Photos: Statewide water rescuing initiative
People from all across the state, animal control, fire, ems, were all on hand for the weekend long animal water rescue class put on by the governors office and the ASPCA to help train for flood emergencies to help rescue animals.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Water techniques: Last weekend, roughly 20 people took part in a state-wide training exercise at Lawson Lake in Feura Bush with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to provide the lifesaving skills to help pets in flood emergencies. Here, one of the trainees reaches for a stuffed animal, acting as a pet, and grabs the back of the neck to kneed the animal to save it from the water and place it inside a crate.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Practice makes perfect: This group of trainees practice to save pets in floods using a teddy bear as they sit in a boat on Lawson Lake on Sunday morning.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
Getting some tips: Dr. Dick Green, right, of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, talks with trainees about how to pick up a cat when they are in a boat making a water rescue.
The Enterprise — Michael Koff
A teddy bear awaits rescue trainees, who will toss him into Lawson’s Lake in Feura Bush Sunday morning as they practice techniques to save animals in flooding emergencies.