For the past month, wildfires have been racing through north and
west Texas, leaving a wide swath of death and destruction behind
them. Over a million acres of pasture, hundreds of cattle,
and scores of homes have already been lost, and the main wildfire
'season' - caused by an extremely dry spring - has just begun.
But what exactly does that have to do with the vet school?
In any emergency, the first concern is always the preservation of
human life. However, with each disaster more and more people
are asking what can be done for their animals. In the vast
Texas plains, the situation can be incredibly difficult - ranches
are spread over hundreds of acres, so it's hard to know exactly
where all the herds are at any given time, much less be able to
move entire herds of lumbering cattle ahead of the racing
flames. Cities face their own problems of transportation and
safety as they have to evacuate thousands of people a...
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