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For emergency advice on animal welfare issues during a bushfire call 6165 3777.
Download information to help you include your animals in your
bushfire plan and to manage your animals during and after a bushfire:
Include your Animals in your Bushfire Plan (PDF 199Kb)
Animal Bushfire Survival Planning Poster (308Kb)
In this topic
- Animals and Bushfire PlanningIt is important that everyone with animals has at least a basic plan to protect them during a bushfire. You need to do this well before any fire risk, so that everyone in your family knows what to do in an emergency.
- Feeding and Watering Livestock After a BushfireWhile it is important to get good quality feed into livestock as quickly as possible after a bushfire, it is most important that you do not feed them grain or pellets only.
- Fire Affected Livestock - Ongoing Assessment and CareWhile it's great relief for owners when their livestock survive a bushfire, it is important they keep a very close eye on their animals over the next two or three weeks as some health and welfare issues take some time to show up.
FurtherInfo
More information
Bushfires on Farming Properties - AgriGrowth
Wildlife and bushfires - Wildlife Management
Current bushfire alerts - Tasmania Fire Service
Wildlife Contacts
If you need help or advice about caring for injured wildlife contact Wildlife Management on:
Ph: 6165 4305
Email wildlife.reception@nre.tas.gov.au
More information specifically about caring for wildlife affected by bushfires can be found on the Wildlife and Bushfires webpage.