Free veterinary care, relief efforts offered after Hurricane IanOctober 6, 2022The ElleVet Project, Companion Pet Care team arrive in Florida to provide free assistance for pets in vulnerable communities affected by the hurricane.
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Hurricane Fiona relief supported by vet groupSeptember 26, 2022Humans and pets impacted by Hurricane Fiona have received relief-aid funding from the American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF).
AVMA helps veterinarians prepare clients for evacuationJuly 12, 2019As Tropical Storm Barry heads toward the Gulf Coast and areas of Louisiana face potential evacuation orders, the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has detailed items veterinarians should advise pet owners to keep on hand in case of an emergency.
Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists opens new hospital following Hurricane HarveyMarch 28, 2019Texas-based Gulf Coast Veterinary Specialists (GCVS) has opened its new veterinary practice after its previous hospital was severely damaged during Hurricane Harvey. The new hospital replaces a temporary location set up in the wake of the 2017 storm. "We are finally at a stage where we can actually celebrate," says Ryan Buck, group president for Compassion-First Pet Hospital's Texas clinics. "While we have continued to provide care to the area pets, our people have been displaced and it is an important moment for us to all be under one roof." The new GCVS hospital will staff more than 50 veterinarians, including 30 board-certified specialists. It will continue to provide emergency care all year-round 24-7. The new building features 39 exam rooms, nine operating rooms, a 1.5-Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), 64-slice computer tomography (CT), digital radiography, and a varian halcyon linear accelerator. The hospital specializes in: • anesthesia and pain management; • avian and exotics; • cardiology; • dentistry and oral surgery; • dermatology and allergy; • diagnostic imaging; • 24-7 emergency and critical care; • internal medicine; • neurology and neurosurgery; • oncology; • ophthalmology; • …
Petcurean donates pet food to rescue shelters affected by Hurricane MichaelOctober 19, 2018Petcurean says it is donating 1,000 lbs of pet food to two animal rescue organizations in Florida in the wake of Hurricane Michael.
When disaster strikes Florida, UFVETS works to aid its animalsSeptember 12, 2017By Donald Vaughan Cookie was following her owner across their yard in Gilchrist County, Fla., outside Gainesville, when the ground suddenly opened up, plunging the 10-year-old pug to the bottom of a 30-foot sinkhole. Among the agencies called in to rescue Cookie was the University of Florida Veterinary Emergency Treatment Service (UFVETS), which provides veterinary emergency response throughout the state. Once the sinkhole had been shored up to prevent a cave-in, VETS team member Jennifer Groover, DVM, was lowered down via an A-frame. "The hole was so narrow that I couldn't bend over," Dr. Groover said, "but Cookie was so happy to have a way out that she climbed up my leg and into my arms, and then they lifted us out. Thankfully, she was unharmed by the fall." Technical rescues like this are all in a day's work for the agency, said John Haven, CPA, UFVETS team leader and the UF College of Veterinary Medicine executive director. The program also provides emergency services during natural disasters such as hurricanes (they're very busy now!), tornadoes, and wildfires, as well as for large-scale animal hoarding cases. Born from adversity UFVETS was established in 2004, which saw Florida threatened …
