HSI Disaster Response

Humane Society International deploys disaster relief teams to assess the human and animal impacts of natural and manmade disasters and to provide assistance in a number of ways.

• Our field teams deliver food, medicine and veterinary care to companion animals, livestock and even wildlife.
• We liase with international relief organizations and governments to ensure that care for animals is an essential part of the recovery process.
• We often work with local animal organizations on the ground and even provide emergency grants in times of crisis.

Read more below:

Earthquake in China (May 2008)

• Collaboration in China Saving Pets and Pigs
• HSI Grants Support China Earthquake Relief

Volcanic Eruption in Chile (May 2008)

• Every Living Animal
• Rescue from Chaitén
• HSI and The HSUS Deploy Animal Rescue Experts to Chile After Volcanic Eruption

Violence in Kenya (2007/2008)

• Post-Election Violence in Kenya Draws HSI Disaster Response

Flooding in Mexico (October/November 2007)

• Post-Flooding Work Continues in Mexico
• Relief for Animals in Wake of Mexican Flooding

Flooding in Costa Rica (October 2007)

• HSI Provides Grant to Help Flood Victims in Costa Rica

Hurricane Dean (August 2007)

• Spaying and Neutering After Dean
• Hurricane Dean Aftermath: Helping Animals in Mexico
• Disaster Team Heads to Mexico in Hurricane Dean's Wake
• HSI Grant Helps Hurricane-Affected Animals in Jamaica

Earthquake in Peru (August 2007)

• Recovery Efforts and Animal Rescue Continue in Peru
• Powerful Earthquake in Central Peru Leaves People and Animals Devastated

Typhoon in Japan (July 2007)

• Okinawan Animal Welfare Organization Suffers a Blow from Typhoon Man-Yi

Economic Crisis in Zimbabwe (July 2007)

• Human, Animal Suffering Deepens as Zimbabwe Crisis Worsens
• Zimbabwe's People and Animals Continue to Suffer as Mugabe Attempts to Maintain His Grip

Flooding in India (July 2007)

• HSI Responds to Recent Flooding in India's Gujarat State

Flooding in India (September 2006)

• India Flood 2006: Dispatch September 27
• India Flood 2006: Dispatch September 20

Conflict in Lebanon (July 2006)

• Post-Ceasefire Animal Rescue in Lebanon and Israel
• Israeli and Lebanese Groups Rally to Help Animals
• “No-Pet” Policy Forces Lebanon Evacuees to Abandon Pets

Flooding in India (October 2005)

• HSI's Sherry Grant Wades Through the Muck to Assist India's Flood Victims

Earthquake in Pakistan (October 2005)

• HSI Aids the Pakistan Earthquake’s Animal Refugees

Earthquake in Indonesia (May 2006)

• HSI Supports Animal Relief Efforts Following Indonesian Earthquake

Asian Tsunami (December 2004)

• New Hope in Banda Aceh as Veterinary School Is Rebuilt
• A Year After the Tsunami, Disaster Responders Discover a Sea Change in Attitudes Toward Animals
• Tsunami Memorial Trust Supports Animal Welfare in Sri Lanka
• The Water's Receded, But HSI Is Still Dealing with the Tsunami's Aftermath
• HSI Team Extends Stay in Sri Lanka to Prevent Military Action Against Homeless Dogs
• HSI Veterinary Disaster Teams Work to Collar the Stray Dog Problem in Sri Lanka and Thailand
• HSI Asia Director Sherry Grant's Web Log from South Asia (Day 4)
• HSI Asia Director Sherry Grant's Web Log from South Asia (Day 3)
• HSI Team Tours Troubled Areas to Assess the Tsunami's Impact on the Animal Kingdom
• HSI Asia Director Sherry Grant's Web Log from South Asia (Day 2)
• HSI Asia Director Sherry Grant's Web Log from South Asia (Day 1)
• Humane Society International - Asia Dispatches Team to Areas Devastated by Tsunami