Registration open for March training to teach volunteers about animal safety during disasters
Feb. 13—The Central California Animal Disaster Team will host a volunteer recruitment meeting in March in coordination with the Bakersfield SPCA to learn about animal evacuation and emergency sheltering.
This event only happens once a year for Tulare and Kern counties and is geared toward teaching volunteers about animal safety during a time when wildfires have become rampant throughout the state. A Central California Animal Disaster Team from Kern County helped out at the Oak Fire in Mariposa County — the worst wildfire in that county's history — and aided many in the Fork Fire spreading through Madera County.
Hundreds of animals were helped and provided a safe place until pet owners could come and collect them.
Attendees must register in advance for the meeting to be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 11 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 12 at Bakersfield SPCA, 3000 Gibson St.
The registration deadline is March 1 and can be done by clicking through this link: http://bit.ly/3xlB9gk. People can also register by going to the Central California disaster team's website: https://ccadt.org/
Questions should be sent to volunteer@ccadt.org.
