What can I do long before an emergency to prepare my pets?
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How to Evacuate Your Pets in an Emergency
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Lesa Miller
Community Outreach Coordinator, Animal Welfare League of Alexandria
703-838-4774
lmiller@alexandriaanimals.org
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.
What can I do long before an emergency to prepare my pets?
Animal welfare expert Lesa Miller discusses the importance of having an emergency kit ready for your pet in the case of an emergency.
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Host: What can I do long before an emergency to prepare my pets?
Lesa Miller: Well, you obviously will have your plan in order and you make sure as I said before that you communicate what your thoughts and ideas are with others, but you also want to have a pet emergency kit together and that will include a variety of items depending on what kind of animals you have and keeping it handy and keeping everything ready with your list and going from there.
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