Help animals

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  • Laying hens actions (switching of "out-of-date" laying hens)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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Hedgehog patient with severe burns

April 2023

This female hedgehog was admitted to the wildlife rehabilitation center "Luana's Dream" in Bucharest, Romania, in mid-March with severe burns. After intensive treatment, the little animal slowly recovered and gained weight.
Although he is already much better, he will not be able to be released into the wild this year. It will take a long time for his spines to fully regenerate. And without its spines a hedgehog is defenceless against predators.
Even though this is a case from Romania, it could just as easily be from Switzerland. Please look out for small creatures the next time you burn garden waste or otherwise light an open fire!
SUST has been supporting the wildlife rehabilitation center "Luana's Dream" in Bucharest for many years. It is one of the few institutions in the country dedicated to the rescue, rearing and release of injured and orphaned wild animals.
Country:
  • Romania
5 Pillars:
  • Emergency Aid
Hedgehog patient with severe burns
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