The AVMA has printed an up to date model of the favored catastrophe preparedness information that helps pet house owners be able to safeguard their companion animals within the occasion of an emergency or pure catastrophe.
Save the Entire Household: Catastrophe Preparedness for Households with Pets is a free, downloadable booklet stuffed with suggestions, checklists, and essential info for companion animal house owners. You’ll discover it with the AVMA’s different catastrophe preparedness assets for pet house owners, at avma.org/PetReady.
What’s within the information?
The information walks pet house owners by the method of constructing a plan, being able to execute that plan, and staying knowledgeable earlier than, throughout, and after an emergency. For instance:
- What to do on the first signal of bother
- Tips on how to make transportation and housing preparations
- What gear and data to maintain available
- Tips on how to make an evacuation equipment prematurely
For house owners who may not be with their pets when catastrophe strikes, there are suggestions to ensure these pets can be cared for throughout a catastrophe and to extend the possibilities of the household being reunited.
The information additionally consists of printable assets like emergency contact playing cards and a pet evacuation guidelines.
Coming quickly
Save the Entire Household will quickly be out there in Spanish in addition to English, and the AVMA is also growing a companion useful resource for farm animal house owners. You may subscribe to this weblog to be notified when these can be found.
Extra catastrophe planning assets
The AVMA gives a variety of catastrophe planning and preparedness assets for veterinary practices, in addition to each pet and livestock house owners. Discover all of those instruments at avma.org/Catastrophe.
