When Disaster Strikes
Pat Raia
October 5, 2015
After a tornado, fire, or other disaster hits your farm, how would you respond and rebuild? Here’s what to remember.
After a tornado, fire, or other disaster hits your farm, how would you respond and rebuild? Here’s what to remember.
Volunteers have devised a plan that allows first responders to them in to help move horses to evacuation sites.
Horse rescuers and evacuation site personnel are managing hundreds of displaced horses in California.
The BLM gathered a total of 279 horses from the Hardtrigger, Black Mountain, and Sands Basin herd management areas.
Hay was destroyed when fire swept through a storage structure, but an adjacent horse barn was untouched by the blaze.
Keep human and environmental health in mind when cleaning up the remnants of natural disasters.
The emergency gather aims to maintain herd health and protect rangelands that have been impacted by the Soda Fire.
The website is designed to provide residents with information needed to protect pets and livestock in emergencies.
Officials in southwest Idaho are combating a wildfire that’s threatening both wild and domestic horses.
More than 20 horses were evacuated and more are expected to follow in the wake of the fire in Napa and Solano counties.
The mare was euthanized after being injured by flying debris from high winds and a strong thunderstorm.
Proper planning and preparedness are key in preventing or minimizing the loss of horses, livestock, and pets.
While no official equine evacuation orders have been issued, some owners are moving their horses out of harm’s way.
Thirteen horses are safe after a tornado tore down fences and ripped the roof off a Manatee County boarding farm’s barn.
A Miniature Horse died in the blaze, while another horse was euthanized the next day due to burns sustained in the fire.
After weathering a natural disaster, take steps to reduce your horses’ chances of infection or injury.
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