The team of veterinarians raced back to their clinic, west of Mackay, to care for 30 horses and five dogs, and were cut off by rising floodwaters amid wild weather.
abc.net.au/news/qld-flood-stranded-vets-bunker-down-with-pets-in-weather/101863586Central Queensland veterinarians have spent more than two days bunkered down with scores of sick animals at a clinic cut off by floodwaters.The team of vets stayed to care for 30 sick horses and five sick dogs in hospital amid floodingA dedicated stable was built for the horses to keep them safe from floodwaters
Clinic lead Dr Tess Salmond said it had been a "hectic" time trying to care for injured animals amid intense rainfall.Main roads were cut off by floodwaters around the vet clinic in Clermont. "There is no motel over this side of town, so one of the vets camped in a swag in the staffroom," she said.Clermont vet clinic constructed a special stable for this horse and foal to keep them dry and warm during the wild weather."We've got limited undercover stables and we're trying to rotate the horses through the stables to give them protections," she said.
"We have got a couple of patients that still can't manage to get home because creeks are up locally," she said.Queensland dairy farmer Dale Fortescue was also caught in the intense downpour, along with his 90 cows.
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