Press clip: Animal House (2006)

Dated 30 July 2006.

Denise Flaim wrote "Animal House" for Newsday, published 30 July 2006, a year after Hurricane Katrina. The theme was that no animal should be left behind, and that self-reliance is the best plan for owners because government help is stretched for people.

• The president of the Pet Safe Coalition said most people never think about how they would carry and house their pets.
• The piece advised building a go kit with leashes, a first aid kit, medicine, photos of the pets and copies of health papers, plus about a week of food, water and cleaning supplies.
• It advised a crate or carrier for each animal and aiming for four or five days of self-sufficiency, up to seven to ten.
• It said to research pet-friendly places to stay before you need them, and that microchips are not enough, so keep a tag on the pet as well.

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