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Aug. 11, 2006

NC State to Hold Disaster Preparedness Workshop for Animal Owners

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Protecting and caring for pets and other animals before, during and after severe weather is the focus of a workshop being held by North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) on Saturday, Aug. 26.
 
The “Disaster Preparedness for Animal Owners” workshop, which begins with an 8:30 a.m. registration and ends at 4 p.m., is sponsored by the CVM Animal Welfare, Ethics and Public Policy Program and is part of a public education series offered by the college’s Office of Continuing Education and Outreach.

A fee of $30 provides workshop participants with six one-hour sessions, a take-home proceedings manual and lunch. Topics include behavioral issues affecting animals in a disaster situation and general first aid for small animals.

All session leaders are veterinarians and include Dr. Margaret Gruen, animal behavior resident; Dr. Barbara Sherman Simpson, specialist in veterinary behavior; Dr. Kelli Ferris, co-founder of the North Carolina State Animal Response Team (SART); Dr. Steve Marks, director of the CVM Small Animal Emergency Clinic; and Dr. Dianne Dunning, director of the Animal Welfare, Ethics and Public Policy Program.

For more information and to register, visit http://www.cvm.ncsu.edu/conted/disaster or call Samantha Hartford at 919/513-6421.