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LSART
LOUISIANA STATE ANIMAL RESPONSE TEAM
page last updated
February 23, 2010
LSART Strike Team Training
April 26 - May 1, 2010
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Sponsored by: LSART, International Fund for Animal Welfare
and LSU SVM Equine Health Studies Program
Six day intensive "boot camp" field training course for animal control officers, veterinarains, technicians and LSART members. Must come self-sufficient with transportation and supplies for camping. For more information, please click here. To register, download the registration form, complete, and return form with payment.
CLICK HERE FOR PRESS RELEASE in regards to LSART
assistingwith the pet evacuation in Bossier City, November 2009. LSART needs YOU!
Please consider becoming an LSART Volunteer. For details and a form, see our Volunteers Page.
LSART is an all-volunteer organization, affliated with the Louisiana Veterinary Medical Association. We have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to partner with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry to provide assistance and leadership in animal-related disasters at the Parish level and at the state level ESF-11. Our mission is planning for and response to animals in emergencies.
The latest edition of the LSART shelter and evacuation manual
(March 2009) is now available!
PET EVACUATION PLAN PROVES SUCCESSFUL AFTER GUSTAV AND IKE. STATE-EVACUATED PETS RETURNED TO THEIR COMMUNITIES.
Please see our Hurricane Gustav page under History to read about it.
Also See our Gustav Sheltering Photo Album.
If you wish to make a cash donation, please consider donations to LSART through the Dr. Walter J. Ernst, Jr Veterinary Memorial Foundation .
LSART AND THE CITIZENS OF LOUISIANA WANT TO EXTEND A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS:
ASPCA, AMERICAN HUMANE, NOAH'S WISH, HSUS, IFAW, CODE 3 ASSOCIATES, UAN/EARS, NACA AND SAWA and the Louisiana Department of Corrections.
For more information about these partners' roles and progress with re-unification,
please see our News page.
LSART reminds Animal Owners and Animal Facility Owners
that they must take responsibility for preparing to evacuate
or care for the animals in their care in event of an emergency.
Please see our animal owners page for tips on getting prepared!
Parish Planners can go to our Planning Resources pages for more help on making local emergency plans.
To make a donation:
Please download the form "Disaster Relief Contribution Form" and submit to the LVMA/WJE Foundation office.
LVMA/WJE Foundation
8550 United Plaza Boulevard, Suite 1001
Baton Rouge, LA 70809
(225) 928-5862
(225) 408-4422 (fax)
office@lvma.org
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