Riders on the Storm Code 3
Associates animal rescue team is made up of dedicated, highly trained men and women from across the United States and Canada that volunteer their time to assist communities with animal rescue during disasters.
Not exact matches
He has held multiple leadership positions including head of the Equine Neonatal Intensive Care Program, chief of the Equine Medicine Service,
associate director of the Large
Animal Clinic at the William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, director of the International
Animal Welfare Training Institute, founder and head of the Veterinary Emergency Response
Team, and liaison for the school in disaster response with local and state emergency response agencies including helicopter
rescue teams.
In natural disasters, puppy mill busts,
animal fighting interventions, and hoarding cases, law enforcement and emergency management agencies often rely on specially - trained response
teams to
rescue animals and mitigate the
associated risks to humans.
Best Friends staffers John Garcia and Meg Burke are a certified Type 1
rescue team, which means that they are qualified to accompany human search and
rescue teams in order to handle the
associated animal situations that arise.
Volunteering with Code 3
Associates» Riders on the Storm
animal rescue team is a unique and rewarding experience.
The
team included the Center's research
associate, Lauren Rust, and
animal rescue volunteers Kathi Koontz, Lincoln Shaw, Peter Ottersbach and Doug Ross, and from the Alaska Whale Foundation, naturalist and marine life illustrator Pieter Folkens, who graciously offered the use of his boat for the
rescue and acted as Captain.