The University of Minnesota Crookston will host a public course on Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue (TLAER) on November 16 in the Charles H. Casey Equine Arena which teaches the safe extrication of live large animals in local emergency situations such as trailer overturns, mud, ice, barn fires, and more. The session includes a classroom presentation and discussion with Rebecca Gimenez Husted, Ph.D., an internationally recognized speaker and editor of the only TLAER textbook in the industry, plus a trailer tip demonstration and Q&A.
Husted is a decorated combat veteran, retired signal officer for the U.S. Army, and holds degrees in biology and animal physiology. She offers consulting and training throughout the United States, and internationally for emergency response services such as fire departments, law enforcement agencies, emergency management, county and state emergency response teams, animal control officers, and other rescue squads. During the TLAER course, Husted teaches how to safely perform rescues without injury of the animal or people performing the rescue plus focuses on animal behavior and how it might affect people attempting to extricate the large animals.
TLAER courses are designed with a concentration in livestock with horses being the most encountered large animal at an emergency incident. The term “large animal” also includes commercial livestock, exotic animals, zoo animals, and more. Information from the course is particularly beneficial for cruelty investigations and neglect/abuse seizure cases. Prevention, safety, and education are major themes of the courses because, as animal owners and stakeholders learn to prevent the most common types of incidents, focus can be shifted to the unusual and highly technical ones.
