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Friday, November 6, 2009

Call from the Wild

There are few fire departments that never have been called to release or rescue a large animal that has been involved in a highway accident or gotten itself into some form of life-threatening trouble. The U.K. Fire Services, for example, now faces with an ever-increasing number of calls to rescue large animals, especially horses. Estimates say that there are more horses than head of dairy or beef cattle in the United Kingdom. In 2004, fire service legislation in the United Kingdom changed. The fire service now has statutory responsibility for providing animal-rescue training and capabilities. The new legislation ...

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