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What areas does GARR serve?
We can respond both in the United States and worldwide when needed.
What training does your team have?
Our team is trained and experienced in many aspects of rescue including shelter setup and operations, water rescue, confined space rescue, high/vertical angle rescue, ground search and rescue (GSAR), and hazardous materials (HAZMAT).
What happens to the animals you rescue?
We make every effort to reunite animals with their owners. If this cannot be done immediately, we will ensure the animals receive the best care possible either at our temporary shelter, or at the facility that covers the area in which we are working.
What types of animals will you rescue?
To begin with, all lives matter to us. If there is an animal in need, we will do our best to save it. This includes, but is not limited to, dogs, cats, horses, cows, pigs, goats, sheep, poultry, exotics, etc. We have the ability and experience to work with almost any type of animal within our team.
Do you have a shelter I can visit to adopt animals from you?
We are not a shelter-based organization. When we respond, we work with established agencies who normally have facilities already in place. When needed, we will establish emergency shelters and staff them until a more permanent solution can be found and handed off for long-term care.
What type of situations will you respond to?
We will respond to animal needs in situations such as hurricanes, floods, tornados, wildfires, earthquakes, and even war.
What types of donations do you accept?
Financial donations are the easiest to manage. Since each response is different with a unique set of circumstances, the material requirements are constantly changing. Financial donations allow us to purchase what is initially needed until we can set up a point locally to receive donated material items.
Where do my donations go?
Donations go towards the costs associated with rescuing and helping animals. All our team members are volunteers, and currently no one receives any pay for their time or efforts. Costs can include travel, supplies, food, veterinary care, and necessities for our response team.
Are my donations tax deductible?
Yes. All donations are tax deductible as Global Animal Rescue And Response is an IRS recognized 501(c)3 non-profit organization. All donors will receive a donation letter for your taxes.
Can I volunteer to help without specialized rescue training?
Absolutely. We are always looking for volunteers to help with the intake and care of the animals we bring back from the field, along with other administrative roles during responses. During non-response times, we are happy to have help with administrative tasks, grants sourcing, and fundraising.
Animals Saved - 40
Animals Helped - 10
Food Distributed - 40kg
Leashes Recovered - 1
The Faces From Pokrovsk (18 December 2024)
18 December started out rather nicely. It was cold outside but thankfully we did not have snow or rain. This was also going to be an opening for the drone activity we have learned to fear in the Donbas. The rain and snow normally keeps the drones from flying, as does high winds. We did have high winds when we left Kharkiv, but were unsure what they would be like in Pokrovsk four hours later when we arrived.
We split up into two teams again. Matt and Maks (M&Ms) were in the Nissan, and I was in the van solo. The plan was to split up for the first part of the trip and then go jointly on the second part. The van would work the outskirts of Pokrovsk in the morning, while M&Ms went into Pokrovsk where they van would certainly be destroyed if we took it there.
My first stop was to pick up fifteen puppies and three dogs. That stop took almost 45 minutes because we had to catch the puppies, and only one of the momma dogs was willing to be caught. M&Ms went to the southernmost part of Pokrovsk to extract Skype, an Alabai who was in an area only a few hundred meters from the Russian advances. I will get his story posted soon. I prepared sedation drugs for them to use on Skype, as it had been reported that he was a guard dog and refusing to leave his yard. The person caring for him had evacuated a few days previously, which left him alone with no food or water unless we went to get him.
After we had the first half of the requests completed, we came together just north of Pokrovsk to unload the Nissan and transfer the animals to the van. We then headed back into Pokrovsk as the FPV and artillery activity was intensifying in the city. All around us, artillery was coming into the city, and the animals we were trying to evacuate were scared to death. Owners who were packed and ready to evacuate were standing by for our arrival so they could leave immediately after we took their animals. Reunions were already be planned, but getting them out was the challenge.
We also had to go to another house to rescue a left behind member of the team. A valued member that has been with us since the war began, and who has participated in thousands of rescues throughout Ukraine. Maks was bitten on 10 December when we were in Pokrovsk, and in the process of getting the bite treated, a pink leash was left behind. After more than a week of sitting on a bench waiting with uncertainty, the reunion took place. Unfortunately, the woman who we evacuated 6 dogs from and who said she was leaving did not leave. She had collected herself even more dogs and was still there. It is just a matter of time before the call comes in that she wants to leave and cannot with her animals. Then we will risk our lives to evacuate the animals and she will still not leave. Then the process will start all over again.
We finished the day at a reasonable hour and were able to get out of Pokrovsk before full darkness set in at 1600. We had a few stops to make on the way back to Kharkiv and arrived back before midnight to unload our precious cargo of innocent lives with Порятунок тварин Харків / Animal rescue Kharkiv, Ukraine. A few hours later, we were in ready for bed after a relatively short 19 hour Donbas day.
We will continue to travel dangerous roads and go into harms way helping those in need when they need it the most. We are Global Animal Rescue And Response, and helping those in need is what we do.
www.globalanimalrescueandresponse.org
Angel's GoFundMe - gofund.me/a0ef1c7c
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Angel Update With New Bills. (30 December 2024)
Angel is back with her foster tonight for the time being, but we still don't have the answers we need. She went today for both MRI and CT scans of her rear end to hopefully find out what is going on with her, and how best it can be fixed. Unfortunately, the answer is not straightforward. Somehow, her urethra is being pinched from inflammation and she cannot properly urinate. Her catheter is still inserted and will be coming out at the end of this week.
Her bowels and colon are filling full and for some reason, she is not able to go to the bathroom and properly release her stool. They say she has a relaxed anus, which means that she does not have proper sphincter control. She tries to poop, but her muscles are just not pushing out what is backed up on the inside. And when she lays down it just falls out without her knowing according to her foster.
The good news is that she had proper renal function for the first day or so before she started backing up her urine. She is now on antibiotics, anti-inflammatories, and pain medicine to ease her discomfort. Because of her current situation with the infection and inflammation, any thoughts of surgical revision of her injuries has to wait. We are optimistic that after the med protocol she will be able to urinate normally again.
As far as her poop function, it is hopefully temporary as well. We are hoping she will be able to go to the bathroom normally again in a few weeks after the course has had a chance to do what they are intended to do. At that point, she will go back to the specialists to discuss the surgical revision and corrective repairs to the injuries sustained from being hit by the car.
Today we spent another almost $750 USD on Angel. This is money that is coming out of the pockets of our board at this point in time. We really need your help on her bills so we can get her through this with the best outcome possible. We are not going to give up on Angel, and we hope you don't give up on her either.......
We are here for you, Angel!!!!!!
You can find her fundraising page at gofund.me/a0ef1c7c
We are Global Animal Rescue And Response and getting Angel through this successfully is what we are focused on.
www.globalanimalrescueandresponse.org
Angel's GoFundMe - gofund.me/a0ef1c7c
PayPal- [email protected]
PrivatBank- 4149609051947721
Venmo- garrdonations
#WeStandWithUkraine
#ukraine #dogs #dog #dogsofinstagram #dogslife #dogstagram #puppy #puppies #puppiesofinstagram #puppylove #cats #cat #kittens #kitten #catsofinstagram #animalrescue #animals #compassion #charity #helpingothers #horses #horse #kherson #kharkiv #kyiv #dnipro #dogsoffacebook #animallover #angel
After A Long Day In Pokrovsk (18 December 2024)
What you see here are the results of a long day working in the most dangerous city in Ukraine. The faces and lives you see here were taken out of a city that is filled with nothing but uncertainty as the Russians are literally hundreds of meters from the edge of the city.
Many of these animals are absolutely terrified and traumatized based on the conditions we found them in. The puppies are fortunate that they don't know the life that many of the others do. They will never have to find out the horrors of it, either. These animals have lost their families, homes, and lives as they knew them.
Some of them, like Skype, have been reunited with their owners who could not evacuate them. Others have been transported to other groups within Ukraine to search for new homes for them. And for several of them, they will be transported out of Ukraine by Порятунок тварин Харків / Animal rescue Kharkiv, Ukraine to partner organizations who will then find loving homes for them.
We hope that Pokrovsk is still in Ukrainian hands when we return in February. ARK and 12 Вартових are going to continue answering requests in the city while we have rotated back to the US. We just pray that there will be a day when we do not have to go into places like Pokrovsk and take the risks we do to save their lives.
Until that day comes, we will continue to take those risks
We are Global Animal Rescue And Response and helping those in need is what we do.
www.globalanimalrescueandresponse.org
Angel's GoFundMe - gofund.me/a0ef1c7c
PayPal- [email protected]
PrivatBank- 4149609051947721
Venmo- garrdonations
#WeStandWithUkraine
#ukraine #dogs #dog #dogsofinstagram #dogslife #dogstagram #puppy #puppies #puppiesofinstagram #puppylove #cats #cat #kittens #kitten #catsofinstagram #animalrescue #animals #compassion #charity #helpingothers #horses #horse #kherson #kharkiv #kyiv #dnipro #dogsoffacebook #animallover #winter