Show No. 52, 5/26/09: Disaster Preparedness and Your Companion Animals
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Animal Matters is a weekly radio program on KZFR 90.1 in Chico, CA. Sarah Downs, your weekly host, discusses news stories involving animals, providing her own commentary and sometimes the commentary from the Chico listening audience. Tune in every week to get this week’s edition of Animals in the Press, on KZFR 90.1 in Chico or www.kzfr.org every Tuesday at 5:30pm.
Below are some great websites with tips on how to keep your companion animals safe in case of emergency or natural disaster.
First a news story relating to animals left behind:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-10-05-rescue-pets-cover_x.htm
http://www.animaldisaster.org/
http://www.animaldisaster.org/Prepare/Be%20ready%20when%20disaster%20strikes!.pdf
http://www.fire.ca.gov/communications/downloads/fact_sheets/Animalevacuation.pdf
I don’t have all the answers, but I do have this one on disaster preparedness/recovery:
A letter pertaining to disaster (hurricane, earthquake, tornado, flood, fire, etc.) has been sent to President Obama on behalf of all insurance policyholders. As a matter of transparency on the record of insurance consumer protection, any response by President Obama will be posted on the following Website for review: http://www.disasterprepared.net/president.html
Qui potest et debet vetare, jubet: (Law Maxim)
HE WHO CAN AND OUGHT TO FORBID A THING [IF HE DO NOT FORBID IT] DIRECTS IT