EERU’s Emergency Services
Assisting law enforcement and veterinarians to providing professional large animal rescue response in Kansas and Missouri.
Emergency Equine Response Unit provides a professional response to large animal emergencies.
EERU’s Large Animal Emergency Response
EERU’s trained staff and volunteers will respond at no cost to assist law enforcement, fire departments, veterinarians and animal units with technical large animal extrications, lifts and assisted movements.
Individual owners should contact their veterinarian for advice and assistance prior to calling EERU for response. Police and fire dispatchers will be asked by EERU staff to provide a contact phone number for the Command Staff on scene to acquire details on the emergency so appropriate staff can be contacted to respond.
For emergency response please call 913-522-3064.
Common Large Animal Responses
Our Kansas and Missouri large animal rescue response team is available to assist in a variety of situations. Some of the more common responses include:
- Horses down in the pasture that need assistance getting up for veterinary treatment
- Overturned livestock trailers that require animal extrication
- Large animals, especially horses, that are stuck in the mud
- Horses and other livestock trapped in the ice
- Horses partially trapped in a hole or well
- Livestock down in a pen that need assistance
Large Animal Extrication Equipment
Emergency Equine Response Unit is prepared with a variety of equipment to provide large animal response and equine rescue in dangerous situations and at your home. Our large animal extrication equipment includes:
- Hurst (Jaws of Life) A-Frame
- Becker sling
- Bovine sling
- Heavy Rescue straps
- Equine Glide
- Low pressure lift bag
- Anchor and rope systems
- Mud rescue extrication system
- Air Cargo lift nets
- much more…