World Animal Awareness Society Capturing Compassion after Crisis in Haiti

January 30, 2010 - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic -- Tom McPhee, Executive Director of the World Animal Awareness Society (WA2S) will be in the disaster zone in Haiti to capture compassion after crisis while the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti (ARCH) team provides aid to the animals. Two weeks after the devastating earthquake, Tom McPhee will be pointing a lens at the animal rescue efforts now underway including daily briefings with the ARCH team. Tom will be in Haiti over the next two weeks documenting the animal relief efforts.

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WA2S.org will be filing reports from Haiti beginning Friday January 29, 2010

Tom McPhee, Executive Director of the WA2S.org will be arriving in Santo Domingo, DR on Thursday 1-28-10 in the evening.

Tom will be filing first hand reports from the Haiti Earthquake zone for the World Animal Awareness Society - WA2s.org on Friday the 29th.

Please tune in for a daily video briefing with the ARCH team. Peace, Tom

Haitian Government Requests WSPA Aid

and now it begins for the animals.

Haitian government requests WSPA aid

After discussing the desperate animal welfare situation with Haitian officials, WSPA was asked to deploy staff to help with the emergency relief operation ‘as soon as possible’.

In response, Gerardo Huertas, our Director of Disaster Management for the Americas, is expected to be on the ground this Saturday, January 23rd, along with the rest of the ARCH team.

We will be ready to treat companion animals, such as dogs, as well as any farm animals we find in the vicinity of Port-au-Prince.

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IFAW, WSPA, and other groups band together to help animals in Haiti

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The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) have formally agreed to head up a coalition of groups to address the needs of animals in Haiti following the earthquake that devastated the country

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Homeward bound: Pet adoptions rise

This is a story that the WA2S will continue to film in 2010.

Pluto is a 1-year-old, white and brown basset hound who has been living at the Humane Society of Greater Miami for the past six months.


He's been adopted twice since his original owner surrendered him. But he keeps coming back to the shelter.

"I don't understand why people keep giving him back," said Jorge Leon, a supervisor at the shelter in North Miami Beach. "He's the sweetest dog."
 
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Pet Dorm To Open At Stetson In Fall

This is a story the WA2S will film this year;

Faculty Believes Family Pets Will Ease Transition To College
DELAND, Fla. --

A real-life animal house will soon be establishing itself on the campus of Stetson University in DeLand.  The college, located about 35 miles from Orlando, will open its first pet dormitory in the fall.

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Flu Season: Factory Farming Could Cause A Catastrophic Pandemic

This is an example of a story thread the WA2S will film.
An Interview with Dr. Michael Greger
I was intrigued (and disturbed) by a book I just read online -- www.BirdFluBook.org -- by Michael Greger, M.D. about the potential of a deadly flu pandemic, the likes of which we have never seen. Greger very clearly delineates how a virus begins, mutates, and becomes dangerous. As with so many problems we are seeing lately -- environmental or health -- factory farmed meat seems to be a big part of the cause.

Pickens' wife calling attention to plight of wild horses

This is an example of the type of story thread WA2S will film.

FORT WORTH — Amid the hundreds of horses taking part in the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo’s All Western Parade, Madeleine Pickens was trying to draw attention to the plight of wild horses thousands of miles away.  See the whole story when you click here

USDA Shuts Down Puppy Mill

The following story is an example of a thread WA2S will film.

More than a year after exposing shocking and unhealthy conditions inside a Minnesota puppy mill, the federal government is finally shutting it down. Click here to read the rest of the story