Animal Rescue - the Basics

Kim Little is a rescue specialist.  Working out of Billings, Montana, Little is a specialist in the rescue industry with more than 25 years experience, and has worked in disaster situations around the globe.  He began learning the basics as an active outdoorsman growing up in the Pacific Northwest, and now uses the expertise he’s learned from years of whitewater rafting, rock climbing and boating in teaching others how to safely and effectively extract both people and animals from dangerous conditions. 

Rescue specialist Kim Little teaches the class some basic knots

Little is in Nicaragua this month to head the Technical Animal Rescue (TAR) aspect of the World Vets Program.  He teaches students hands-on technical skills necessary in performing rescues in disaster situations, including water and boating rescues, and high and low-angle rope rescues.

These are animal rescue skills that Little has developed and reformed over his years in the field, from rescuing animals from trees and under houses, to serious disaster situations like Hurricane Katrina.  Little has been all around the world practicing his trade, and now brings that wealth of experience to training others.