- World Vets disaster response team has been working hard providing veterinary relief for animals impacted by the Cold Springs and Pearl Hill fires in the Omak, Washington area. We currently have veterinarians providing mobile response to address the needs of primarily horses and cattle that have been impacted by the fires. There are numerous animals with varying degrees of burns, many of which are severe. Other animals have wounds (wire cuts etc) resulting from fleeing the fire. There have been limited small animals cases presented so far. We have set up a dedicated veterinary response hotline (509-842-3440) that is available to the local community to call in requests for assistance. The additional current scope of our work includes :
- -Clinical assessments and treatments of any and all animals affected by the fires;
- -General assistance with recovery efforts (husbandry, fence building, feeding) assisting and working within the disaster response under the “Okanogan County Fairgrounds Cold Springs Fire Relief”
- -Identifying specific supply needs and procuring resources needed to assist local animal populations for short term and long term needs (hay, feed, fencing materials, veterinary medications, etc)
- -Providing herd health assessments and evaluations for livestock
- -Updating disaster management officials on daily response summary and scope of work
Special thanks to the Okanogan County Fairgrounds for providing facilities for our team.
- Below are some photos of the devastation and animals that have been impacted and are being helped. (Warning some photos are graphic)
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We are grateful for the support of the many individual donors and supporters who help make this work possible. We also greatly appreciate supporting contributions from a variety of companies and organizations including Lakefield Veterinary Group, Uptown Animal Hospital, AmerisourceBergen, Patterson Veterinary Supply, Zoetis and People for Animal Care and Kindness.