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Headline: Animal rescuers help animals caught up in Storm Dennis

Caption: IN PHOTO: A water rescue team tend to a group of horses trapped in a flooded field in Hereford, Herefordshire after the River Wye’s banks burst Animal rescuers dealt with more than 100 emergency calls during Storm Dennis, rescuing horses, sheep and wildlife caught up in the extreme weather. The RSPCA’s specialist emergency response teams were scrambled to more than 100 calls over the weekend and continue to respond to animals in need today (Tuesday 18 February). RSPCA inspector Jason Finch, the charity’s national water rescue coordinator, said: “I’ve been at the RSPCA for 20 years and have been running the water team for 10 and I've never known anything like this. We’ve been incredibly busy and our amazing staff have been working round-the-clock to help as many animals as possible. “We’ve had more than 100 jobs tasked through to our specialist team to assess, and have had a number of dramatic rescues. In many cases, we’ve been able to give farmers and owners advice on how to keep their animals safe by moving them to higher land and regularly monitoring the water levels. In other cases, we’ve launched boats and water rescue teams to remove animals in serious danger. “Working during floods and storms is extremely challenging because we have to ensure the safety of our staff, members of the public and the animals themselves.”

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