These photos are of an animal shelter in a warehouse in Teresopolis
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There are over 200 dogs housed here. |
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The temperature is close to 90 outdoors, even hotter inside the shelter… |
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Care-givers are keeping the dogs as cool as they can with electric fans and by dousing them with cold water. |
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While over 400 animals have been adopted so far… |
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many more animals are brought in daily… |
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and many of those are sick or injured and in need of medical treatment. |
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Catastrophic floods in Sao Paulo and mudslides near Rio de Janeiro are linked to over 1,000 deaths (as of January 31st). In the hard hit towns of Teresopolis, Nova Friburgo and Petropolis, an unknown number (estimated in the tens of thousands or more) of animals are without food, water, shelter, or vet care for wounds and disease. Stray animals have no survival resources, due to absent humans. Care-given “pets” were left behind or lost, some orphaned when caregivers died. Emergency crews report innumerable dead or dying dogs, cats and horses.
Animal Resources deployed to Brazil the week of February 7, 2011 as part of the trained disaster-response teams being organized by Kinship Circle (www.kinshipcircle.org), partnering with In Defense of Animals (www.idausa.org).
