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One of our kennels is cut off by the flood waters. Civil protection has started and the military are evacuating all people from the area.
Our kennel owners family have already been evacuated.
Our kennel owner is refusing to leave the dogs, but will be forcibly removed very soon.
The dogs will be left alone to perish in the floods.
She is preparing food for them in case the worst happens before we find a solution.
We have found high ground with fencing and are trying to arrange an evacuation, but will need funds for preparing the area (fence repairs and temporary shelter for the dogs) and to move the dogs (we are trying to find a way to access the kennels which is now cut off via road).
Please help us save these dogs. These dogs were rescued from the Pozega horror shelter and have been in our care for up to a year. These are our dogs who we have supported for months and months.
Some already have homes waiting for them. We cannot let them die like this.
Every penny helps.
As soon as we have more details of costs and plan we will update this fundraiser, but needed to launch it now so we have funds in place as soon as they are needed.
Thank you for your support.
Donate securely at:
http://www.youcaring.com/other/-emergency-funds-to-save-pozega-dogs-from-floods-/179484
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We have just had the following message from Marie, here in the UK. We can only hope that the water has diverted before reaching the pound. Thank you for the comments that have been left.
The situation is still that we cannot contact anyone in Serbia to get a better view of the situation, but we are thinking ahead now to what actions we can take re the future and the fact that the authorities abandoned the dogs even when there were people prepared to help and save them.
Marie writes the following: Marie Heaton-Wright It sounds like the floods have caused a channel (broken embankments maybe), so some of the water around the Pozega pound has diverted from the kennels. So we are praying some of the dogs have been spared.
We know some have died, but unfortunately disease is also rife in Nas Dom at the moment (parvovirus and distemper).
Our volunteers are trying their best to gain access to rescue the dogs xx
https://www.facebook.com/groups/HelpPozegaDogs/ https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?
fbid=10202764104317966&set=a.1520794854079.2069394.1060774187&type=1
You can e mail the following government officials; asking them to help the animals:
zoran.micovic@minpolj.gov.rs, s.celebicanin@minpolj.gov.rs, mfa@mfa.rs, omr@srbija.gov.rs, kancelarijan@narodnakancelarija.rs,predsednikvladesrbije@srbija.gov.rs, kontakt@predsednik.yu, kabinet.zpv@srbija.gov.rs,office@poverenik.org.rs, predsednikvladesrbije@gov.rs, kabinet.zpv@gov.rs,potpredsednik.prr@gov.rs, kabinet.zpv@gov.rs, potpredsednik.prr@gov.rs,predsednik@pozega.org.rs
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16/5/2014: We are currently having no contact with our Serbian campaigners.
Information and news is very limited.
Urgent message from Marie – see facebook page below.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/HelpPozegaDogs/
The Pozega pound, Nas Dom, Serbia is flooded. The dogs inside are trapped in their cages and on chains.
They are drowning.
Volunteers are being denied access, the pound will not allow them to evacuate the dogs. They tried to rescue them and were prevented by security.
The dogs will die.
This is the Pozega horror shelter, if you would like more information or to support volunteers please visit our group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/HelpPozegaDogs/
We are contacting the Serbian authorities, though it will be too late by then. We are praying the floods don’t reach our rescue kennels, but at least our dogs will get any and all help we can give them, unlike those poor innocent souls drowning in Nas Dom tonight, RIP little ones.
http://www.dw.de/storm-floods-balkans-serbia-declares-emergency/a-17639326
Storm floods Balkans, Serbia declares emergency
A massive storm has dumped record rainfalls on the Balkans, causing severe flooding, especially in Serbia, and parts of Bosnia. Schools have been closed in Serbia, where several people have drowned. Croatia is on alert.
Serbian declared a nationwide flood emergency on Thursday and asked the EU and Russia for help. Entire towns were cut off. The slow-moving cyclone is forecast to persist until the weekend.
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said his country was facing its “biggest water catastrophe in Serbia’s history.”
Meteorologists forecast that more than double Serbia’s average rainfall for the whole of May was expected to fall within just two-and-a-half days until Friday noon.
Across Serbia, 100,000 households were without electricity. Dozens of cars and buses were stranded along flooded roads.
Schools in the Serbian capital were closed for Thursday and Friday. Major traffic routes, such as the E-75 Belgrade-Skopje highway, were submerged. Serbia’s rail link to Montenegro was severed.
Waters are rising everywhere,” said Serbian emergency official Predrag Maric. “We have engaged all our manpower.”
At least three people were killed in Serbia, including a resident near Belgrade whom firefighters said had drowned after she refused to be evacuated.
Serbian media said at least two more people had been reported missing.
High-profile societ and basketball sporting events were postponed.
Storm also grips Bosnia, Croatia
In Bosnia, to the west, bridges were swept away by swollen rivers. The central Bosnian town of Topcic Polje, near Zenica, was bisected by landslides and raging waters (pictured).
Some residents of Maglaj, 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Bosnia’s capital, sat on roofs.
Its mayor Mehmed Mustabasic said the town was “cut off from the rest of the world.”
“We have no electricity; the phones are not working,” he said.
The Sarajevo government ordered the deployment of army helicopters for evacuations. EU troops in Bosnia joined rescue efforts.
Croatia also affected
High winds reaching 150 kilometers per hour forced the closure of sections of Croatia’s Adriatic coastal highway.
Thousands of Croatian households have also been without power since Wednesday.
Croatia’s meteorological service issued a “red alert,” saying winds were powerful enough to carry debris at deadly speed.
Slovenia was also on alert because of predicted high winds.
The storm, a slow-moving cyclone, bringing sharp drops in temperature, is expected to drift to the east over the Balkans and then south to the eastern Mediterranean by the weekend.
Europe dams its last wild rivers
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Very little required now to reach the target – please give if you can.
Thank you – SAV.
Link:
Story of Marijana Culum:
…. “In the past three years I have done a lot thanks to all of you who supported me and thanks to the people in “real” life, Association of Novi Sad and other individuals who are dealing with stray animals in Serbia. Exactly three years ago, by a chance I went to one part of Novi Sad (Serbia), and was shocked how many pregnant dogs and the ones with little puppies were there on the streets left all alone, dumped on the garbage, with no food and wather…
And then what else could I do but to help them and advocate for some female with puppies, find them homes, sterilize & vaccinate them etc.
For past three years I helped to sterilize 89 animals – 62 females and 21 male dogs, 4 female cats and 2 male. For sterilization we didn’t have to raise money because city of Novi Sad has provided free sterilizations for stray dogs. Almost 6 years since I am doing this for strays every single sterilization turned out well thanks to the vet’s office and people who helped.
From those who were sterilized some were adopted, some are still waiting for a home, and the new ones are coming …
Only in past three years 64 stray were adopted – 7 adult female and 3 male, 28 female and 26 male puppies. For all of them sterilization was provided.
Unfortunately, some of them weren’t that lucky to be adopted … but we won’t forget anyone of them:
– In Sep. 2011th, one of six Zuja’s puppies died but five were happily adopted,
– In October 2011th, Nina who was adopted get sick from distemper and didn’t make it,
– In December 2011th, Jenny female stray was hit by a car, smashed and euthanized
– In January 2012th, young brown puppy male was put down because he was sick, appeared
malnourished, his ribs could be counted; nervous type of distemper, was euthanized.
– In February 2012th, curled sweet puppy, nervous form of distemper. He really struggled 😦 too
painful to look at him shaking and crawling 😦
– In March 2012th, Ive and Mali were puppies who were suffering from piroplasmosis (This was the first time for me to meet with this disease and the puppies). I found them in the same area, within a week.
– In April 2012th, Male puppy about 4 months old, full of ticks, parasites, malnutrition, nervous form
of distemper. And this was a terrible thing to see and experience 😦
– In April 2012th, Mona puppy about 2 months, canine parvovirus ….
For me personally was pretty painful and disappointing to watch them die, each and every one of them had a specific character and appearance … and each and every of them I won’t forget for my life. ” ….
There are many people like Marjiana Culum who are taking care, feeding and do everything in their power to protect stray dogs in the street of Serbia … but they can’t succeed without your help!
Please don’t let that this story end here! Please if you can support our projects
Any amount helps when you have to feed 15 adults dogs.
Thank you All!!!
Dragana
More information:
28 news from the project – the latest from 08 May 2014
About the carrier of this project “Financial support for the animals in Serbia”
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SAV Comment: Please ensure you sign the petition below and cross post to all your friends and contacts – Thanks.
Dear supporters,
I, again, have to send a short reminder to everybody who signed this petition to please FORWARD it to your friends, family, colleagues and anybody who loves and cares about the animals.
The fact is that the city, kill shelter WILL BE OPENED again while the 550 dogs from a no-kill, private shelter WILL BE MOVED to kill pounds across Serbia.
I am sure people who LOVE animals will SIGN this petition to give these animals a voice BEFORE the horror pictures of inhumane treatment of animals in Subotica’s city shelter start circulating and then it WILL BE too late.
We are AGAINST the opening of a city, kill shelter and AGAINST the closure of a no-kill, private shelter “Alex”.
Please, also send direct email to the authorities who btw still haven’t responded to this petition.
Sample letter and email addresses are provided here: http://love-is-an-animal.blogspot.nl/2014/04/authorities-attempt-to-close-alex.html
Thank you very much!
Andrea
This message was sent by Andrea Sreiber using the Change.org system.
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URGENT – we need lots more signatures – please ensure you sign and then crosspost to all your contacts – thanks SAV.
Thank you very much to each and every one of you for signing this petition.
We are still far away from making an impact as we need a lot more signatures to be heard!
Don’t forget… each time you sign a petition, the listed targets receive an email.
So far, none of them has responded, so I don’t think we are loud enough.
Could you please ask at least one of your friends or family members to sign this petition? Or share it via social networks? It would mean a lot!
Please do so.
Thank you for what you have done so far!
Andrea
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