emergency planning for animals in wisconsin
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Emergency Planning for Animals In Wisconsin. Darlene M. Konkle, DVM, MS, DACVIM Veterinary Emergency Program Manager Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Division of Animal Health. Authority over pet planning. In WI – local jurisdictions County response plans - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Emergency Planning for Animals In Wisconsin
Darlene M. Konkle, DVM, MS, DACVIMVeterinary Emergency Program ManagerDepartment of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer ProtectionDivision of Animal Health
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Authority over pet planningIn WI – local jurisdictions
◦County response plans◦Resources?
State plan ◦Appendix to ESF 11
Federal and NGO resources
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Considerations Feed and waterIdentificationReunion with ownersSafety concernsDiseaseSanitationDonation mgt.
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Who can help?Medical Reserve Corps
◦Over 1700 veterinarians in MRC◦Dedicated animal/ veterinary MRC
unitsFind the experts in your
community◦Veterinarians◦Veterinary technicians◦Humane shelter operators◦Humane/ animal control officers◦Etc.!
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Who can help?
National level resources◦AVMA – VMAT teams
Veterinary Medical Assistance Teams◦HHS –NVRT teams
National Veterinary Response Teams◦NARSC – umbrella org. NGOs
National Animal Rescue and Sheltering Coalition
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VMAT: Three Roles
• Early Assessment
• Basic Treatment
• Training
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NARSCCoalition of national animal
welfare groups◦AVMA◦ASPCA◦Pet Smart Charities◦Pet Finder.com◦American Red Cross◦American Humane Assn.◦Others
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Wisconsin Animal Response CorpsWARC – a WI statewide MRC unitA group of volunteers skilled in
working with animals during emergencies
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WARC MissionTo assist the state and local
communities in a disease or disaster event involving animals
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WARC ActivitiesEducation and trainingPartnerships with other MRC unitsRelationships with other
organizations◦WVMA◦Dane Co EM
Foreign animal disease recognition and response
Integration into local communities
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Wisconsin PlanningState plan in place - frameworkCounty animal response plans
◦ExamplesCurrently not a standard level of
planning for all countiesWork towards regional or county
animal response coordinators
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ResourcesAmerican Veterinary Medical
Association◦ https://
www.avma.org/KB/Resources/Reference/disaster/Pages/default.aspx
IA State Center for Food Protection◦Rural all-hazards guide:
http://www.prep4agthreats.org/National Animal Rescue and
Sheltering Coalition◦ narsc.net
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Questions?
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection
Division of Animal Health