Animals Vs Drought




From the south central United States to much of the southeast, the 2011 drought has been described as comparable to the drought of the Dust Bowl days of the 1930s. The US Drought Monitor, (See link at end of article), shows the effects of severe water shortages across the entire southern level of states from Southern California to North Carolina, with some areas on the southern Atlantic coast hit far north such as Washington, DC. The map shows that the most severely affected areas are southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico, 2/3 of Oklahoma, nearly all of Texas except the far northeast, all of Louisiana, southern Mississippi, and Alabama, the 2/3 plus Lowlands of Georgia, the Florida Panhandle, and areas of Miami, southern South Carolina, and southeastern North Carolina. Some drought areas are thousands of square miles, like most of Texas, and some are smaller and more irregular, like southeastern North Carolina. The problem is huge for everyone who lives in these areas!

Think of animals, both domestic and wild. We have recently written and blogged about animals and how they are affected by natural disasters like floods, hurricanes, and wildfires. The current drought situation promises to impact animals as severely as the floods and fires of 2011. It would be wonderful if everyone with some capacity to help alleviate the devastating effects of droughts on animals could help, but that would only happen. in a perfect way. world. Unfortunately, animal advocacy groups equipped to lend a hand, for example Wildlife WayStation, are too few and far between in a crisis of this magnitude. According to a recent article on www.usatoday.com, last year wildlife officials transported water to the White Mountains for moose and to the southern deserts for bighorn sheep.

Further east, the Texas Wildlife Center collects, restores good health, and returns wild animals to the wild. The Center has wildlife specialists and veterinarians to meet the medical needs of the animals. Then, they are launched in the best possible conditions.

Anyone who wants to collaborate and help the victims of animal drought to survive and prosper, can do so by volunteering with local animal advocacy organizations: SPCA, PETA, Humane Society, etc., their time and energy, as well as (deductible tax) Financial donations are welcome. In fact, you can live anywhere and lend a financial hand. Of all the recent natural disasters, this historic drought has the potential to be the most damaging to wild animals.

If you have a wildlife invasion on your property, capturing live humans is another solution. Professionals are extremely busy these days, so the do-it-yourself method may be the best and least expensive route for you. It is not difficult to find volunteers to move captured creatures to a more humid location.

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