Our Open House is an opportunity to learn more about the veterinary
profession and what our Small and Large Animal Hospitals have to offer,
engage in learning opportunities, see cool stuff and even adopt an
animal from a local shelter. Come learn more about us! What a great way
to spend a Saturday!

There will be:

* Educational Demonstrations

* ?How to Get into Vet School? lectures

* Tours of the Small and Large Animal Hospitals

* Dog Agility Demonstrations

* Pet Adoptions from Local Shelters

* Educational Games and Prizes

Kids
can bring their torn or ripped stuffed animals and veterinary students
in the Class of 2014 will repair them in our ever-popular Teddy Bear
Clinic!

Food and drinks will be available for purchase. Proceeds from products sold will benefit veterinary student organizations.

Sponsors thus far include Hill?s and Iams Pet Food Companies. If
your business would like to help sponsor this event, please contact
Amanda DeCerce: adecerce@ufl.edu or Jo Ann Winn at 352-294-4240.

The
Florida State Animal Response Coalition (www.flsarc.org) invites
responders to ?Take the next step and become a Disaster Animal Responder!? According
to SARC?s Melissa Forberg, ?Cat Depot is hosting the Florida SARC Awareness
Level Small Animal Emergency Sheltering Class on Saturday, April 20^th
from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm. Cat Depot is located at 2542 17th
Street, Sarasota, FL 34234 and to find the Training Room, please enter
at the rear of the building.

This class is offered free of
charge due to a generous grant. Costs are incurred for each participant who
registers and we hate to waste valuable grant money, Forberg says! So if you
register, please honor your commitment to attend. Breakfast, snacks and lunch will be provided through a
sponsorship by IAMs Pet Foods.

Course
Topics include: Personal Preparedness, Overview of the Incident
Command System, Deployment Preparedness, Assisting in Shelter Set Up, Daily
Care and Feeding, Proper Cage Cleaning and Disinfection, Animal Behavior,
Stress Management, Zoonotic Disease, Personal Safety and more.

NOTE: In order to respond as part of a team, Florida
SARC team members must complete three FEMA courses. These courses do not however have
to be completed before class! ?You can take them at
anytime,? Forberg says, ?but they must be completed before you are eligible to
deploy! These courses are self-study online courses and are free of charge.?

IS-100.b
Introduction to Incident Command System

IS-200.b
ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents

IS-700.a
NIMS an Introduction

If you complete ICS
100, 200 and 700 courses before attending the
Awareness Level class, take the completion certificates with you to class and
you will receive a FREE Florida SARC uniform t-shirt!