Large animal rescue conference for Australia
The Fifth International Large Animal Rescue conference volition hold upward held inwards Adelaide, Australia, from Nov 2-3, too volition hold upward the outset such conference of its sort to hold upward held inwards the southern hemisphere.
The keynote speaker volition hold upward Jim Green, senior creature rescue specialist from Hampshire Fire too Rescue inwards Britain.
Green, alongside the back upward of the UK of Britain too Northern Republic of Ireland Fire too Rescue Service too British Equine Veterinary Association, developed a national Large Animal Rescue preparation system for all British emergency responders too contributed to a similar preparation system for British equine too bovine vets too veterinary students.
Australia has been working towards establishing similar preparation schemes.
Other international speakers are Dr Ian Dacre, who is disaster management operations manager for the Asia-Pacific branch of the World Society for the Protection of Animals (based inwards Thailand); Dr Rebecca Gimenez, a technical large creature emergency rescue specialist from the United States; too internationally respected Professor Christopher Riley, from New Zealand’s Massey University.
They are joined past times Hayley Squance, a programme manager too lecturer at Massey. She was a fellow member of the Veterinary Emergency Response Team deployed to Christchurch afterwards the earthquakes. Her presentation well-nigh the challenges the squad faced too the termination of the earthquakes on large too minor animals inwards too approximately Christchurch is compelling.
Supporting speakers include Australian equine veterinary Dr Christine Smith of Agnes Banks Equine Clinic, too David King too Anthony Hatch of Hawkesbury State Emergency Service. There is a pregnant Equus caballus population inwards the Hawkesbury and, alongside 2 major rivers that alluvion on a regular basis, the 3 presenters convey enough to enjoin well-nigh their rescue experiences.
MaryAnne Leighton, of Queeensland Horse Council Large Animal Rescue Education, too writer of Equine Emergency Rescue – a bespeak to Large Animal Rescue, volition speak well-nigh large creature rescue inwards Australia, too how awareness too preparation has exploded over the final 2 years too where nosotros larn from here.
“This is a novel surface area of skills too noesis for Australia,” says Julie Fiedler, executive officeholder of Horse SA too conference convenor.
“The conference volition assist elbow grease the introduction of to a greater extent than preparation too educational activity non solely for Equus caballus owners, only inside emergency service agencies.”
Since the final conference inwards 2008, at that topographic point convey been many changes, improvements inwards techniques too novel equipment likewise equally scientific advances related to the technical aspects of large creature rescue.
Registrations are forthwith opened upward for the conference, which is to hold upward held at the University of Adelaide’s Roseworthy Campus.
The conference is opened upward to anyone inwards whatsoever facet of the Equus caballus manufacture alongside an involvement inwards the field.
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