Park Fire Response
UC Davis is lending a hand to help people and animals impacted by the Park Fire, the massive blaze that stretches across Butte, Plumas, Shasta and Tehama counties.
Members of the School of Veterinary Medicine’s California Veterinary Emergency Team, or CVET, have been on hand to help treat evacuated animals. In their first week working out of trailers at two shelter locations in Oroville, they treated 100 small animals and 64 large animals.
They have also gone on two veterinary calls in the field and have transferred one animal to the UC Davis veterinary hospital.
Their response has comprised seven CVET staff members and 32 volunteers from the School of Veterinary Medicine, California Community Animal Response Teams, Napa Community Animal Response Team, Sacramento Zoo and California Veterinary Medical Reserve Corps. Those volunteers have included veterinarians, registered veterinary technicians and veterinary assistants.
Read full news release from UC Davis News