From: norteman@tnpubs.enet.dec.com (Karen Norteman)
Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
Subject: Re: Hurricane Canine Aid
Date: 1 Sep 92 16:53:22 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


In article <19841@drutx.ATT.COM>, bru@druwy.ATT.COM (BrueningBI) writes...
> 
>One way YOU can help the dogs who have suffered due to
>Hurricane Andrew is to donate to the 
> 
>Greater Miami Dog Club
> Hurricane Relief Fund
>c/o Thomas Miller
>1499 West 83rd St
>Hialeah FL 33014
> 
>All donations marked for Hurricane relief will be used
>for that purpose. Many animals are homeless and in need
>of vet care. Major dog food companies are supplying 
>food but they will not cover the costs of care for these 
>animals. Please help our less fortunate friends.
> 
> 
>							Brenda Bruening
>							Boulder CO.


    The president of the local Bearded Collie club heard from a Beardie
    person in southern Florida this weekend.  It's a scary story.

    Chantal Bailey (the Beardie breeder in Florida) has a good-sized kennel
    in Davie, FL.  The vets, boarding kennels, and humane society kennels
    in her area were all wiped out, and she has taken in 200+ dogs and an
    uncounted number of loose pet birds.  (Sharon, our club president,
    talked to her at the end of last week.  Chantal expected to have over
    400 dogs by the end of this past weekend.)

    A local vet has volunteered to help her out with taking care of all
    these animals, but his practice was completely wiped out by the
    hurricane.  These folks really need supplies, but money is nice too.

    What they really need are:

    Plastic or rubber gloves
    Ointments (especially eye ointments)
    Flea and tick dips
    Bandage
    Kennel leads
    Disposable dishes
    Linens (blankets, towels, sheets)

    On top of the disaster itself, Chantal was fired from her job for
    staying home to take care of the dogs, and her kennel manager had just
    left to take another job before Andrew came to town.

    The Fort Lauderdale Dog Club is taking care of coordinating things in
    Chantal's area.  Any monetary contributions should be sent to them,
    since they will deliver straight to Chantal.  They're at:

    Fort Lauderdale Dog Club
    c/o Linda Gruskin
    13930 Luray Road
    Fort Lauderdale, FL  33330

    The Minuteman Bearded Collie Club is coordinating a local supply
    collection effort.  If you have any materials you can donate, we're
    setting up a central collection point at Automeister Garage in Sudbury,
    MA.  You can also contact me at norteman@tnpubs.enet.dec.com, or call one 
    of the officers of the club to arrange for pickup:

    Patti Carmejoole: (508) 443-5700 (she owns Automeister)
    Sharon Kalen (club pres.): (508) 875-6907 (call early afternoon 'cause
    she works nights and sleeps in the evenings)

    Chantal can receive incoming calls, but still can't make outgoing ones. 
    To contact her directly:

    Chantal Bailey
    771 SW 121 Avenue
    Davie, FL  33325
    (305) 475-0095

    Chantal had some scary stories to report.  Many of the dogs she has
    rescued have conjunctivitis, so the eye ointments are urgently needed. 
    One rough collie in full coat had so many ticks on his body that you
    couldn't see his skin.  Everyone who has been working in her kennel has
    dipped so many dogs for ticks that their hands are cracking.

    She says that another vet near the Homestead area was lucky enough to
    have his practice still standing, but that he had no food for the
    animals.  A delivery truck with dog food was turned back on the road
    and the driver's life threatened because people there refused to let
    dog food get through before people food came.  (whatever sense that's
    supposed to make; it wasn't like the folsk there were going to eat it.)

    Things are pretty desperate.  However you can help, and whomever you
    can help there, please do.

--Karen Norteman
Digital Equipment Corporation
Littleton, MA
norteman@tnpubs.enet.dec.com