PET PODs: A Tool to Assist with Good Welfare Provisions during Emergent Conditions

The PETS Act amended the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to ensure state and local emergency preparedness operational plans included provisions for individuals with household pets and service animals following a major disaster or emergency. While the national newswort...

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Published inJournal of applied animal welfare science Vol. 23; no. 3; pp. 253 - 264
Main Authors Federico, Jennifer L., Banks, Ron E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Taylor & Francis 02.07.2020
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Animal care
Animal welfare
Animal Welfare - organization & administration
Animals
Disaster management
Disaster Planning - methods
Disaster preparedness
Disaster relief
Disasters
Emergencies
emergency
Emergency management
Emergency preparedness
Emergency procedures
Evacuation
evacuation shelter
Housing, Animal - organization & administration
Humans
Hurricanes
Local government
North Carolina
Pets
PETS act
Shelters
North Carolina
pets
emergency
PETS act
Disaster preparedness
evacuation shelter
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Summary:The PETS Act amended the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to ensure state and local emergency preparedness operational plans included provisions for individuals with household pets and service animals following a major disaster or emergency. While the national newsworthy events are usually large scope disasters, there are also local events which do not meet the minimal conditions to qualify for state or federal level welfare support. Local governments should be prepared to house pets at evacuation shelters, regardless of the breadth of the event, and especially for local events that do not reach the level of state or federal disasters. Wake County, North Carolina developed a concept of prepared sustainment "PET PODs" equipped with inventory and operational instructions required to create and operate an animal evacuation shelter, which could be, or not be, closely associated with the human evacuation shelter. The Wake County Animal Center "PET PODs" provided supplies for animals which arrived with their owners at evacuation shelters during Hurricane Florence, which in addition to volunteer personnel and donated feed provisions, established the foundation for good animal welfare for dozens of animals.
ISSN:1088-8705
1532-7604
DOI:10.1080/10888705.2019.1619179