October 27, 2006, Newsletter Issue #90: Evacuating with your pets: Before
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The call has come and you have to evacuate. What about your pets? Never if at all possible leave your pets alone to fend for themselves.
When the disaster is imminent, you should immediately contain your pets to keep them from straying or hiding. Close them in the bathroom with food and water to await the call to evacuate. Gather your pets emergency kits and equipment such as carriers, leashes and such.
Make necessary phone calls to alert the boarding kennels, emergency facilities, motels, or friends that are to be caretakers of your pets.
Make sure you have extra provisions, should they be needed, ready to load into your car.
Make sure you have any special medications that your pet requires packed with the emergency kits.
Exchange any choker type collars on your dogs with a good leather or nylon collar with identification tags and capsules.
If you have been given sedatives or tranquilizers for excitable pets, it is a good idea to give them before the acutal evacuation takes place so that they have a chance to calm the animal for transportation.
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