The safety of loved ones during a disaster is everything, and RSPCA doesn't want animals to be left out.
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The Eurobodalla Branch has been distributing donated food and other items to charities and collection points around the shire.
RSPCA is providing assistance to fire-affected people with pets. Items such as pet food, bowls, bedding, collars, leads, flea and tick treatments, water troughs and horse blankets can be accessed. The number to call is 1300 278 3589.
Many people who have lost their homes are now faced with having to sadly surrender their pets.
For that reason, RSPCA is in urgent need of more foster carers. Carers are provided with all requisites, and have support available at all times. Please ring 0424 228 425 if you can help.
RSPCA NSW outlined how they would spend $4 million worth of donations, including an emergency command centre, and working with wildlife groups to increase animal populations.
The agency, guided by Department of Primary Industries, has been providing pet food, caging and resources to help families look after animals at South Coast towns including Batemans Bay and Moruya, CEO Steve Coleman said.
"If animals are injured, we provide veterinary advice and veterinary support at those sites," Mr Coleman said.
The organisation has also conducted livestock welfare assessments after the fires, to help farmers euthanise animals that were fire affected. "It's a God-awful job but that's what we do," he said.
He said animal welfare organisations were working together. "The scale of this impact is bigger than any one organisation," he said. "There are too many animals for one organisation to deal with. If ever there was a time for charities to collaborate, it's now."
Mr Coleman said $1.3 million would be spent in the immediate response, including at evacuation centres. A $1 million emergency assistance fund would include financial assistance; $1.2 million would be spent on mobile emergency response units and infrastructure and a $500,000 wildlife welfare program would invest in long-term critical care and rehabilitation for native wildlife.