Get Hands-On Experience In Emergency Animal Rescue!

Your pets always rescue you (even if it’s just from a bad day!). Interested in learning how to return the favor? We will be hosting a three-day Technical Animal Rescue course in Smithtown, NY. The course will be taught by instructors from Rescue Tech International, an organization that is highly regarded in its rescue instruction classes. Allison Cardona, ASPCA Director of Disaster Response, is enthusiastic about this chance to help New Yorkers protect their pets: “The ASPCA is thrilled to be sponsoring this training in Long Island. Members of our Disaster Response Team will be in attendance, and we hope to see many more pet owners and pet lovers from the area enrolling in the course. It's so important to include pets in emergency preparedness plans.”

The one-day classroom portion of the Technical Animal Rescue course will be held at the Suffolk County Police Academy at 30 Yaphank Avenue, Yaphank, NY. The other two days are field days! They will be at a location near the Academy. Course content covers:

• Animal handling equipment
• Rescue harnessing for animals and humans
• Animal handling and behavior
• Rescuing animals in water and low angle environments
• Rescue scenarios/problems
• Rescue philosophy
• Liability and personal/department mitigation
• Personal and team equipment
• Hazard assessment
• Management and preplanning
• Panic and behavior
• Communications


The course will be held on Friday, October 31, to Sunday, November 2. The registration fee is $80 per person. Class space is limited, so please contact Allison Cardona at allisonc@aspca.org or (212) 876-7700 ext. 4315 if you would like to attend.