Hong Kong – Lending a rescue paw
Lending a rescue paw
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The Fire Services Department is putting its first batch of self-bred working dogs to good use. They are being deployed to find hikers lost on hillsides and persons trapped in structural collapse accidents or landslides.
News.gov.hk spoke to Fire Services Department Search and Rescue Dog Team Dog Handler Chan Chu-hong to learn more about the canines’ new training methods for mountain rescues and how their experience at Türkiye’s earthquake zone has enhanced their training.
The story is available at www.news.gov.hk/eng/feature today (April 10) in text and video format.
The Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) invites the public to submit written comments on the proposed registration decision for Acetic Acid and Rescue Fruit Fly Attractant. Proposed Registration Decision PRD2023-01 is a consultation document that summarizes the science evaluation for Acetic Acid and Rescue Fruit Fly Attractant and presents the reasons for the proposed decision. The PMRA will consider any comments received before making a final decision on Acetic Acid and Rescue Fruit Fly Attractant. How to get involved If you would like to comment, see the Pest Management Regulatory Agency Publications Section page for contact information. Please be sure to include the title of the consultation document on which you are commenting. Interested parties are encouraged to provide comments by 9 April 2023. Reporting to Canadians If you have any questions, contact the Pest Management Information Service. Interested in our other consultations? Sign up and stay informed about topics that matter to you. FAIRFAX, Va. – July 12, 2022 – PRLog — Homeward Trails Animal Rescue, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that provides pet adoption in Virginia, Washington, D.C. and Maryland, today announced the rescue will be assisting with the transfer of 4,000 Beagles from breeding facility Envigo. Following Virginia legislative actions and a 2021 PETA undercover investigation of the massive Envigo breeding factory in Cumberland, Virginia, Homeward Trails negotiated a deal to receive 500 beagles that had become surplus during the COVID-19 pandemic and place them for adoption starting in April 2022. Following the initial rescue, the 2022 Virginia legislature unanimously passed several bills enforcing better treatment of the dogs at Envigo. According to USDA reports, Envigo’s facility committed 70 animal rights violations, including more than 300 puppy deaths in the beginning of 2021 from unknown causes, inhumanely euthanizing puppies, severe skin problems and dental disease among dogs, as well as dogs wounded in dog fights. This led to further action by the United States Department of Justice, ultimately resulting in the closure of the Cumberland facility. Senior United States District Court Judge Norman K. Moon approved a joint plan of the U.S. Department of Justice and Envigo to remove approximately 4,000 surviving dogs from the Cumberland, Virginia, facility. Homeward Trails is partnering with the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) to remove the Beagles and secure foster and adoptive homes for them in the next sixty days. “This is one of the largest dog rescue efforts ever coordinated and has truly been a group effort. To know that these dogs will get to have the lives they deserve and not languish in cages for the rest of their lives is just so rewarding,” said Sue Bell, executive director of Homeward Trails. “For months now, we have witnessed first-hand the joy these dogs experience when their feet touch grass for the first time, they get a bone to chew on, and they experience love from a human being.” In the next few weeks, Homeward Trails and HSUS will begin moving dogs off the premises. HSUS will be hosting an active website of the various groups that take in these Beagles by geography. To apply to adopt a Beagle in the Washington, DC area from Homeward Trails, email info@homewardtrails.org. Tax-deductible donations towards the medical care of these dogs can be made at www.homewardtrails.org To learn more about Homeward Trails and its efforts to rescue animals, visit www.homewardtrails.org. About Homeward Trails Homeward Trails Animal Rescue is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that provides pet adoption in Virginia, Washington, DC and Maryland. We find homes for dogs and cats rescued from low-income, rural animal shelters or whose owners can no longer care for them; abandoned hunting dogs who are dumped in woods or left at shelters; owned pets whose owners can no longer care for them; and animals who have been injured, abused and neglected. We have helped internationally as well: we have rescued dogs from Thailand, China, Korea, Russia, Peru, Greece and Kuwait. And we have run a full-time program in Puerto Rico for 4 years, rescuing more than 450 dogs and providing Trap-Neuter-Canada – Acetic Acid and Rescue Fruit Fly Attractant, Proposed Registration Decision (PRD2023-01)
This consultation is open for comment from 23 February 2023 to 9 April 2023 (45 calendar days). Open the “Consultation Summary” to access the document.
Health Canada will make the results of this consultation available on this website. Once the decision on Acetic Acid and Rescue Fruit Fly Attractant is finalized, the PMRA will post a Registration Decision on the Pesticides and Pest Management Reports and Publications portion of Canada.ca.Homeward Trails Animal Rescue Assists in the Rescue of 4,000 Beagles
Search and Rescue – IFB Rabah off New Mangalore
Consolidating the ongoing Search and Rescue efforts for the missing fishermen at sea off the coast of New Mangalore, the specialised Diving Support Vessel – INS Nireekshak was pressed into action by Indian Navy to undertake deep sea diving operations using specialised equipment and naval divers on 16 Apr 21. The ship was able to recover three bodies the same day and handed them over to local authorities at New Mangalore on 17 April 2021. The ship is continuing with the next phase of underwater search operations in the area to locate the remaining six missing fishermen.
Indian Navy ships Subhadra and Tillangchang, along with naval aircraft from Naval Air Station in Goa had been deployed since 14 Apr 21 for the Search and Rescue of missing fishermen after the Indian Fishing Boat Rabah had collided with Singapore registered vessel MV APL Le Havre, 41 Nautical Miles west of New Mangalore on 13 April 2021. Out of the 14 crew members onboard the fishing vessel, two crew members were rescued immediately post collision by the Master of MV APL Le Havre whilst three dead bodies were recovered subsequently in the search.
Based on request from the Department of Fisheries, Govt of Tamil Nadu to undertake underwater search operations, Indian Naval Ship Nireekshak – a specialised Diving Support Vessel, was deployed on 15 Apr 21 to search for the remaining crew likely to be trapped inside the submerged boat (depth in the area approx 130 m – 200m). The diving team embarked onboard the ship had successfully located the sunken boat on 16 April and subsequently recovered three bodies.
The ship is back in the area to continue with the search for the remaining six missing fishermen.
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