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Law to Include Pets in Evacs
I don't know if this has already been mentioned here. If so, I
apologize for the repost, but I just saw it tonight. Legislation would require pet to be included in evacuations More would leave if pets allowed, lawmakers say WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal disaster grants to state and local governments should be conditioned on how they accommodate pets in their evacuation plans, say lawmakers disturbed that some Hurricane Katrina victims refused to leave home because they couldn't take their animals with them. "I cannot help but wonder how many more people could have been saved had they been able to take their pets," Rep. Tom Lantos, D-California, said Thursday. Lantos and Reps. Christopher Shays, R-Connecticut, and Barney Frank, D-Massaschusetts, are sponsoring a bill that would require that state and local disaster preparedness plans required for Federal Emergency Management Agency funding include provisions for household pets and service animals. x x x x x The complete article is at http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/....ap/index.html Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com |
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Thanks for posting this Jeanne!
I agree that it was very unfair to leave the pets behind. To many people view pets as replaceable or not as valuable to human life. They are wrong. I have give this much though and if I was put in a situation where I had to evacuate and leave my pets I don't think I could do it. Were I go my babies go. Both human and furbaby. SKritches, KittyLady |
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"KittyLady" wrote in message ups.com... Thanks for posting this Jeanne! I agree that it was very unfair to leave the pets behind. To many people view pets as replaceable or not as valuable to human life. They are wrong. I have give this much though and if I was put in a situation where I had to evacuate and leave my pets I don't think I could do it. Were I go my babies go. Both human and furbaby. SKritches, KittyLady My understanding was pets - in carriers - could be evacuated. While that makes good sense to me, it is going to upset a lot of folks and won't address a big part of the problem. (No I don't want to get on the same bus with my neighbor's pit bull.) Jo |
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Jo Firey wrote:
"KittyLady" wrote in message ups.com... Thanks for posting this Jeanne! I agree that it was very unfair to leave the pets behind. To many people view pets as replaceable or not as valuable to human life. They are wrong. I have give this much though and if I was put in a situation where I had to evacuate and leave my pets I don't think I could do it. Were I go my babies go. Both human and furbaby. SKritches, KittyLady My understanding was pets - in carriers - could be evacuated. While that makes good sense to me, it is going to upset a lot of folks and won't address a big part of the problem. (No I don't want to get on the same bus with my neighbor's pit bull.) Jo Sounds problematic. It wouldn't be easy to carry a crate containing a large dog onto a bus, not to mention where to put the crate. When at the art show last week there was a man walking an English Bull Mastiff - that dog was under 2 years old and weighed 180 lbs. A crate for that dog would take up 2 rows of seats. I'm glad some inroads are being made in the evacuation laws but some things just have to be common sense. If you have a violent or angry animal (and I know everyone thinks theirs are not) you shouldn't subject the general public to them, particularly not a bus full of people. Find some other way to get out; do some forward thinking and have arrangements for the first sign of emergency. If you live in a hurricane prone area, you should have already done that, IMHO. Or do like CN and make sure you have the supplies to ride things out. I'm still very surprised some residents of Louisiana just sat back thinking there was no way Katrina could be a bad storm. I'm not one to watch the news every day but even *I* knew she wasn't going to give them a kiss on the cheek and mildly slink away. I still have no idea if my former fiance was down there for Katrina. I have no way to get in touch with him. His family was in Bay St. Louis, MS. I know that's pretty much gone. Jill |
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"jmcquown" wrote in message ... Sounds problematic. It wouldn't be easy to carry a crate containing a large dog onto a bus, not to mention where to put the crate. When at the art show last week there was a man walking an English Bull Mastiff - that dog was under 2 years old and weighed 180 lbs. A crate for that dog would take up 2 rows of seats. I'm glad some inroads are being made in the evacuation laws but some things just have to be common sense. If you have a violent or angry animal (and I know everyone thinks theirs are not) you shouldn't subject the general public to them, particularly not a bus full of people. Find some other way to get out; do some forward thinking and have arrangements for the first sign of emergency. If you live in a hurricane prone area, you should have already done that, IMHO. Or do like CN and make sure you have the supplies to ride things out. I'm still very surprised some residents of Louisiana just sat back thinking there was no way Katrina could be a bad storm. I'm not one to watch the news every day but even *I* knew she wasn't going to give them a kiss on the cheek and mildly slink away. I still have no idea if my former fiance was down there for Katrina. I have no way to get in touch with him. His family was in Bay St. Louis, MS. I know that's pretty much gone. Jill Well, I think the main thing is that the *shelters* would be set up with a corresponding animal shelter. That alone would alleviate a lot of the problem. Many people just believed their pets would be taken an put to sleep. The TRULY believed this. If that step alone was put in place, people would probably be able to take it from there. |
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Karen wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... Sounds problematic. It wouldn't be easy to carry a crate containing a large dog onto a bus, not to mention where to put the crate. When at the art show last week there was a man walking an English Bull Mastiff - that dog was under 2 years old and weighed 180 lbs. A crate for that dog would take up 2 rows of seats. I'm glad some inroads are being made in the evacuation laws but some things just have to be common sense. If you have a violent or angry animal (and I know everyone thinks theirs are not) you shouldn't subject the general public to them, particularly not a bus full of people. Find some other way to get out; do some forward thinking and have arrangements for the first sign of emergency. If you live in a hurricane prone area, you should have already done that, IMHO. Or do like CN and make sure you have the supplies to ride things out. I'm still very surprised some residents of Louisiana just sat back thinking there was no way Katrina could be a bad storm. I'm not one to watch the news every day but even *I* knew she wasn't going to give them a kiss on the cheek and mildly slink away. I still have no idea if my former fiance was down there for Katrina. I have no way to get in touch with him. His family was in Bay St. Louis, MS. I know that's pretty much gone. Jill Well, I think the main thing is that the *shelters* would be set up with a corresponding animal shelter. That alone would alleviate a lot of the problem. Many people just believed their pets would be taken an put to sleep. The TRULY believed this. If that step alone was put in place, people would probably be able to take it from there. I agree. I was horrified to hear people were being told they couldn't bring their pets to the human shelters and there were no animal shelters set up to take them until after it was over. That's the very first step to making this sort of disaster plan work. Jill |
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On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 22:28:05 -0500, Jeanne Hedge
wrote: I don't know if this has already been mentioned here. If so, I apologize for the repost, but I just saw it tonight. Legislation would require pet to be included in evacuations More would leave if pets allowed, lawmakers say WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal disaster grants to state and local governments should be conditioned on how they accommodate pets in their evacuation plans, say lawmakers disturbed that some Hurricane Katrina victims refused to leave home because they couldn't take their animals with them. "I cannot help but wonder how many more people could have been saved had they been able to take their pets," Rep. Tom Lantos, D-California, said Thursday. Lantos and Reps. Christopher Shays, R-Connecticut, and Barney Frank, D-Massaschusetts, are sponsoring a bill that would require that state and local disaster preparedness plans required for Federal Emergency Management Agency funding include provisions for household pets and service animals. x x x x x The complete article is at http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/....ap/index.html Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com I think this is a long-overdue piece of legislation. Hurrah for Lantos and Shays! Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....mmer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) |
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