If you have animals in your care, your planning and preparation for a disaster or emergency will need to be slightly more entailed. The following links will take you to various web pages that have detailed check lists and other planning information related to animals.
If you have not already done so, please take some time to create a plan so that your animals will be much more likely to survive and have less trauma. Your animals are depending on you to take care of them.
Disaster Prep for Pets .pdf - written by Chris Puls for Dog Scouts of America:
Evacuate My Pet.com: http://www.evacuatemypet.com/
Noah's Wish- This website has links to an Animal Evacuation Plan, Individual Animal Identification form, Disaster Planning for Animals and much more: http://www.noahswish.com/Brochure.htm
American Veterinary Medical Association- Has a complete and very informative on-line booklet: http://www.avma.org/disaster/saving_family.asp
Paw-Rescue- Has a nice list of preparedness actions:
www.paw-rescue.org/PAW/PETTIPS/DogTip_EmergencyPlanning.php
Disaster Preparedness for equines: This site has loads of links to pages relevant to all animal owners. http://www.aaep.org/emergency_prep.htm
Farm Animal Disaster Plan: http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/beprepared/barnyard.html
Fire Safety for barns by
Saving the whole family: An on-line booklet from the AVMA http://www.avma.org/disaster/saving_family.asp
AVMA Care for Pets: is a comprehensive site for pet health and safety. It covers sanitation practices, first aid, poison control, safety measures when leaving home, diseases and seasonal health concerns, and safety tips for children around pets. http://www.avma.org/care4pets/
List of pet friendly hotels: http://www.doggone.com/ Good to know in advance where you can go with your pet if temporary shelter is needed.
AVMA disaster preparedness plan: VERY comprehensive guide to responding to disasters involving animals! http://www.avma.org/disaster/responseguide/responseguide_toc.asp
Find Animal Shelters near you: www.animalshelter.org/shelters Put in your zip code and find listings near you. This can be helpful info if your pet is lost or needs emergency shelter.
Hooved Animal Humane Society: http://www.hahs.org/ Dedicated to the protection of hooved animals
Disaster preparedness for Equine Veterinarians and Equine owners: http://www.aaep.org/emergency_prep.htm Easy to follow links and information.
Disaster Preparedness for persons with service animals (copy and paste the following 3 lines into your browser):
Additional Info: http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/newsletters/v7n2/7n2hende.htm
Shelters for feral cats: http://indyferal.org/index.php?page=shelters
3 Easy Steps for Keeping Your Pet Safe in Emergencies
1. Prepare: Food and water - 3 day supply, pet medications & medical records in waterproof container, pet first aid kit, collar, harness or leash with ID tag, crate or other pet carrier and sanitation items: litter, paper towels, trash bags, newspapers, bleach. Have all pets microchipped and registered.
2. Plan: Create a plan to get away and where you will go; Develop a buddy system to care for your pets if you are unable to and determine a meeting spot; Talk to your veterinarian to keep contact info up to date in recovery database; Compile contact information: vet hospitals and places you may take shelter with pets; Obtain "Pets Inside" stickers and place on doors and windows.
http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pets_rescuesticker
3. STAY INFORMED: Know about types of emergencies that may affect your area.
Pet First Aid Kits are available at www.aspca.org/store
