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Franklin County Animal Response Team

Franklin County

Animal Response Team

 

Won't You Come Join Us?

 

The Franklin County Animal Response Team is seeking volunteers to help plan for and assist in emergencies affecting animals. The Franklin County Animal Response Team is a local volunteer network of interested citizens, animal professionals, emergency response agencies, humane organizations, animal industry, and the local business community. It is also part of the Pennsylvania State Animal Response Team which coordinates efforts between several governmental, corporate, and private entities dedicated to the preparation, planning, response, and recovery of animal emergencies in Pennsylvania. The state team's mission is to develop and implement procedures and train participants to facilitate a safe, environmentally sound and efficient response to animal emergencies on the local, county, state, and federal level.

If you are interested in animal response, and helping not only animals, but their owners as well in times of emergency, then this is the program for you. The Franklin County Animal Response Team on the 3^rd Monday of each month at 6:30 pm at the Penn State Cooperative Extension Office (717/263-9226) which is located at 181 Franklin Farm Lane in Chambersburg.
For driving and parking directions go to the following link: http://franklin.extension.psu.edu/directions.html. For additional information, contact Keith Carbaugh, Franklin County Animal Response Team Coordinator, at 717/729-0063 or email: franklincart@hotmail.com. Additional information is also available at the PA State Animal Response Team website: http://sart.cas.psu.edu/. Click on "county links," then select "Franklin County."