This week I will be posting several updates from the Fifth International Conference on Large Animal Rescue held this week in Adelaide, South Australia, at
This is my report from the Animal Transportation Association sponsored webinar on July 8, 2013, with Dr. Jeleen Briscoe from USDA APHIS Animal Care Emergency Programs.
A first-aid kit has to be built around the reality of our abilities, our resources, and our financial commitment. Really, how many people are going
Note: Thanks to Irv L. in Pennsylvania for the inspiration to write about this subject. I have used several of his thoughts freely in this post. Ramps
In a previous post, Nicole Ehrentraut from Da Vinci Equine gave an overview of her building a specialty emergency response and transportation business. In this
Recently, I have a working student (Coralie Morauw from the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine.) She is originally from France and her parents
The more time I spend around horse people, the more I have noticed that we have an attitude problem about getting injured and particularly about
Whether in the military, a veterinary clinic, an emergency responder or law enforcement, or a sports team, it is common knowledge that the only way
In the vein of the last few blog entries, I am trying to feature the efforts of people, teams and communities that are involved in
During the Student American Veterinary Medical Association (SAVMA) 2013 convention at Louisiana State University last week, 84 students had the opportunity to participate in a mock disaster
In this blog, I am trying to focus attention on groups or teams of people who are taking the ideas of large animal and equine
In my travels around the country, I meet the most fascinating people, and I realize that there are so many programs that are being implemented
Out on the trail when an emergency occurs, you might wonder, “Who should I call?” And of course since you will have a cell phone
I recently read a couple of safety articles and one author had found a neat quote: “There is no such thing as an accident–it is
Barn fire prevention requires a strategy like no other. Use this checklist to protect both horses and humans in your facility.
With the horrifically cold temperatures all over the United States this week, I wanted to focus on the prevalence and problems associated with accidental hypothermia. Two
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