Could you leave him behind as a hurricane approached?
Neither could I and I never will. The Humane Society of the United States knows that, so they are trying to make some changes.
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Ask your legislators to support the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards (PETS) Act today. This legislation requires state and local authorities to take into consideration the needs of individuals with pets and service animals in disaster plans. You can make a difference for people and animals. Click here to contact Congress now.
posted by pissed off patricia at 12:57 PM
23 Comments:
Oh yes, absolutely - I will hammer them. That is my only roadbloack to making a safe evacuation. It simply comes down to: If I can't take the pets, I don't go - Period.
PoP...I could never leave my 3 cats behind. Like you...I have no children...my cats ARE my babies.
I will email my Congressman right after I post this.
very good post and point Pop.
Consider it done. I want to make sure Fred the Cat is taken care of, even if he really wants to go outside.
Thanks for blogging about this, Patricia. So many wonderful animals were left behind after Hurricane Katrina because their owners were forced to evacuate without them. I feel the same--if my cats can't go, I'm staying.
PoP,
A worthy cause. Of course Mrs. Pogo would never speak to me again if I insisted on taking our idiot dog with us if we had to evacuate.
It's tragic, but sometimes you don't have a choice. A good friend's mother was in charge of all the sick kids who couldn't travel after Katrina, there were 1000's.
If you have a couple of kids you have to look after, sometimes the pets are left behind.
Better the kids than the pets but surely it can be both... :>)
I remember there were people who stayed behind with their pets.
Wait...that's a him?
I'm just being an ass :-) My pooch died this past september, in my arms. She was 15. A golden.
I would have done anything for her, so thanks for this post.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I wasn't aware the Humane Society was tackling this issue. I think its worth considering since most of us treat our pets like children, but should we trust FEMA with their lives?
Thanks for this post... I have a friend in AZ - I'll send her a link to this...
Kathy that was my first question too. I'm just glad someone is finally understanding that they can save human lives by finding some place for us pet lovers to go and take our pets. West Palm Beach, Fl. now has such a shelter and one is about to open here as well.
They sent special busses to take the pet owners with their pets for Rita, last year. That was one lesson very quickly learned. We just have to make sure they don't forget to put it in ALL the planner's plans.
Thank you THANK you THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!
I had my mom and dad sign this. Again THANK YOU! I would NEVER want to be left alone in such dangerous conditions. I can't believe anyone could leave their loved ones behind.
Great post and good point....and a lesson that was learned with too many lost lives- animal and human....Also write to Red Cross- they are a huge part of the FU of this awful situation- they need to change their shelter rules- and call your local Red Cross as well- make sure it gets changed across the Country - for all.....thanks for posting on this...
I signed. Thanks for the opportunity. I absolutely would not have left my pet.
i'm going to cross this one! thanks so much for bringing it to our attention
I could. He's a poodle. He can swim...
Well, he isn't a poodle but he can swim, just not forever. Carl, guess you missed seeing all the dead animals after Katrina. Guess you missed seeing all the pitiful ones left to get by however they could.
maybe Carl didn't know that cats died too...and also were not allowed in shelters....
( I think that he was joking with his little cat motiff up there- I have to hope that is what he meant -right?)
We posted this on our site too. Thanks again. p.s. Carl should not be allowed to have any kind of animals.
I'm not unsympathetic. It was tragic what happened to the pets in the South. But do we really need federal legislation? Isn't this an issue for states and local governmental units?
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