SOI DOG FUNDATION – PHUKET - THAILAND said: , we desperately need to buy large quantities of food. Hundreds of dogs who relied on local restaurants are now starving as all the restaurants are gone. Some of our local volunteers are either dead or injured. Phuket Animal Welfare Society cofounder and board member Leone Cosens was killed, apparently while trying to rescue others. Some local Phuket Animal Welfare Society and Soi Dog volunteers are missing Donations can be made by logging on to www.soidogfoundation.org contacts: margot@loxinfo.co.th - dalleyj@loxinfo.co.th INDIA The Chennai region of Tamil Nadu was the hardest hit part of India. Checks can be mailed directly to the Blue Cross of India, or sent payable to ANIMAL PEOPLE (to be tax exempt in the U.S.), with notation that the donation is for tsunami relief in India: Blue Cross of India c/o Dr. Chinny Krishna 1-A Eldams Rd. Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600018, India phone 91-44-234-1399; fax 91-44-234-9801; drkrishna@aspick.com These two Indian organizations also came through with relatively little damage and are actively assisting the animals in their regions: Visakha SPCA c/o Mr. Pradeep Kumar Nath 26-15-200 Main Road Visakhapatnam 530001, India Phone: 91-891-564759 Fax: 91-891-528662 Compassionate Crusaders Trust c/o Mr. Debasis Chakrabarti 1/13A Olai Chandi Rd., Calcutta 700037, India; 91-33-556-7149; fax 91-33-220-5665; animals@satyam.net.in Merritt Clifton Editor, ANIMAL PEOPLE P.O. Box 960 Clinton, WA 98236 Telephone: 360-579-2505 Fax: 360-579-2575 E-mail: anmlpepl@whidbey.com Web: www.animalpeoplenews.org