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Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005


	Technical Equine Rescue
	Endowed Fund Established to Promote Large Animal Rescue Efforts, Launch Training Program
	Public and Animal Health Consequences of Disasters
	Rescue and Rehabilitation
	Rescue Seminars and Training
	Safety at Home
	Horse Identification
	Emergencies and Emergency Care
	Horse Theft
	Horse Transportation: Trailer Safety
	Stories of Rescue
	Book Excerpt: Being Prepared for Emergencies

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TECHNICAL EQUINE RESCUE

In today's world, a natural or man-made disaster can strike at any time. The only defense we have is preparation. Unfortunately, many animals are dragged, stranded, drowned, or dropped during attempted rescues by untrained personnel. MORE...

ENDOWED FUND ESTABLISHED TO PROMOTE LARGE ANIMAL RESCUE EFFORTS, LAUNCH TRAINING PROGRAM

USRider Equestrian Motor Plan has established an endowed fund at Eastern Kentucky University to promote large-animal rescue efforts and support related training programs. MORE...

PUBLIC AND ANIMAL HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF DISASTERS

Even as the California fires were raging out of control, Sebastian Heath, VetMB, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, Dipl. ACVPM, senior staff veterinarian for USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Emergency Programs, was discussing the consequences of animals in disaster situations. MORE...

TECHNICAL LARGE ANIMAL RESCUE TRAINING SESSION

Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) is offering a Technical Large Animal Rescue Training Session March 22-24, 2005. Fire/rescue personnel, first responders, veterinarians, and horse enthusiasts are encouraged to attend.

Taught by Drs. Tomas and Rebecca Gimenez, the 30-hour course will cover all aspects of large-animal rescue. The course format will involve classroom instruction and hands-on training with live animals.

Funding is provided through the Large Animal Rescue Endowed Fund, established at EKU by the USRider Equestrian Motor Plan. The fund will promote large animal rescue efforts and support related training programs.

To register for the session, contact the EKU Loss Prevention and Safety Department at 859/622-1009. Contributions to the fund may be sent to Eastern Kentucky University, 521 Lancaster Ave., Richmond, Ky., 40475-3102, or call 859/622-1583.

RESCUE AND REHABILITATION

Legalities of Equine Rescue
Driving home one evening at dusk, you notice a horse standing listlessly in a small, fenced paddock on a farm located a few miles from your home. The horse looks quite thin, almost to the point of emaciation, and there is neither food nor water visible in the field. What should you do? MORE...

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RESCUE SEMINARS AND TRAINING

Large Animal Rescue Video Deemed a Success
USRider has produced a video to increase awareness of the need for correct rescue training and has made it available free to the public. MORE...

AAEP: Equine Emergency Rescue
Many of us have seen the daring and exciting rescues of horses shown on television--such as rescuing a horse hanging from a bridge, or one trapped in a river. Then theres the famous scene of a horse being carried away by helicopter. However, many of these rescues cause further injury or death of the horse, according to Tomas Gimenez, Dr.Med.Vet, of the Animal and Veterinary Science Department at Clemson University. MORE...

More information about rescue seminars and training:

Rescue Training and Exhibitions Held in Central Kentucky

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SAFETY AT HOME

How Safe is Your Barn?
Barns can be elaborate statements about our love for our animals and our economic status. In terms of equine health and safety, the best solution is one that works, not necessarily the most impressive or expensive one. Often, spending more money on the barn does little or nothing to improve the contribution of the building to the health and safety of the occupants. MORE...

Your Barn's First-Aid Kit
If you're a new horse owner, there's a simple truth that you're likely in the process of discovering: a horse is an accident looking for a place to happen. MORE...

Disaster Planning
"Disasters do not create new conditions; they simply exacerbate existing ones." Wait a minute! Disasters don't create new conditions? Horses trapped in flood waters, in fires, in wind-damaged barns are not new conditions? MORE...

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HORSE IDENTIFICATION

Downloadable Identification Forms
The Horse has available for download two identification forms for your horses: One full form for your records and one for halter tags. MORE...

Equine Identification: Are you Prepared for an Emergency?
If all of the horses in your area had to be evacuated due to a natural disaster and were put into one huge corral, would you be able to pick out your horse? MORE...

Electronic ID Debate
When you have a radio frequency identification microchip implanted in your horse, chances are you feel secure in knowing that if he were lost or stolen, he would be easily identified and returned. However, incompatible microchip technologies could undermine that confidence. MORE...

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EMERGENCIES AND EMERGENCY CARE

Be Prepared for Emergencies
Not to be pessimistic, but if you own horses long enough, you will have to deal with emergencies. The best way to handle these situations is to be prepared. Here are some suggested items for a basic first-aid kit. MORE...

Emergency Care
There's an old saying: If your horse can find a way to get in trouble, he will. So if you own a horse long enough, chances are that some time you will face an emergency accident or injury. But will you know how to deal with the different types of injury that can occur? MORE...

More information about emergencies and emergency care:

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HORSE THEFT

Your Horse is Missing--What Now?
When our horse Idaho was stolen in September 1997, I turned to the Internet for help. I was unable to find any resources to help us in our search, so I started gathering e-mail addresses and web sites to contact about Idaho. MORE...

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HORSE TRANSPORTATION: TRAILER SAFETY

Priming for Trailer Emergencies
Emergency preparedness is becoming a top priority in the agenda of many horse owners. Rescue and emergency response organizations are helping educate those working with horses so that individuals will be ready to deal with physical and mechanical problems, and emotional and psychological reactions, that might occur during a trailer accident. MORE...

The Driving Force
Your towing vehicle, or the backbone of the operation, needs to be in road-worthy condition at all times so that whenever you jump into the driver's seat, you and your precious cargo will get to where you're going safely and without incident. MORE...

Emergencies on the Road
At first blush, a discussion of trailer safety and emergencies seems quite uncomplicated and straightforward. However, it really isn't all that simple because there are so many facets involved in traveling down the highways and byways safely while pulling a trailer with a horse or horses aboard. MORE...

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STORIES OF RESCUE

Horses Killed in Trailer Accident
Adouble-deck livestock trailer traveling from Minnesota to Kentucky carrying 50 horses overturned, tumbled down an embankment, and crashed into a utility pole, according to the police report. A small fire ignited from downed wires. The accident occurred just north of Lawrenceburg, Ind., on State Route 1 at about 1 p.m. on Sept. 15, 2004. At least 21 horses were dead after the accident, two horses sustained major injuries, and others had minor injuries, according to witnesses on the scene. MORE...

Trailer Accident Survivors Doing Well
The surviving horses from a trailer accident occurring in Indiana on Sept. 15, 2004, are all doing well according to Rusty Ford, equine programs manager for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. MORE...

Be Prepared for The Worst
September 15 is a day I will never forget. The Dearborn County Sheriff's office asked if I would respond to a horse trailer accident involving 50 horses, and I was on my way. I was the only vet present to help fire and rescue personnel extract 20 horses from an overturned horse trailer. MORE...