Small animal Rescue Team (SmART)
SmART is a team of six Animal Control Officers and one Registered Veterinary Technician with extensive experience and training in rescuing small animals in extreme situations. Since coming together in 2004, the current team has a 100% success rate, from cats in trees, to injured animals under houses, and even a deer in the ocean.
SmART is a team of innovative trailblazers taking animal rescuing to a new level. The team is currently working together to develop standardized guidelines for small animal rescues in an urban environment and natural terrain, because the services provided are ground-breaking and there are no standards set for rescuing animals in situations of extreme distress.
Rescue Tails
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| SmARt received a call for a dog named Bear that had fallen over a fifty-foot cliff while hiking with his guardian. SmART members utilized skill fine-tuned with M.A.R.S. (Mock Animal Rescue Scenario) and R.A.K.(Ropes, Anchors & Knots) training to rappel down the cliffside safely. They located Bear, and secured him in a CMC K9 Rappel Harness, before making the difficult ascent up the cliffside with the 100 pound dog. Bear was sucessfully rescued and returned to his anxious guardian. |
SmART is NFPA(National Fire Protection Agency) certified to perform swiftwater rescue operations across the country. In July of 2009, SmART went through swiftwater rescue training spending two days at Kern River performing mock rescues during the day and night. They have since made modifications to rescue training geared towards rescuing humans so that it can be applied to saving animals' lives. |
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Team Member Ramirez prepares to enter L.A. sewer sytem to rescue a cat in jeopardy. |
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Team Member McCarthy dives into action during Swiftwater Rescue Training. |
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