Animals in Public Evacuation Centers

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  As persons are displaced from their homes into evacuation centers, they often wish to bring companion animals with them. Having a pet nearby may serve as a source of comfort to someone who has lost their possessions and, perhaps, family members. Unfortunately, many disaster evacuation centers (and specifically Red Cross evacuation centers) cannot accept pets because of states' health and safety regulations. Pets kept at human evacuation centers can sometimes pose a risk of disease or injury to other shelter inhabitants. In fact, service animals that assist people with disabilities are currently the only animals allowed in some evacuation centers.
  
  animalspubevac.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Animals Disasters Pets Refugees
• Series:
  Disaster Safety
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  3 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/59227/cdc_59227_DS1.pdf
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