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		<title>SAVEM and the State Recovery NGO Community of Practice</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 04:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Friday 23 October, the SAVEM Coordinator attended the Disaster Recovery NGO Community of Practice meeting, held by the Security, Emergency and Recovery Management (SERM) team within the Department of Premier and Cabinet. Approximately three dozen groups heard from the Bureau of Meteorology and the Emergency Relief Functional Support Group before a networking morning tea. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SAVEM and the California Veterinary Emergency Team (CVET)</title>
		<link>https://www.savem.org.au/news/savem-and-the-california-veterinary-emergency-team-cvet/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SAVEM Coordinator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 03:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In mid October 2026, the SAVEM Coordinator gave a presentation to the California Veterinary Emergency Team (CVET) about veterinary emergency management in South Australia. The CVET team is based at the University of California (Davis) &#8211; see https://cvet.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/  This is the third year SAVEM has connected with CVET to share and compare how we operate, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SAVEM Exercise Respond 2026</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SAVEM Coordinator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 04:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The day began in sunshine for Exercise Respond 2026. This year we used a hypothetical bushfire scenario in the Wildland Urban Interface (the WUI) of the Adelaide Hills face. Many Adelaide suburbs are nestled in foothills bushland – an idyllic setting, but potentially vulnerable to fast-moving fire given similar conditions to those that destroyed over [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SAVEM Peacetime Online Training</title>
		<link>https://www.savem.org.au/news/savem-peacetime-online-training/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SAVEM Coordinator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 04:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SAVEM has been busy training during peacetime, 2026. In July and August we offered SAVEM veterinarians and veterinary nurses the opportunity to learn from master wildlife veterinarian, Dr Ian Hough. We ran four one-hour webinars covering Decision Making;  Burns, Drugs and Triage and a general Q&#38;A. This year we extended the invitation to veterinarians and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SAVEM Coordinator presents</title>
		<link>https://www.savem.org.au/news/savem-coordinator-presents-at-rspca-nsw-animals-in-emergencies-conference/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SAVEM Coordinator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[WATCH THE SAVEM COORDINATOR&#8217;S PRESENTATION HERE &#8211; WARNING &#8211; This presentation contains images of deceased animals and injured animals. In June 2026, RSPCA NSW hosted the second Animals in Emergencies conference at their Sydney Education Centre. The SAVEM Coordinator was invited to present, and gave the penultimate presentation prior to the last panel session of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bird Flu in Australia</title>
		<link>https://www.savem.org.au/news/bird-flu-in-australia/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SAVEM Coordinator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2026 04:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The H5 strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has arrived in Australia, confirmed is several cases of wild migratory birds. Until June 2026, Australia was free of this disease. Fortunately there are plenty of resources to learn about HPAI H5 strain. All vets registered in South Australia will have received links to multiple resources, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Deep Creek fire, Day 23</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SAVEM Coordinator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 03:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SAVEM is activated up to and including Sunday March 1, but today may be SAVEM&#8217;s last day on the Deep Creek fireground, due to heavy rain and storms forecast for the weekend. This will cause animals to seek shelter in largely inaccessible places. Trees may become more unsafe, as heavy rain can cause further compromise [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Deep Creek fire, Day 20</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SAVEM Coordinator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:52:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As we begin Week 4 of the SAVEM Deep Creek fire response, we are finding fewer injured animals, but those we do find have the worst injuries. These are animals who have gone into hiding since they were hurt very early in the fire timeline, now coming out seeking water and food. They are often [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Deep Creek fire, Day 18</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SAVEM Coordinator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 01:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s now three weeks since the Deep Creek fire began, two and a half weeks since SAVEM was activated and 15 days SAVEM has spent on fireground. We continue to find injured animals in what have been identified as the hottest and most savage parts of the fireground. We are relieved PIRSA approved an extension [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Deep Creek fire, Day 13</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[SAVEM Coordinator]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 04:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SAVEM operations at the Deep Creek fireground are ongoing. Staging has shut down &#38; most other emergency services have dispersed. At this point in the response &#8211; as expected &#8211; we are seeing animals with the most serious injuries beginning to emerge, seeking food &#38; water, but in so much pain. This follows the pattern [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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