Emergency Planning for Your Pet
Your emergency and evacuation plans must include provisions for your pets.
- Have a safe place to take your pets , especially in case an evacuation is ordered.
- Remember: During an evacuation, American Red Cross disaster shelters cannot accept pets. Service animals who assist people with disabilities are the onlyanimals allowed in Red Cross shelters.
- Plan NOW, before an emergency, to find out whether friends, relatives or pet-friendly hotels can shelter your animals in the event of a disaster. Keep a list of pet-friendly places, including phone numbers, with your other disaster supplies.
- This directory of Pet-Friendly Hotels and Motels may help. Important: DO NOT ASSUME any hotel listed here will allow pets until you have called and spoken with someone at that hotel!
- Assemble a pet disaster supply kit
- Know what to do when a disaster approaches
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