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The Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act (PETS) was a bi-partisan initiative in the United States House of Representatives to require states seeking Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) assistance to accommodate pets and service animals in their plans for evacuating residents facing disasters. [1]
The Stafford Act was amended by the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act (PETS Act) in 2006, and the Disaster Recovery Reform Act (DRRA) in 2018. FEMA was put in charge of procuring medical supplies during the COVID-19 pandemic. [28]
Failure to include pets in disaster evacuations not only affects the pets that are left behind, but it is also an issue of public health and safety, writes Robin Chadwin.
FEMA funding was affected by Hurricane Katrina by the proposal and passage of the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act, which requires states seeking FEMA assistance to accommodate pets and service animals in their plans for evacuating residents facing disasters. [36] [37]
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Pasadena Humane Society is working to ensure all pets are also evacuated from impacted areas while providing emergency services to those who need it. "If you are under evacuation orders, please ...
Red Paw Emergency Relief Team was conceived as a pilot program to develop a new kind of emergency response resource for animals. [4] In 2006, the United States Congress recognized the importance of including pets in mass disaster planning with the passage of the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act, but no similar provision exists for victims of smaller scale disasters at the ...
More than 80 pets boarded emergency rescue flights out of L.A. this week. The Pasadena Humane revealed on Jan. 8 that the shelter has taken in over 300 displaced pets .