Tagged: Animals

Disaster Preparedness For Animals
5:55 pm
Fri November 9, 2012

Pet And Animal Sheltering Complicates Emergency Readiness

Credit American Humane Association

If you watched some of last month's coverage of Superstorm Sandy, you probably saw rescues of people who refused to evacuate. Many stayed behind, despite the danger, to be with their pets. Emergency shelters for people usually don't let you bring your house pets or livestock along. The same issue cropped up here during wildfire season last summer. And correspondent Tom Banse reports it could loom over the next flood or earthquake.

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