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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  • Laying hens actions (switching of "out-of-date" laying hens)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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Activities

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Extraordinary rescue operation

December 2022

The fox has a dubious reputation in many places. It is considered a chicken thief and its appearance in inhabited areas is still associated with rabies in many countries. Accordingly there is great fear of these adaptable animals, which are attracted by the rich food supply to the cities and in the vicinity of people. In order to drive them away, it is not uncommon to resort to methods that are not very animal-friendly.
This fox had nested in a power plant in Bucharest, Romania. Since a power plant is an extremely unsuitable and possibly even life-threatening habitat for a fox, the team of our partner organization "Luanas Dream" decided to capture and relocate it. After a week the cunning animal finally went into the live trap.
Vaccinated against rabies and treated against parasites, the young male was finally released in a less populated area.
SUST has been supporting "Luanas Dream" for many years. The Wildlife Rehabiliation Center's mission is to nurse and raise injured and orphaned wild animals back to health and then release them back into the wild. It is one of the few organizations in Romania dedicated to the welfare of wild animals.
 
Country:
  • Romania
5 Pillars:
  • Emergency Aid
Extraordinary rescue operation
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