Hello all
 
Your friends at FFDRI (Ferret Friends Disaster Response International)
would like to share with you the following press release from UAN/EARS
(United Animal Nations/Emergency Animal Rescue Service).  Please note that
ferret shelters are eligible for a FREE Disaster Preparedness Information
Kit!  See below for details.
 
ANIMAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS DAY, SATURDAY, MAY 19
 
Don t Leave Home Without Them
 
With the summer hurricane, tornado and wildfire season fast approaching,
the Emergency Animal Rescue Service (EARS) will host its third annual
Animal Disaster Preparedness Day on Saturday, May 19.
 
The goal of this nationwide event is to remind people that disasters
pose a life-threatening danger for animals, too, and that the family
cat, dog, bird, horse or any other animals being cared for need to be
included in evacuation plans.  The theme of Animal Disaster Preparedness
Day is Don t Leave Home Without Them.
 
EARS volunteers have helped rescue and care for thousands of animals in
more than 45 disasters during the past 12 years.  EARS Director Terri
Crisp says many animals are injured or killed during disasters every
year because no one thought about them when planning for a disaster and
there was no time to do so when disaster struck.
 
In recognition of Animal Disaster Preparedness Day, EARS is distributing
free Disaster Preparedness Information Kits for Animals to animal
caregivers, local shelters and humane societies.  The kits include a
brochure with disaster preparedness tips for animals, suggested shopping
lists for animal disaster supplies, a sample identification tag, a
poster, a handout on how to create a family disaster plan and other
disaster planning information.
 
EARS is a program of the Sacramento-based United Animal Nations.  To
request a free Animal Disaster Preparedness Day Information Kit, contact
UAN at P.O.  Box 188890, Sacramento, CA 95818, Tel: (916) 429-2457 or
send an email to [log in to unmask]  Disaster preparedness information also
is available on UAN s website at www.uan.org/ears/adpd.html.
 
Best wishes and happy ferreting!
Gina Hart on behalf of FFDRI
http://www.geocities.com/ffdri
[Posted in FML issue 3393]