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A Bovine Emergency Response Plan and Training in Luverne Wednesday, Oct. 5, offered tips and tools for law enforcement, fire and rescue personnel, public safety officials and veterinarians.
Sponsored by the Minnesota Beef Council, the one-day training addressed transportation hazards, euthanizing injured animals, safe animal handling, familiarity with livestock trailers and more.
“We are seeing more and more animal transportation on our roads and we have dealt with these types of crashes in the past,” said Rock County Sheriff Evan Verbrugge.
“It is always good for us to train and get a better perspective on how to treat and deal with animals when they are stressed.”
Veterinarian Erin deKoning of the Rock Veterinary Clinic, Luverne, said she was glad to see the training offered locally.
“I think we’re grossly underprepared for how we would handle something like that,” she said, “if a cattle truck were to tip over in the middle of the road.”