Llama Helps Train Fire Rescuers

By: Caitlin Burke

Jun 28 2009

Category: llamas

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Dexter the llama helped participants learn how to apply and use a sling in a vertical lift.

In mid-March 2006, back-to-back Technical Large Animal Emergency Rescue (TLAER) classes were held at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) in a partnership with USRider Equestrian Motor Plan (www.usrider.org), which is a nationwide trailering assistance program created for equestrians. From basic dangers of using horses’ legs as handles to helicopter rescue techniques, the course covered a vast amount of information related to large animal rescue, disasters, and even bioterrorism.

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