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Are pet owners more likely to evacuate a dangerous situation at home if they can take their pets with them?

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Lesa Miller
Community Outreach Coordinator, Animal Welfare League of Alexandria
703-838-4774

Past employment includes veterinary technician assistant, wildlife rehabilitator/naturalist, & animal control officer. Currently, Lesa is community outreach coordinator at the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria, where she's responsible for teaching humane education classes in schools, working with the city's emergency services office in establishing a pet evacuation plan for pets of city residents, doing presentations for scout troops, civic organizations, CFC/CVC fundraisers, collaborating with other animal-related businesses, & helping with shelter special events.

Are pet owners more likely to evacuate a dangerous situation at home if they can take their pets with them?

In this video Lesa Miller of the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria, Virginia discusses what to do in an emergency situation with your pets.

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Host: Are pet owners more likely to evacuate a dangerous situation at home if they can take their pets with them?

Lesa Miller: Almost definitely. Yeah, if there is a safe place for them to take their animals, pet owners will leave and as we saw in Katrina, so many people did not leave and some of them paid a very dear price for that. There were not co-shelters set up for these animals and when there is, these people will be able to go to the shelters if they need to, with their animals.

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