New Year’s Resolution: Update Your Disaster Plan for Pets and Horses (and...
I hope that Mother Nature’s resolution for the new year is to have a quiet, peaceful year without hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, blizzards, ice storms, tidal waves, earthquakes or wildfires but just in...
View ArticleSafety Video: Is Your Horse Trailer Ready for Fire/Hurricane/Flood Evacuation...
by Fran Jurga | 11 July 2009 | The Jurga Report No one wants to think about it, but it’s that time of year. Forest fires, hurricanes and floods are sure to be in the news again this year, but maybe if...
View ArticleDisaster Planning: Are Left-Behind Horses Better off Left In or Out?
Texas A&M University Extension Specialist Dr Brett Scott continues his disaster planning advice with one of the most difficult dilemmas a horse owner can face: if you have to evacuate and can’t...
View ArticleSafety Video: Evacuating Horses in a Natural Disaster
by Fran Jurga | 27 August 2009 | The Jurga Report Welcome to the third in a series of safety videos from Texas A&M University on aspects of caring for horses during natural disasters. I’m taking...
View ArticleHold a Thought for California Horses in the Fire’s Path
by Fran Jurga | 30 August 2009 | The Jurga Report This blog publishes a lot of advice and safety information about disasters and evacuation. My heart sinks every time an emergency situation affects...
View ArticleVideo: Barn Fire Kills Six Eventing Horses Trained by Team USA’s Boyd Martin;...
An early-morning barn fire on May 31, 2011 at True Prospect Farm in southeastern Pennsylvania resulted in the death of six event horses. Four additional horses were transported to the Widener Large...
View ArticleNorth Carolina: Official Pet and Equine Evacuation Plans Send Horses to Two...
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Emergency Programs Division is offering emergency equine sheltering at the Senator Bob Martin Eastern Agricultural Center in...
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