[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: evacuation law for animals
- From: Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx
- To: sheilaofmiami@xxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 20:09:15 EDT
In a message dated 5/23/2006 7:59:17 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
sheilaofmiami@xxxxxxxxx writes:
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.
I'm reading an incredible account of Katrina,
The Great Deluge : Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf
Coast by Douglas Brinkly.
(NOE had no plan to speak of. It was never completed after the trial run
"Pam".)
I too saw on AOL news the coverage of the (pet preparedness)legislation and
honestly, although it SOUNDS good, I'm sitting here wondering if we can't
evacuate people, what good is a "mandate" going to do for pets?
What a debacle;(
Kathy
three generations of Dual Titled Champions live here!
visit _Pine Hill German Shepherd Dogs_
(http://www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds/)
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