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Legislation Would Require Pet Evacuation Planning
http://tinyurl.com/mhrr9
WASHINGTON -- The House has passed legislation that requires pets to be considered in future emergency preparedness plans. The measure mandates state and local preparedness offices to take into account pet owners, household pets and service animals when drawing up evacuation plans. Offices that fail to do so would not qualify for grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The sponsor of the bill is California Democrat Tom Lantos, who was moved by TV footage of a little boy losing his dog during Hurricane Katrina rescue operations. The bill was passed 349-24. Similar legislation has also been introduced in the Senate Personally I would like to know why the 24 did not vote for not because they voted against it but what their reason was not to vote for it. |
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Legislation Would Require Pet Evacuation Planning
Good for them! We have some of that kind of thought (though not
legislation) in Japan; the Self-Defence Forces will go into an evacuated area (for example, when a whole island was evacuated because of volcanic activity) and figure out how to take care of animals that were left behind. They collected addresses of people who had been forced to leave their pets and livestock at home during the initial evacuation and worked out a plan to care for them or bring them over to the owners. It wasn't perfect, but at least it showed some sensitivity to the problem. Cantate |
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Legislation Would Require Pet Evacuation Planning
Matthew aka NMR wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/mhrr9 WASHINGTON -- The House has passed legislation that requires pets to be considered in future emergency preparedness plans. The measure mandates state and local preparedness offices to take into account pet owners, household pets and service animals when drawing up evacuation plans. Offices that fail to do so would not qualify for grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The sponsor of the bill is California Democrat Tom Lantos, who was moved by TV footage of a little boy losing his dog during Hurricane Katrina rescue operations. The bill was passed 349-24. Similar legislation has also been introduced in the Senate Personally I would like to know why the 24 did not vote for not because they voted against it but what their reason was not to vote for it. Another step in the right direction, still a long way to go. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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