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Animal Owners: When You Anticipate Evacuation

 

Evacuating Small Animals (Cats, Dogs, etc.)

• Evacuate your family, including your animals, as early as possible. By leaving early, you will decrease the chance of becoming victims of the disaster.
• Bring your dogs, cats, and other small animals indoors.
• Make sure all animals have some form of identification securely fastened to them (or their cage, in the case of smaller, caged pets). The utilization of permanent identification is encouraged.
• Place all small pets, including cats and small dogs, inside individual transportable carriers. When stressed, animals that normally get along may become aggressive towards each other.
• Secure leashes on all large dogs.
• Call your prearranged animal evacuation site to confirm availability of space.
• Load your larger animal cages/carriers into your vehicle, immediately before leaving. These cages and carriers will serve as temporary housing for your animals if needed.
• Load the animal evacuation kit and supplies into your vehicle.

 

Evacuating Large Animals (Equine and Livestock)

• Call your prearranged animal evacuation site to confirm availability of space.
• Implement your equine/livestock evacuation plan. Make sure to remember your animal evacuation kits and supplies.
• Call your prearranged animal evacuation site to confirm availability of space.
• If evacuation of horses/livestock is impossible, relocate them to the safest place possible based on the type of imminent disaster and your environment, realizing that the situation could be life threatening.
• Make sure that they have access to hay or an appropriate and safe free-choice food source, clean water, and the safest living area possible including high ground above flood levels.
• Do not rely on automatic watering systems, because power may be lost.
• The decision to leave your horses/livestock in the field or in the barn should be based on the risks of injury resulting from the disaster as well as from the horse's/livestock's immediate environment during that disaster.
• Factors to consider include the stability of the barn, the risk of flooding, and the amount of trees and debris in the fields.
• If time permits, secure or remove all outdoor objects that may turn into dangerous flying debris.