Establishment of Safer Animal Rescue Capacity Erasmus Project

Project Title

Establishment of Safer Animal Rescue Capacity

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for adult education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation; Regional dimension and cooperation; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

Farm animals and horses commonly fall into wells, slurry pits and irrigation canals, can be trapped in holes, septic tanks, ditches, mud, water/ice. Villagers resolve entrapments with crude tactics that cause suffering to the animal before its often eventual death.

The project’s objectives are to establish a long-term cooperation and partnership in the animal rescue domain among the project partners, to establish an animal rescue training center in the Aksaray under organisation of AFAD Directorate and to develop the small and large animal rescue capacities of the Aksaray and Kilis Directorates, Aksaray University, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Macedonia, Ljubljana University, Slovenia through the establishment of European animal rescue model, to decrease injured rescuer numbers during incidents, to decrease animal losses during rescue events and economical losses of animal husbandry and to increase public awareness on animal rescue and to improve animal welfare.

The Project coordinator, Aksaray AFAD Directorate is a public body responsible in managing and coordinating emergencies and disasters in the region. Our EU partners are the Ljubjana University, Slovenia and Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia. Our local partners are Aksaray University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Kilis AFAD Directorate.

English speaking course under Aksaray AFAD and basic veterinary education (anatomy, physiology, handling, restraining methods of animals) under organisation of Aksaray University for rescuers have been performed in the first stage of the project. Staff of Aksaray and Kilis AFAD Directorates, and veterinarians from partner universities have been trained under organisation of Ljubljana University, Slovenia. This activity was the cornerstone of the project because these trained skilled personnel will give basic animal rescue training to local veterinarians, firefighters and search and rescuers in Turkey, following the project completion.

In the project scope; technical animal rescue books and CDs for rescuers, awareness books and CDs for public, public spotlight to increase awareness of public on animal rescue have been presented for beneficiaries. Also, surveys, leaflets, flyers, brochures have been distributed to beneficiaries for increasing awareness and capacities of animal rescue.

Following local training, two practical rescue events have been performed to increase flexibility of local rescuers and international animal rescue conference has been held in Aksaray. Experiences of Aksaray and Kilis AFAD rescuers and veterinarians on animal rescue have been increased in parallel project activities. Ljubljana, Macedonia and Aksaray Universities organized animal rescue workshops.
Animal rescue training center in the main campus of Aksaray University, under organisation of Aksaray AFAD, has been established . This center helps sustainability of the project. This center is aimed to give education by experts from the region and other regions and in collaboration on a long-term basis as a training and excellence center at national and European levels.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 158399,56 Eur

Project Coordinator

Aksaray Il Afet ve Acil Durum Mudurlugu & Country: TR

Project Partners

• Kilis Il Afet ve Acil Durum Mudurlugu
• AKSARAY UNIVERSITESI
• UNIVERZA V LJUBLJANI
• Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Skopje, Ss Cyril and Methodius University Skopje