Pets and Disaster Preparedness
Posted on | January 29, 2007 |
With over 358 million pets in the United States, it is important to consider pets when thinking of disaster preparedness on a national scale.
After Hurricane Katrina, for instance, over 15,000 companion animals were in need of rescue after being left behind, for there was no pet evacuation plan in place.
So, in order to ease the relief efforts for the next big disaster, Congress passed The Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act, which took effect in October. In order to receive grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), state and local governments must devise evacuation plans for household pets in case of a disaster.
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