Links to Disaster Assistance Sites for Hurricane Katrina

Updated often - September 6, 2005

American Association of Equine Practitioners Foundation's Disaster Relief Fund
Donate via U.S. Mail: www.aaep.org/f_disaster_relief.php (mail-in disaster relief form)
For questions or more information call 800/443-0177 or email ageran@aaep.org .

American Horse Council
Donate via U.S. Mail: American Horse Council, 1616 H Street NW 7th Floor, Washington DC 20006
(designate "Katrina equine relief" in the memo portion of the check)
Donate via phone: 202/296-4031 phone

Habitat for Horses/Lone Star Equine Rescue
Donate Online: www.lser.org/disasterrelief.htm or www.habitatforhorses.org/getinvolved/donatenow.html
Donate via U.S. Mail: Habitat for Horses/Lone Star Equine Rescue, P.O. Box 213, Hitchcock, TX 77563 (designate "Katrina equine relief" in the memo portion of the check).
Donations of supplies (hay, feed, veterinary medical supplies, trailers, temporary fencing, tarps, buckets, new lead ropes and halters) can be made by contacting Rose Westover, Emergency Evacuation Coordinator of Habitat for Horses/Lone Star Equine Rescue, Inc. at 713/467-3444, 713/594-1177, or rose@wtshouston.net .

Hopeful Haven Equine Rescue
Donate via U.S. Mail: P.O. Box 17763, Shreveport, LA 71138
(designate "Katrina equine relief" in the memo portion of the check)
www.hopefulhaven.com
Donations of supplies can be made by contacting Deborah Barlow at 318/286-3116, or mail them to: c/o Deborah Barlow, 315 Pecan Drive, Shreveport, La. 71106

National Horse Protection Coalition
Donate Online: www.horse-protection.org/info.php?id=75
Donate via U.S. Mail: National Horse Protection Coalition, 16217 State Route 23 , DeKalb, IL 60115 (designate "Katrina equine relief" in the memo portion of the check).
Donations of supplies: (NHPC is seeking donations of hay, straw, feed, and veterinary medical supplies from those in the DeKalb, Ill. Area)

United States Equestrian Federation
Donate Online: www.usef.org/relief/index.php
Donate via U.S. Mail: Make your check out to the USEF Hurricane Equine Relief Fund and sent it to:
The United States Equestrian Federation, 4047 Iron Works Parkway, Lexington, KY 40511
Donate by fax: 859/231-6662

Aid animal victims of the hurricane (all types of animals) through these organizations :

Alabama Veterinary Medical Foundation
Donate via U.S. Mail: Alabama Veterinary Medical Foundation, P.O. Box 3514, Montgomery, AL 36109
(designate "Katrina equine relief" in the memo portion of the check)

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Donate online: http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=donate_home  (click on "Disaster Relief Fund")
Donate by phone: 866/275-3923.
Donate via U.S. Mail: ASPCA Disaster Relief Fund, 424 East 92nd Street, New York, NY 10128. Please make your check payable to ASPCA Disaster Relief Fund.

American Veterinary Medical Association Veterinary Medical Assistance Teams
( www.avmf.org/html/WhatWeDo.asp#vmat )
American Veterinary Medical Foundation
Donate Online: https://secure.entango.com/donate/QF49DRBwTtZ
Donate via U.S. Mail: American Veterinary Medical Foundation, Department 20 - 1122
P.O. Box 5940 Carol Stream, IL 60197-5940 77563 (designate "Katrina relief" in the memo portion of the check)

Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)
Donate Online: https://secure.hsus.org/01/disaster_relief_fund_2005?source=drfhbw
Donate via U.S. Mail: Make your check payable to HSUS Disaster Relief Fund and mail it to HSUS, Dept. DRFHBM, 2100 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037

Texas Veterinary Medical Foundation
Donate Online: www.tvma.org/NEWS/news_katrina.html
(scroll down to "Donate to the TVMF Katrina Disaster Relief Fund")

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) resources on how to make donations wisely: www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/tmarkg/charity.htm