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SUST-Orphan Animal Hospital Beirut

The SUST-Orphan Animal Hospital Beirut (Lebanon) gives street animals in need a second chance: sick and injured strays are treated, operated on and rehomed here free of charge and professionally. In addition to emergency cases, castrations are also carried out: In this way, the overpopulation of street animals in this region is limited in an animal-friendly and sustainable way.

Countless dogs and cats live on the streets in and around Beirut. Every day, many of them are abandoned, get injured, have accidents and/or fall ill - most of them die miserably without help (passers-by usually do not take such animals in distress to the vet for fear of the high costs). The remaining animals reproduce uncontrollably and provide numerous, unfortunately unwanted offspring.

In the Lebanese capital, many of them are rescued and receive urgently needed veterinary care at the Animal Orphans Hospital of the Susy Utzinger Animal Welfare Foundation: street dogs and cats (as well as other animal species) find refuge and veterinary care here. In addition, neutering of dogs and cats is carried out here on an ongoing basis. The Susy Utzinger Animal Welfare Foundation organises and finances the Orphan Animal Hospital in Beirut and covers the veterinary costs, finances medication, therapies and care.

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Large explosion shakes Beirut on August 4, 2020

Beirut shows a picture of destruction

HELP FOR THE ANIMALS IN NEED

Beirut is a scene of destruction: The Lebanese Red Cross reports more than 100 dead and around 4,000 injured. Buildings were destroyed and considerable damage was caused throughout the city. The scale of the suffering and destruction is catastrophic.
"I was just at home on our balcony. When I heard the explosion, I stood up (it felt like an earthquake), then I was hit by the blast wave and thrown into the apartment with force." Jason Mier from our partner organization Animals Lebanon reports. Animals Lebanon's office was damaged and all the windows were blown out. Animals were injured by the shards of glass. The animal rights activists are now on the road to help people and injured animals.
The need in Lebanon is great: Already during the lockdown we supported our partner organization with urgently needed food donations. Due to this devastating explosion, their precarious situation has now been massively exacerbated. They now urgently need help to overcome this catastrophe and to continue to help the neediest animals.

The Lebanese animal welfare organization Beta Lebanon is also on the streets of Beirut to help people and rescue injured animals. "Our veterinarian Dr. Nidal and his team from Vitallia (animal hospital) spent the night caring for people and dogs, as clinics were unable to accept even severely injured people." report our colleagues on the ground.

Please help us to help the animals in Lebanon

We are collecting donations for the urgently needed purchase of food as well as for veterinary aid directly on site: All donations with the note "Lebanon" will be transferred in full to our partner organizations in Lebanon (Beta Lebanon & Animals Lebanon) for food and needed material.

SUST donation page (please indicate "Lebanon"!): www.susyutzinger.ch/en/Donate

Website of Animals Lebanon: www.animalslebanon.org
Website of Beta: www.betalebanon.org

Bild- und Filmmaterial: Beta Lebanon & Animals Lebanon

Large explosion shakes Beirut on August 4, 2020
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