement rtablis, puis de les entrainer

pour quils puissent retourner leur milieu

naturel. Tous ces mois de dur travail furent

rcompenss linstant o on les a relchs

dans la mer. a faisait plaisir voir!

WorldAnimalProtection/IFAW

C.Baldicantos/WorldAnimalProtection
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From the Executive Direc

Celebrating 50 years protecting animalsWe became World Animal Protection during a momentousyear as 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of protecting animalsin disasters. Our history began in 1964 with John Walsh andhis first rescue expedition: Operation Gwamba.

This rescue mission was launched when the Surinamegovernment reached out for help. Its people had beenevacuated because of flooding but the wild animals were leftstranded. The government wrote to Walsh asking for moneyand instructions, ending their letter with an ominous plea: Timeis short and the water rises.

During Walshs 18 month stay in Suriname, he rescued nearly10,000 animals, including deer, monkeys, armadillos, tortoises,sloths, anteaters, opossums, giant snakes, and more. Heassembled local teams and quickly assessed how to do thegreatest amount of good for the greatest number of animals.

This spirit drives World Animal Protections rescue work today.With response teams around the world, based in Costa Rica,Africa, Thailand, and India, we are prepared to deploy whendisaster strikes.

We are always looking to make the biggest impact foranimals. And so, in December last year we entered into aunique partnership with the International Federation of the RedCross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the worlds largestvolunteer-based humanitarian network. As we move into thislandmark 50th year of disaster management work, we will helpincorporate animal welfare into IFRCs livelihoods and foodsecurity work across the globe ensuring protection for evenmore animals and the communities that rely on them. With yoursupport, our teams are ready.

World Animal Protections John Walsh and Juan Carlos Murillo treat injured puppies after El Salvador earthquake, 1991.
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