Animals in Disaster and SART

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Animals in Disaster and SART
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Agricultural WTC
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Pennsylvania Agriculture
1,640,000 Cattle
gt 1,000,000 Pigs
81,000 Sheep
1,500,000 Deer
186,000,000 Poultry
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Value of Pennsylvania Ag Production

4.6 Billion
2000 PA Crops Statistics Service
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Alternate Livestock
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How quickly coulda livestock disease spread?
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17 states in 24 hours
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48 states in 5 days
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In the United Kingdom
cost of Foot Mouth Disease 32 billion
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Avian Influenza
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Pseudorabies
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Hurricane Floyd 813M in clean up costs
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Pennsylvanias Equine Industry
1.3 BILLION
PSU
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Over 2 million dogs in PA
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Over 2 million cats in PA
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Human-Animal Bond Issues

• Many people wont evacuate in an emergency
  without their pets, and Red Cross shelters wont
  allow pets inside

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What About The Other Victims?
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A One Medicine Approach

• Public health cant be separated from animal
  health or a safe food supply.

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The veterinary perspective IS public health

• Veterinarians Oath
• Being admitted to the profession of veterinary
  medicine, I solemnly swear to use my scientific
  knowledge and skills for the benefit of society
  through the protection of animal health, the
  relief of animal suffering, the conservation of
  animal resources, the promotion of public health,
  and the advancement of medical knowledge.

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Zoonotic (Bioterrorist??) Agents

• Increasing concern about zoonotic diseases and
  human health
• About half of all human diseases are zoonotic
• Anthrax
• Plague
• Brucellosis
• Nipah Virus
• Etc

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SARS Global OutbreakLocal ImpactLocal
OutbreakGlobal Impact
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MonkeypoxFirst Described in Primate Outbreak in
1958
2003
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• Recognizes agriculture (animals/food)
• Recognizes veterinarians as emergency
  responders
• HS now in charge of Plum Island

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Our Food Supply

• Most major cities have only enough food on the
  shelves for 3 days
• What happens when there are no safe animal or
  plant products for restocking shelves?

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What Plan?
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Chaos, Confusion and Crisis
Cooperation, Coordination and Communication
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Pennsylvania
State Animal Response Team County Animal Response
Teams
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Goals

• Decrease threat to humans and animals during
  emergencies
• Prevent and decrease spread of disease that
  impacts animals and humans
• Minimize economic impact of animal emergencies

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Valuable Resource for county emergency managers
and task forces to call on Group of experts in
animal health, animal care, sheltering, etc.
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Integrated Animal Disaster Teams

• Any Animal
• Any Disaster
• Anywhere

Increases the capability to respond to animal
emergencies on the local, county, state, and
federal level.
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Any Animal
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Any Agent
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Even Accidents
DISPOSAL ???
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Cows
PA weather
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Partnering and Communication Is a Priority
Federated Humane Societies Of Pennsylvania
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SART and CART

• Non-profit organization
• Volunteers, state agencies
• Sponsorship vital
• Need SART executive director
• SART summit in August for stakeholders
• More training planned
• If CART overwhelmed, SART called in

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CART Small Incident
COUNTY EM
STATE EM
CART
STATE AGENCIES SART CONTRACTED RESOURCES
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CART Large Incident
STATE AGENCIES SART CONTRACTED RESOURCES
COUNTY EM
STATE EM
CARTS
SART
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Organizational Chart
CARTS
Industry or Species Specialist
Field Ops
Search/Rescue
Shelter
Vet Services
Mortality Mgmnt
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Why call in a specialist?
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County Plans

• Plan for
• Evacuation of pets, horses
• Sheltering for pets, horses
• Near human shelters if possible
• Instructions for care of livestock left behind
• Support for disease eradication efforts
• Quarantine, euthanasia, disposal
• Counseling
• KNOW WHO TO CALL!

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Premises and Animal I.D.
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Teamwork Keeps Us from Getting Stuck
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Slide Contributors

• James W. Kirkpatrick, MD, MPH
• Tom McGinn, DVM
• COL Gary Vroegindewey
• Craig Hedberg, PhD
• William D. Hueston, DVM, PhD
• USDA
• Dave Filson, PSU
• NC SART
• Noahs Wish
• Charles Bruckner-PEMA