No matter what, always take your animals with you if you evacuate. Don’t assume you’ll come back to your pets at home the next day. Just ask the owners of the more than 250,000 pets abandoned during Katrina who weren’t able to return to their pets. Remember the words of the Red Cross: “If it is not safe for you to stay, it is not safe for [your pets] either.”
• Plan ahead where you would go in an emergency evacuation. Know, however, that many shelters do no accept pets for health and safety reasons.
• If no pet-friendly shelter is close to you, look for pet-friendly hotels and motels or make arrangements to take your pets to a local veterinary office or boarding center for your pets to stay for the duration of the hurricane.
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