Monthly Archives: December 2024

2024, It’s been a busy year!

It’s been an exciting year for our friends at the British Animal Rescue and Trauma Care Association (BARTA), with remarkable progress in animal rescue and safety education. BARTA played a key role at the Paris Olympics 2024, joining the equine safety and rescue team for the cross-country event at Versailles. Fortunately, no horses required rescue, however, skills of Paris firefighters’ animal rescue team were tested when a deer entered the canal in front of 5,000 spectators. Thanks to a quick response, the situation was calmly managed. Closer to home, following an incident with a loose cow, BARTA have joined an advisory group consisting of Surrey Roads Policing, the National Police Rural Crime Unit, NFU and the British Cattle Vets Association, fostering new safety initiatives to support police responders. Training this year includes fire service Responder, Team Leader and Instructor courses. … Continue reading

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Invite to InCOP Online – 15th January 2025

Our interim committee would like to welcome all those who are interested in planning for and responding to emergencies and disasters that affect people and animals to a meeting of a new support network, the International Community of Practice (Incidents Involving Animals). Formed at the 2024 BARTA Conference, this group has been established to ensure that all involved in planning and response to incidents involving animals, have access and affiliation to a network of like minded individuals for the benefit of mutual awareness, support and development. The initial online meeting will be an opportunity to meet contributors from around the world and begin to understand your needs and how we might best support your activities. The meeting will take place at 19.00 (GMT) on 15th January 2025 Via Zoom. Please register your interest via Trybooking.com for this free to join … Continue reading

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BARTA Amendment of Articles of Association

Amendment of Articles of Association of British Animal Rescue and Trauma Care Association CIC(“BARTA”) The directors of BARTA intend to amend the objects clause in its Articles of Association. Our consultation exercise has already taken place and therefore this posting is advance notification of the steps BARTA intends to take following on from that exercise. If you have any concerns or feedback we would be very happy to hear from you. However, it is our intention (subject of course to any such concerns or feedback received from our stakeholders) to hold the relevant meetings and pass the appropriate resolution to adopt the amended objects clause set out below within the next six weeks. Given that proposed timescale, if you have any concerns or feedback please could you provide these by email to: [email protected] by no later than 23/12/24 The objects … Continue reading

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