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Dedicated to the Professional Care of Animals 

in Disasters

Keywords: disaster, animal, emergency management, livestock, pet, business continuity, training

The purpose of this web is to provide a resource to professional emergency managers and animal care providers who have an interest in improving the care of animals and their owners in disasters. This material is provided on the information, publications, planning guidelines and research tool pages. 

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Information Pages

These pages offer insights into some important and realistic issues facing emergency managers and animal care providers who are developing Emergency Operations Plans for the care of animals and their owners.

Information pages address issues surrounding the behavior of pet owners, pet sheltering, livestock and farms, and business continuity for veterinary practices and humane shelters.

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Publications

Here a number of books, articles and training materials are described, and how these and other materials can be obtained. 

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Planning guidelines 

Here a template is provided to develop functional community Emergency Operations Plans that integrate Emergency Management and animal care systems.  

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Research Tools

Here you can see two questionnaires that were used to conduct epidemiological studies on the public and animal health consequences of disasters (household evacuation failure, pet evacuation failure and pet rescues).

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The information on the Animal Management in Disasters web site is proprietary.
For problems or questions regarding this web contact heath@animaldisasters.com.

Last updated: September 27 2005