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Introduction to Large Animal Rescue for Emergency

Personnel and Horse Owners

Large Animal Rescue (LAR) is a method of interacting with large animals in a rescue situation. LAR training teaches how to keep safe while working with large, possibly injured animals; and how to keep the animals safe. When a response involves multiple agencies, you need to know the roles of each agency and how the agencies will interact. A course in LAR covers scene safety and management, how to use the equipment already available on most fire engines, and how to impro- vise.

REACH Huron is offering an introduction to Large Animal Rescue, as well as Disaster Pre-

Animal Awareness Feature Articles:

Eight Signs of Illness

Wellington, FL - April 7, 2010 - Animal Awareness is pleased to announce that it is currently featuring the free articles Eight Signs of Dog Illness and Eight Signs of Horse Illness. The articles can be found on the Animal Awareness website at www.animalaware- ness.com/canineeightsigns.html and www.ani- malawareness.com/eightsignshorseillness.html. Ani- mal Awareness Founder and Licensed Massage Ther- apist Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt is the author of both articles.

Animal Awareness is an exciting new website for animal lovers that promotes home care health pro- grams. Eight Signs of Dog Illness and Eight Signs of Horse Illness each discuss what signs to look for in an ill animal, and what massage strategies can be used for prevention and early detection. After reading the extensive free article, an individual can purchase one

paredness on Saturday, May 1, 2010 at REACH Huron. Horse rescue has been Instructor Michelle Staples’ passion for almost twenty years. Once she and her husband Michael retired to the north coast of California, Michelle became active in her com- munity. She obtained her Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) certification, NDART membership, became an instructor in both CPR and CERT (Community Emergency Response Team), joined the local disaster preparation committee, wrote a county plan for animals in disaster, an emergency pet first aid class, an advanced CERT class for organizing neighbourhoods, and a CERT class for animals.

In 2003, Michelle learned about Large Animal Rescue training when she organized a class in her area. Dismayed to learn of the lack of trained responders and lack of awareness by horse owners, she researched and wrote a book on Large Animal Rescue and has been actively promoting LAR training through her book and a website on the subject. Michelle now divides her

time between Burlington, Ontario and Point Arena, California. “We are pleased to be able to provide this training for the horse owners and emergency personnel.” says Melanie Prosser, Director, Program Services at REACH Huron. “It was a pro- gram we were planning to offer to our own Municipality Emer- gency Services, but with Michelle’s generosity, we have been able to expand the offering to neighbouring Municipalities and towns. We hope representatives from every fire, police and vet- erinary practice will attend, as well as horse owners.” For further information about this course, and REACH Huron in general, please visit www.ReachHuron.ca or call 519 482 3998.

The Regional Equine & Agricultural Centre of Huron Inc. (REACH Huron) is a non-profit corporation functioning as a “motel for education”, offering innovative programming, as well as recreational activities to support the equine, agricultural and other industries.

Animal Awareness is currently featuring the articles Eight Signs of Dog Illness and Eight Signs of Horse Ill- ness, written by Jean-Pierre Hourdebaigt. Photo Cour- tesy of the Client.

of the recommended mini-DVDs for additional visual guidance.

Hourdebaigt suggests that a good prevention measure is having an animal receive a physical exam periodically. Daily home care including massage, stretching and hydrotherapy modalities will help your animal live a long and happy life.

“Attending to your animal with a simple home- care program is you best prevention and therefore your best protection,” expressed Hourdebaigt. “This daily care will strengthen the bond between you and your animal. You will love doing it and your animal will love you for it!”

Animal Awareness is a three-fold website offer- ing a large collection of articles like Eight Signs of Dog Illness and Eight Signs of Horse Illness. It also features mini-DVDs, and a consultation with Hourde- baigt. The extensive article library offered at Animal Awareness covers many topics pertaining to the home care of arthritis to muscle injuries and much more for canines and equines. The mini-DVDs offer 8-10 min- utes of visual instruction for subjects such as massag- ing, stretching, and hydrotherapy.

For more information about Animal Awareness or to read the feature article please visit www.ani- malawareness.com/.

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