Bissett Testifies on Animals in Disasters Before House Subcommittee
Dr. Wesley Bissett, director of the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) Veterinary Emergency Team (VET), recently testified on how disasters impact animals in a hearing before the United States House of Representatives Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. On Feb. 12, Bissett, who also serves as an […]
CVM Students Participate in Annual Disaster Day Training
Veterinary students from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVM) and the Student Veterinary Response Team (SVRT) put their knowledge and skills to the test on Feb. 14 during the Health Science Center’s (HSC) Disaster Day event, an annual interprofessional, interdepartmental disaster simulation. Held at the Texas A&M Engineering Service’s Brayton […]
Hurricanes, Fires, & Tornadoes: How to Protect Your Pets During an Emergency
When faced with an emergency, everyone needs to know how to protect their family, their home, and, let’s not forget, their pets. Our furry friends rely on us to protect them, especially during times of disaster. Dr. Wesley Bissett, an associate professor at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences and director […]
Texas A&M VET, AgriLife Deploy To Chambers County For Imelda Flooding
Click here to read about the VET’s first deployment this month to Cameron County. Members of the Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team (VET) hadn’t even put their feet back on the ground in College Station before receiving a second deployment request for assistance related to the catastrophic flooding resulting from Tropical Depression Imelda. Twenty-one VET […]
Texas A&M VET Deploys To Rio Grande Valley To Offer Shelter, Medical Assistance
More than 270 animals seized in South Texas’s Cameron County will be cared for by the Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team (VET), which was activated Wednesday night through a request by the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM). Animal responders from the Texas A&M University System—including 12 VET members, six fourth-year students on the Community […]
Educating in an Emergency
The Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team serves the state through response, but also through its outreach efforts, dedicating a portion of its resources to traveling across Texas to help communities develop their own disaster preparedness plans. Story by Chantal Cough-Schulze Every month, the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences’ (CVM) Veterinary Emergency Team (VET) […]
VET, AgriLife Return Home From First Out-Of-State Deployment
After almost a month in Butte County, California, members of the Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team (VET) and AgriLife Extension Service are beginning their journey home today. During the 29-day deployment, the team’s first outside of Texas, 12 members of the VET and seven AgriLife Extension agents from across Texas worked at the Del Oro […]
Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team, AgriLife Deploy To California To Offer Wildfire Relief
The Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team (VET) and agents from the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are traveling to California to offer medical and oversight relief to shelters housing around 700 companion animals displaced because of the Paradise wildfires that began in November. Team members departed from College Station on Thursday morning for the team’s […]
VET Assists Search Teams Following Junction Flooding
When local authorities were unable to find four of the people who went missing following severe weather that led to flooding along the Llano River, the Texas A&M Veterinary Emergency Team (VET) was called upon to join the Texas Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) water rescue squads in Junction, Texas, in the search efforts. Twelve VET […]
Girl Scouts have ‘Sweet’ Visit with VET
Each year during Girl Scout cookie season, the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council offers a “virtual cookie share,” through which cookies are donated to the council’s pre-determined choice. Scouts also collect donations in person and may choose to donate to a “brick and mortar” organization. This past cookie season our council designated the virtual […]
