PLEASE CROSS POST TO YOUR VETERINARIAN CONTACTS AND RESOURCES

FROM JANE GARRISON
CO-FOUNDER, ANIMAL RESCUE NEW ORLEANS
AUGUST 12, 2006

ALERT: VETERINARIANS NEEDED IN LEBANON

Beirut for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (BETA) the only animal advocacy and rescue group in Lebanon is in need of veterinarians to help evaluate and treat the dogs, cats and non-human primates they are sheltering from the war.

Linda Nealon, http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/PersonOfWeek/story?id=2303465&page=1, a freelance animal rescue volunteer, just arrived to the States after spending ten days on the ground in Beirut with BETA. Linda hopes to return and can advise and help with transport and ground logistics to any veterinarian willing to make this trip.

Linda writes:
There is food at the shelter but definitely not an overwhelming supply. If the war is prolonged this piece worries me. Vet supplies are limited and worrisome. Beyond that, a veterinarian who's better trained in current animal science would be huge. The ones they use feel more like makeshift vets that are okay in a pinch but not ones I would rely on for my animals. As I mentioned they don't have euthanasia medicine currently, that kills quickly, not enough stretchy bandages, not enough vaccine to vaccinate all of the cats, not any identification chips, no splints for broken bones, and probably a vet from the US would come in and see many more needs but I'm not aware of the differences between the meds the vets use there, and what we have. My instinct tells me some methods are primitive yet well intentioned.

If you are a vet and are considering this humaneitarian venture for the animals, for more information please contact:

Linda Nealon <LNealon1 [at] aol.com>
Jane Garrison <JaneGarrison [at] comcast.net>

DONATIONS TO BETA, ONLINE OR BY BANK TRANSFER
SOURCE: <joelle_k [at] idm.net.lb>

[8/3/06] The animals in Lebanon need a lot of help but the only thing that can reach us for the moment is money. The country has been isolated from the rest of the world and not in any possible way goods or products can reach us (medicines, food...) although we need a lot of them. The supplies available in Lebanon at the moment are becoming more rare and we're trying - as much as our finances permit it - to stockpile food (cats and dogs) and medicines for a long period...

Donations to BETA can be made either online:
http://animals.beirut.com/donate.php

Or by bank transfer to the following account:
Name: Joelle Charles Kanaan
Bank: Bank Audi s.a.l.
Branch: Hadath (015)
Account No.: 735945 465 002 015 06
Swift Code: AUDBLBBX

For more information on how to help, contact:
maggy_sha [at] yahoo.com, joelle_k [at] idm.net.lb, animals [at] beirut.com

Joelle Kanaan, Co-Founder, Beirut for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (BETA)
Beirut, Lebanon, Web: http://beta.beirut.com