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Community Group Helps With Livestock Evacuations

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California's Rim Fire in 2013.
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49765293

An encroaching wildfire is one of scariest situations any of us can face.  Evacuating people is one thing: grab important stuff, get in the car, and go. 

The process gets far more complicated when there are livestock animals to transport.  Southern Oregon Emergency Aid is set up to help livestock owners get their animals to safety when an evacuation is ordered. 

Tami Bishop and Linda Bacon of SOEA join us on the phone.  We get details on what it takes to move big animals in advance of a big fire.  

And our guests provided a phone number: 541-226-1124.
 

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