- Pets, even those that are crated, may be prohibited from emergency shelters. Make arrangements ahead of time with friends or relatives to care for your pets if you must relocate to a shelter.
- The American Kennel Club discourages leaving pets behind under any circumstances. But if you have no alternative, ensure that they have plenty of food and water available, and post your evacuation destination on your refrigerator or other prominent place to help emergency responders reunite you with your pets.
- Post a ”rescue alert sticker” or handwritten note on your front door informing emergency workers that
- a pet is inside waiting to be rescued. You can obtain rescue alert stickers from a local chapter of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA).
- If you can take your pets with you, pack at least a three-day supply of essentials for each of them.
Additional information is available at aspca.org/pet-care/general-pet-care/disaster-preparedness/.
