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"Nobody has a protocol in place like Murphy-Brown does. Theirs is probably some of the best accident response there is."
Jennifer Woods
Livestock Handling Expert
Accident Response Plan Received Acknowledgment from Expert
Although they occur infrequently, accidents involving animals during transport can and do happen. We have developed an industry-leading accident response program.
Jennifer Woods, an Alberta, Canada-based livestock handling expert, analyzed our accident response plan through Murphy-Brown, our livestock production company, and praised it as "the standard for the industry in live-haul emergency response."
In 2006, we revamped the way we respond to traffic accidents with animals present. Our accident response plan now instructs rescue workers to humanely euthanize severely injured animals as soon as the workers come across them. Our protocol also puts more emphasis on securing the area to control accident scenes and advises the proper way to safely open a tipped trailer.
"No other company in the world is as prepared to respond to motor vehicle accidents involving livestock as [Murphy-Brown is]," Woods said.