The Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience (AIDR) long-awaited Planning for Animals handbook was released in December 2024, and officially launched via webinar on 26 March 2025. The handbook is the latest in the AIDR Handbook series and is free to download at
https://knowledge.aidr.org.au/resources/handbook-animals-in-disaster/
The one hour webinar is well worth viewing, and the link will be added to this post when available. Speakers were Assoc Prof Mel Taylor (one of the Coordinator’s PhD supervisors), Erica Honey from WA, Dave King from SES NSW and Fiona Ryan from ZoosVic.
We are pleased to report SAVEM is equal to any in best practice Veterinary Emergency Management.