Western Colorado formed a team to rescue pets in disasters
After recent wildfires, animal-welfare groups formed WestCO CART to train volunteers to rescue pets and livestock, run emergency shelters, and reunite animals with owners when law enforcement asks.
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Animal-welfare groups in western Colorado have formed WestCO CART, the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported. Recent wildfires pushed the effort. The team will train community volunteers to rescue pets and livestock safely, staff emergency shelters, and reunite animals with their owners.
The team responds when law enforcement activates it. The news is that the roster and the training now exist, not that a particular fire has already been worked by the new crew.
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In western Colorado, animal-welfare groups started a volunteer team called WestCO CART. Recent wildfires pushed them to get ready before the next disaster. The volunteers will learn how to rescue pets and farm animals safely, how to run an emergency shelter, and how to match animals with their owners again. They go to work when law enforcement asks them to. The team is the new plan, not a count of animals already saved in one storm.
- Why would a town train people to rescue pets before a disaster happens?
- What is different about moving a horse compared with moving a dog?
- Why would rescuers need law enforcement to activate them?
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