Pets and Natural Disaster

In reading the news this morning, I am encouraged to see that the powers that be are finally starting to realize that pets need a place to go in an emergency too.

Of course, many pet owners have realized this for a long time. Pets are part of the family.

In some Central Florida counties, pet friendly shelters were opened as soon as Ernesto started making it's way toward the state. This is good for animals and for people too since a lot of older people refuse to leave their pets, in fact almost half of the Hurricane Katrina victims that stayed did so because they did not want to leave their pets.

Imagine how terrifying it would be to have to leave your home with your pet inside and not know if either one would be there when you returned?

Luckily there will be more pet friendly shelters in the future - after all, pets are people too.

Kitty