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Emergency aid

How animal lifes are saved

Those animals that are not yet able to benefit from the effects of the sustainable SUST development work and have been born into a world where they are not wanted need immediate help.

SUST offers immediate assistance through:

Emergency aid

SUST Emergency help is done by

  • Animal rescue operations
  • Social work in Switzerland
  • Financing of all livestock rescue services of the Swiss Large Animal Rescue Service
  • Laying hens actions (switching of "out-of-date" laying hens)
  • Organisation, implementation and/or financing of emergency plans and operations
  • Work horse treatments
  • First aid and veterinary interventions

 
and through the

SUST Orphan Animal Hospitals (SUST)

In many countries countless abandoned animals live on the streets. Many of these dogs and cats have been abandoned or have already been born as strays. Life on the street is dangerous and full of privation. Injured and sick animals usually have no chance of surviving and die mostly painfully and alone on the street. In such cases, there is often not a lack of willingness to help animal-loving people, but a lack of financial means to have street animals treated by a veterinarian.
 
To help these animals in need, the Susy Utzinger Animal Welfare Foundation set up the SUST Orphan Animal Hospitals.
 
There are currently one of these institutions in
 

 
Ever since its opening, animals that have been injured or ill are admitted daily to the SUST Orphan Animal Hospitals, where they are cared for and treated professionally. If the animals are healthy and strong enough to survive on the streets after their recovery, they will be released back to their territory. Special patients with special needs will be accommodated in animal shelters if possible. Fortunately, it is also possible to find new life places for patients on an ongoing basis.
 
The Susy Utzinger Animal Welfare Foundation finances the veterinary costs, clinic equipment, medicines, operations, therapies, food and care in the animal orphan hospitals. Often, SUST also finances the construction of the corresponding clinic.
 
The activities of the Susy Utzinger Foundation for Animal Welfare are financed exclusively by donations and legacies (no public support).

If you would like to find out more about the other SUST-emergency aid projects, such as:

  • Social work for Animals
  • Näpflein füll' Dich
  • Livestock rescue
  • Laying hens
  • Amphibians
  • Emergency actions
  • Rabies control
  • Feeding points for street dogs
  • Emergency food aid from SUST
  • SaveMyLive
  • Help for Ukrainian refugees and their pets

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A "few" new guests at the Luanas Dream wildlife rehabilitation center

March 2024

During the cold season, things are usually a little quieter at the "Luanas Dream" wildlife rehabilitation center in Bucharest, Romania. But when several hundred animals need to be rescued at once, everyone is on hand to lend a hand.
In January, the team from our partner organization "Luanas Dream" had to go out to rescue no fewer than 535 bats of the "common noctule" species,
that had been hibernating in an attic and were no longer tolerated there. Each of the delicate animals was then checked for its state of health and provided with special food. As common noctules feed exclusively on flying insects, which they hunt using echolocation, the animals in captivity have to be fed individually by hand. A "giant stage" where every helping hand was welcome.
So that the bats could continue their hibernation in a protected environment after this energy-sapping disturbance, a special refrigerator was purchased to simulate the optimum conditions for hibernation. Hopefully, the animals will be fit and rested when they are released into the wild at the end of March.
SUST has been supporting the "Luanas Dream" wildlife rehabilitation center for many years.It has enabled the construction and expansion of many enclosures and the purchase of various pieces of equipment. In addition, as part of the SUST-Orphan Wildlife @ Wildlife Rehabilitation Center Bucharest, it finances 100% of the rearing and treatment of orphaned, sick and injured young animals, which are released back into the wild after their recovery.
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  • Romania
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A "few" new guests at the Luanas Dream wildlife rehabilitation center
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