Not exact matches
Because
evacuation shelters generally don't
accept pets (except for service animals), you must plan ahead to make certain your family and pets will have a safe place to stay.
Coupled with Judge Emmett and Mayor Sylvester Turner's announcement that all
evacuation shelters needed to
accept pets, we saw first - hand just how much love Houstonians have for their pets.
Although around 1.2 million residents evacuated in the face of the Category 5 storm, some stayed behind with their pets, knowing
evacuation shelters wouldn't
accept them.
Because
evacuation shelters likely won't be equipped to
accept pets (except for service animals), you must plan ahead to make certain your pets will have a safe place to stay.
Evacuation shelters generally do not
accept animals.
If
evacuation is necessary,
shelters for people are unlikely to
accept animals and motels that
accept pets are likely to fill quickly, so owners should have contingency plans in mind.
«People came from all over the state, and they sat in
evacuation traffic for 18 hours, but they had what was important to them,» says Bevan, recalling people «who had five or six animals that they had packed into their car like Noah's Ark,» to bring them to one of 100
evacuation shelters that
accepted pets.
Not all
evacuation centers in Texas are
accepting pets this week, but many are accommodating them in separate areas or coordinating with off - site
shelters to house them.
Kadek Kanda, the coordinator of an
evacuation centre in Bali's capital Denpasar, said his
shelter was so full he had stopped
accepting evacuees.
With
evacuations in full swing, Pasco County, Florida officials have one of the busiest
shelters in the area
accepting people with special needs so they can get the care they need during Hurricane Irma.