WSPA og andre arbejder lokalt med at hjælpe tilskadekommende dyr samt med at vaccinere hunde og katte. Vaccinationer af hunde og katte sker for at undgå f.eks. udbrud af rabies, og er derfor med at til bedre Haitis skrøbelige sundhedssituation. ARCH-teamet arbejder dog også med mere langsigtede planer for Haitis dyr – det var nemlig ikke kun finans-, sundheds-, FN- og regeringssystem som blev ødelagt ved jordskælvet, men også Haitis veterinære system. ARCH-teamet er derfor – i samarbejde med landets regering – ved at udarbejde en plan for genopbygningen af det veterinære system, og dermed også for at sikre Haitis dyr en bedre fremtid.
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Uddrag fra WSPA blog om arbejdet på Haiti:
“There are two parts to what WSPA and ARCH need to do in Haiti: first to respond to the here and now, and then to make sure that the future is better.
With the collapse of the city came the collapse of the veterinary system. Our mission in Haiti is also to ensure that we rebuild this fragile country’s veterinary services for the long-term. We must help to establish an infrastructure for animals that keeps one important thing at heart: animals matter.
As I write this, Gerardo Huertas, WSPA’s Disaster Operations Director is on the ground in Haiti working with the Government on a plan to provide long-term support for the country’s animals. This plan is so important — if we intend to spend over one million dollars we need to ensure that it’s done right. As you can imagine, when a country is in ruins and government officials have no offices, these things take time.
As we move forward on our mission in Haiti, it is these long-term goals that we keep in mind, and it is what guides our work at WSPA. We will be working alongside the Haitian government, the Haitian vets and the Haitian people so that Haiti’s animals have a better life. We will make sure that long after WSPA has gone, Haiti has the skills and the resources to carry on without us and help its animals.”
For at hjælpe med dette arbejde satte Dyrenes SOS en indsamling i gang, og har derfor nu sende de indsamlede bidrag til ”Haitis dyr” kr. 11.200,00 samt kr. 10.600,00 fra Dyrenes SOS - altså i alt kr. 21.800,00 - videre til WSPA, som allerede nu arbejder i området bl.a. fra en mobil klinik.
WSPA har oprettet en blog, hvor man løbende kan læse om udviklingen i arbejdet med at hjælpe Haitis gadedyr – følg WSPAs Haiti-blog her.
Læs også "Haiti - Seks måneder senere" fra WSPA.
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