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How will I know to leave my home with my pets or stay at home during an emergency?

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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.

How will I know to leave my home with my pets or stay at home during an emergency?

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: How will I know to leave my home with my pets or stay at home during an emergency?

Lesa Miller: Well, you will want to tune in to your local news alert system on the radio, on television, on the computer and they will instruct you as to the status of the emergency, the nature of the emergency and what you should and should not be doing. So and that can change overtime so you want to make sure that you stay on top of that and beware of any changes in case you do need to evacuate your home and go to a shelter with your pets and those will be indicated by the emergency alert system where you can go with them.

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