@article {bnh-7973, title = {An integrative review of the 2017 Port Hill fires{\textquoteright} impact on animals, their owners and first responders{\textquoteright} encounters with the human-animal interface}, journal = {Australasian Journal of Disaster and Truma Studies}, volume = {22}, year = {2018}, month = {12/2018}, abstract = {

Animal welfare emergency management is a critical component of modern emergency management, because the powerful bond between people and animals influences decisions and actions taken during emergency events. High risk behaviour and poor decision-making can negatively affect evacuation compliance, observance of cordons, the safety of frontline responders and the psychosocial recovery of responders and animal owners. This paper reviews documents, including official reports, peer-reviewed journal articles and media reports, concerning the impacts of the 2017 Port Hill Fires on animals, with the aim of providing direction for future research and identifying other information needs. Key themes were identified, including evacuation, cordons, animal rescue, communication and co-ordination. The implications of these for emergency management practice are discussed, including recommendations to: consider animals across all phases of wildfire management; enhance emergency responders{\textquoteright} understandings of animal owners{\textquoteright} emotional drivers; develop a national animal loss database; include animal ownership in relevant public education; leverage the human-animal bond as a motivator for mitigation and emergency preparedness; more carefully consider animal evacuation logistics, and; develop relevant wildfire response strategy.

}, keywords = {2017 Port Hills fires, Animal welfare, Emergency management, Wildfire}, url = {https://www.massey.ac.nz/~trauma/issues/2018-2/AJDTS_22_2_Squance.pdf}, author = {Hayley Squance and David Johnston and C Stewart and Chris Riley} } @article {bnh-2569, title = {Helping hands, hurting hooves: towards a multidisciplinary paradigm of large animal rescue}, journal = {Australian Journal of Emergency Management}, volume = {30}, year = {2015}, abstract = {

Large Animal Rescue (LAR) entails the removal of a large animal from a place of danger to one of safety by the most humane method, with an overriding regard for the safety and welfare of responders as well as members of the public. However, there has been little consideration for the ways in which human and animal safety are mutually incorporated and the unique challenges posed by the human-animal bond with respect to LAR. Moving beyond the focus of previous authors on its technical aspects, this article reconciles the two perspectives with a multispecies, anthrozoological account of LAR. It provides examples from three previously undocumented rescues of horses trapped in mud, flood waters, and a gully to illustrate the ways in which the safety of humans and animals are mutually dependent. Above all, the case studies signal the need for a shift towards multidisciplinary approaches to LAR that engage emergency services, engineering, veterinary sciences and social sciences in collaborative knowledge sharing and creation.\ 

}, url = {https://ajem.infoservices.com.au/items/AJEM-30-02-12}, author = {Kirrilly Thompson and Maryanne Leighton and Chris Riley} }