1 Animal Rescue

Animal Rescue written by John Lockyer

animal rescue workers Most places have special emergency services. Police, fire, and ambulance are the emergency services that help to keep people safe. Animal rescue is an emergency service that helps to keep animals safe. Animal rescue workers save wild animals, farm animals, and pets that are homeless, hurt, or lost. They look after many different animals, such as birds, rabbits, dogs, goats, cows, donkeys, and horses.

vet Vets and nurses are animal rescue workers. They are trained to know what is wrong with sick or injured animals. When vets have to operate on an animal, they wear special clothes. Their clothes must be clean to stop germs spreading to the animal. ranger In some places, there are rangers who look after wild animals. They work in forests and parks to check that the animals keep safe and healthy. Rangers also make sure that people are safe from wild animals.

animal rescue centre If an animal is homeless or sick or injured, it can be taken to an animal rescue centre. Most small animals are transported in cages because they get frightened and may run away. In an emergency, an animal can be transported to the rescue centre in an animal rescue ambulance. All animals are checked when they arrive at the rescue centre. They are given medicine or an operation if they aren't healthy.

volunteer A large animal rescue centre has buildings with many rooms. There are different rooms for cats, kittens, dogs, and birds. They also have fields for horses and farm animals. These rescue centres often have a hospital where vets take care of sick animals. Volunteers do a lot of the work at rescue centres. They learn from vets and rangers how to care for animals. They feed the animals with healthy food. Volunteers clean animals with brushes, scissors, combs, and shampoo. They even brush some animals' teeth!

Volunteers clean cages. There are small cages for small animals. Large animals have bigger cages so that they can move around. Straw, newspaper, and soft bedding must be changed every day. Some animals, such as dogs, need lots of exercise, so the volunteers take them for walks every day. Many animals at rescue centres are frightened because they have been lost or hurt. Vets, rangers, nurses, and volunteers give extra time and care to these animals.