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Livestock Emergency
Guidelines and Standards
(LEGS)
Second edition

Livestock Emergency
Guidelines and Standards
(LEGS)
Second edition

Practical Action Publishing Ltd

The Schumacher Centre

Bourton on Dunsmore, Rugby,

Warwickshire CV23 9QZ, UK

www.practicalactionpublishing.org

Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards Project, 2014

First published 2009

Second edition 2014

ISBN 978-1-85339-860-5 Hardback

ISBN 978-1-85339-861-2 Paperback

ISBN 978-1-78044-860-2 Library Ebook

ISBN 978-1-78044-861-9 Ebook

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without the written permission of the publishers.

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

The authors have asserted their rights under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as authors of this work.

LEGS (2014) Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards , 2nd edition
Rugby, UK: Practical Action Publishing
http://dx.doi.org/10.3362/9781780448602

Since 1974, Practical Action Publishing has published and disseminated books and information in support of international development work throughout the world. Practical Action Publishing is a trading name of Practical Action Publishing Ltd (Company Reg. No. 1159018), the wholly owned publishing company of Practical Action. Practical Action Publishing trades only in support of its parent charity objectives and any profits are covenanted back to Practical Action (Charity Reg. No. 247257, Group VAT Registration No. 880 9924 76).

Cover and text design by Messaggio Studios

Indexed by Liz Fawcett, Harrogate

Typeset by Bookcraft Ltd, Stroud, Gloucestershire

Printed by Replika Press

Contents

2. Core standards and cross-cutting themes common to all livestock
interventions

Praise for this book

Easier to use, expanded response options and more case studies: this second edition of LEGS has surpassed the very high standards set by the first edition. It continues to be the benchmark for best practice in emergency livestock programming.

Neil Marsland, Senior Technical Officer, Emergency Operations
and Rehabilitation, FAO, Rome

LEGS is an essential part of the toolkit for humanitarians who come in contact with animals through their work. We use LEGS in our disaster assessment work and for training governments in appropriate responses to livestock emergencies. Well thought-through and practical by nature, we endorse these guidelines and standards.

James Sawyer, Director of Disaster Management, World Animal Protection

This new edition of the Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards, which builds on the 2009 edition and practitioner experience of using it, is an important resource not just for livestock specialists but for everyone engaged in improving the quality of humanitarian interventions. Crucially, the revised book continues to situate livestock support interventions within a wider livelihoods perspective and framework.

Sara Pantuliano, Director, Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, London

I welcome the second edition of LEGS, a practical expression of the core principle of building local capacities to ensure appropriate livestock interventions during times of crisis. Grounded in a commitment to preparedness in order to maintain the coping capacities of livestock keepers the application of the LEGS standards can reduce costs of emergency response in other life-saving sectors. I strongly recommend LEGS for both development and humanitarian actors working in areas where livestock is the main livelihood.

Joanne O'Flannagan, Humanitarian Programme Coordinator, Trcaire, Ireland

What is LEGS?

Livestock Emergency Guidelines and Standards (LEGS) is a set of international guidelines and standards for designing, implementing, and evaluating livestock interventions to help people affected by humanitarian crises. LEGS is based on three livelihoods objectives: to provide rapid assistance, to protect livestock assets, and to rebuild the livestock assets of crisis-affected communities. LEGS supports the saving of both lives and livelihoods through two key strategies:

• LEGS helps identify the most appropriate livestock interventions during emergencies.
• LEGS provides Standards, Key actions, and Guidance notes for these interventions based on good practice.

Origins of LEGS and the second edition

The LEGS process grew out of the recognition that livestock are a crucial livelihood asset for people throughout the world many of whom are poor and vulnerable to both natural and human-induced disasters and that livestock support is an important component of emergency aid programmes.

The publication of the first edition of LEGS in 2009 responded to the need to help donors, programme managers, technical experts, and others to design and implement livestock interventions in emergencies. At the same time, LEGS recognized the need to plan for climatic trends affecting communities that rely heavily on livestock. The first edition drew on multi-agency contributions, on wide-ranging reviews, and on collations of practitioner experiences of using evidence-based good practice. This second edition builds on the first edition by incorporating new experiences and evidence obtained since 2009 as well as user feedback provided as a result of a broad consultation process. The LEGS Handbook has also been redesigned to make it easier to use.

Who should use LEGS?

LEGS can be used by anyone who is involved in livestock-related projects in emergencies. In particular:

• LEGS is aimed at people who provide emergency assistance in areas where livestock make an important contribution to human livelihoods; that is, aid organizations, bi- and multilateral agencies, and governments.
• LEGS is also relevant to policy and decision-makers in donor and government agencies whose funding and implementation decisions affect emergency response.
• A third audience for LEGS includes educational institutions and community-based organizations.

The scope and approach of LEGS

LEGS focuses on the areas where emergencies, livelihoods, and livestock overlap, emphasizing the need to protect livestock during emergencies as well as to help with rebuilding livestock assets afterwards. LEGS covers all types of livestock, from small species such as chickens to large animals such as cattle or camels, including animals used for transport or draught power. Because livestock are important in many different parts of the world and in many different environments, LEGS covers rural communities (farmers and pastoralists) as well as peri-urban and urban livestock keepers. LEGS also provides guidance on livestock kept by displaced people, including those living in camps.

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