IN BRIEF: VERT Tends to 100s of Animals

by Dateline Staff
September 15, 2020

Woman uses stethoscope to listen to horse. — Doctor of veterinary medicine student Morgan Geller examines one of three horses rescued from a property that burned in the North Complex Fire. The horses were brought to campus for treatment. (�ٺ��Ƶ)

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, or VERT, treated nearly 600 animals in the field in three days at the North Complex Fire near Oroville. Eleven animals from this fire, and one from another fire, wound up at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital.

The veterinarian-and-technician-and-student crews assisted with the triage of animals during search and rescue operations in Butte County. From six to 13 people responded each day.

Here are the daily reports, excerpted from the :

Saturday (Sept. 12) — VERT personnel rescued, evaluated, triaged and/or treated 110 animals, including chickens, pigs, turkeys and ducks, and arranged for two horses and two goats to go to the veterinary hospital.
Sunday (Sept. 13) — 154 animals, including 14 koi. The �ٺ��Ƶ Aquatic Animal Health Unit coordinated with VERT to have the fish taken to a koi rescue facility in Paradise.
Monday (Sept. 14) — 315 animals (124 dogs, 111 cats, 29 birds, 26 rabbits, 11 pigs, seven chickens, four ducks, two goats and one sheep). The veterinary hospital took in seven animals (three goats, two chickens and two ducks). The hospital also received a tortoise that had been injured in a fire in Calaveras County.

The �ٺ��Ƶ Fire Department still has four firefighters assigned to the blaze.

Socially distanced Moove-In

Students wait in line outside The Green apartment complex.

Moove-In began today (Sept. 15) at The Green at West Village, a new apartment complex that will house about 600 transfer students for fall quarter. They lined up 6 feet apart, awaiting their appointment times. And, instead of having multiple family members and friends to help, students could have only one guest. The apartments with space for 1,000 students comprise Phase 1 of The Green. (Gregory Urquiaga/�ٺ��Ƶ)

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