TransportEssential
Safe transport to vet or rescuer
How to move an injured animal without worsening injury.
NEST Animal Help editorial team
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Do this
- 1Call the vet first and confirm they can receive the case.
- 2Use a crate, box, board, bedsheet, or two-person blanket lift.
- 3Keep head and spine aligned if accident or fracture is suspected.
- 4Keep the vehicle quiet, shaded, and ventilated.
- 5Send location, ETA, and injury video to the receiver.
Do not
- Do not put an injured animal loose in a car or bike footboard.
- Do not let crowds keep touching the animal.
- Do not transport wildlife without authority/rescuer guidance.
Call script
We are transporting [animal] from [location] to [vet/rescuer]. ETA [time]. Injury is [details]. Please keep team ready.