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The death toll's still rising from the fires in Australia and many of them are still not under control.

blamebrampton has a good essay about survival and blame here: So if your news service starts with the question 'what went wrong' and answers it with anything other than 'nature is a fucking bitch in Australia', please tell them to piss off...

(If you visit, remember: you're a Cafe patron, you can always disagree but play nice or I'll end you.)

And invisible_lift is doing porn-for-charity here.

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[iamshadow.livejournal.com]

Here are some links for charitable organisations helping injured and displaced animals. Donate if you can.

RSPCA Victoria (http://www.rspcavic.org/campaigns_news/news_bushfires.htm)

Triple R Equine Welfare Inc (http://triplerequinewelfare.org/_mgxroot/page_home.html) (scroll to the bottom for the 'donate' button)

Animal Aid (http://www.animalaid.com.au/support-to-bushfire-victims.html)

Wildlife Rescuers (http://www.wildlifevictoria.org.au/cms/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=51)

[iamshadow.livejournal.com]

One more:

WRAP - Wildlife Rescue and Protection Inc (http://www.wrap.org.au/pages.php?pID=4)

Also, ABC forums have an excellent list of Things you can do to help (http://blogs.abc.net.au/victoria/melbourne_bushfiresoffer_help/index.html), including donations of money, but also listing donations of time from skilled volunteers (such as electricians), temporary housing, blood donations and donations of non-perishable food and clothing.