Disasters kill and injure millions of animals each year. We’ve been deploying to disaster zones to assist animals for 55 years – and we remind governments to take responsibility for them too
Don't forget them
Governments must take urgent steps to protect both people and animals by including animals in their disaster plans
Governments must take urgent steps to protect both people and animals by including animals in their disaster plans
The message is clear: don’t forget animals in global discussions on disaster risk reduction, disaster plans and investments
Governments and the global disaster response community know that protecting animals helps people rebuild their lives following a disaster.
Yet animals are rarely included in national disaster plans and investments, and their needs are rarely factored into relief operations.
Bringing the animals to the UN
In May 2019, the world’s governments, investors, UN agencies and NGOs are getting together at the UN Global Platform on Disaster Risk Reduction in Geneva to discuss how to reduce the risk of disasters.
Animals need to be part of the conversation on disasters. But since we can’t bring real animals to the meeting, we’re taking inflatable animal ambassadors from across the globe instead.
One of the inflatable animals we are sending to the UN
These ambassadors, from six different countries (India, Brazil, Thailand, USA, Kenya and Costa Rica), represent the millions of animals in need of protection against disasters.
They’ll return to their home countries after the event to continue spreading their important message and continue urging governments to include animals in their disaster plans.
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