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Protect Animals During Times of Disaster!

Target: Senator
Sponsored by: American Humane Association
With hurricane season on us again we need to make sure that our nation’s animals will be protected before and after a disaster.

Tragically for our pets, the federal government will not reimburse states for the cost of rescuing and sheltering animals, or for the cost of reuniting them with loving families.

But the Senate is considering a new law called the PETS bill, that acknowledges the federal government’s responsibility to provide funding to help states cover the additional costs of animal shelter, care and reunion with their families.

Please tell your U.S. Senators to support the PETS bill and help make sure pets are cared for before, and after, a disaster!

deadline: 6-22-2007
goal: 75,000
 
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As your constituent and a supporter of the American Humane Association, I urge you to support S. 2548, the Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards (PETS) Act. This bill is an important improvement over the House-passed bill and will further efforts to make sure local governments and states will be prepared to care for animal populations when disaster strikes.

During consideration of S. 2548, it is most important that you ensure the legislation includes provisions allowing states to be reimbursed by FEMA for the costs of rescuing and sheltering family pets and service animals and reuniting them with their human families. In order for this bill to be truly effective, it not only must include animals in disaster plans, but must also provide resources that increase the ability of cities and states to meet the needs of animals during disaster. Hurricane Katrina demonstrated that the needs of animals are often integrally linked with those of their human family members. We know many families will not evacuate unless they can be assured their pets will be evacuated and sheltered.

Please support S. 2548 and insist that it contain provisions for an equitable distribution of financial assistance to states and communities for animal emergency response planning and operations. If we are to effectively prepare for emergencies, the needs of pets must be considered and resources provided to enable all states to help animals and their human family members.

Please help protect animals and the families who love and care for them. I look forward to seeing what action you will take on this very important matter.

Sincerely,
We signed the “Protect Animals During Times of Disaster!” petition!
# 100:
12:36 pm PDT, Jun 23, Maria Glezos, Maryland
For those of us with pets - they are part of the family. Period. Leaving them behind is not an option.
# 99:
12:36 pm PDT, Jun 23, Mary Mcnulty, Pennsylvania
# 98:
12:36 pm PDT, Jun 23, Duane Shrout, Illinois
# 97:
12:36 pm PDT, Jun 23, Michelle Bergman, Pennsylvania
# 96:
12:36 pm PDT, Jun 23, Caroline Seedorf, California
# 95:
12:35 pm PDT, Jun 23, Sandra H. Brown, California
Many of our pets are family membeers to us, I for one would stay with my guys if a disaster struck rather than leave them behind, what cruelty to desert them
# 94:
12:35 pm PDT, Jun 23, Lora Berry, Indiana
# 93:
12:35 pm PDT, Jun 23, Tom Hoemig, California
# 92:
12:35 pm PDT, Jun 23, Cynthia Rubin, California
# 91:
12:35 pm PDT, Jun 23, Josephine Coatsworth, California
# 90:
12:35 pm PDT, Jun 23, Anne Eberle, Massachusetts
No one should have to choose between their own safety and the life of their pet(s). As we learned to our sorrow during Katrina, that has been the agonizing situation faced by thousands of people being rescued during natural disasters. The PETS legislation will make provisions for companion animals and their people, saving much suffering by all species involved, including human. I myself am about to be trained in emergency animal-rescue techniques, and I hope you will do your part by voting for this important legislation. Thank you.
# 89:
12:35 pm PDT, Jun 23, Name not displayed, New Jersey
# 88:
12:35 pm PDT, Jun 23, Shawna Hodges, Ohio
Please help protect our animals and pets during times of disaster!
# 87:
12:35 pm PDT, Jun 23, Isaac Grazian, Pennsylvania
# 86:
12:35 pm PDT, Jun 23, Kendall Moore, California
# 85:
12:35 pm PDT, Jun 23, Barbara L Johnson, Florida
Our pets are also our "FAMILY"...and need to be taken care of in times of crisis just like we do.
# 84:
12:35 pm PDT, Jun 23, Kathleen Shaw, Washington
# 83:
12:35 pm PDT, Jun 23, Patricia M. Fellenbaum, Pennsylvania
Please don't leave our pets behind; humans have domesticated them and because of that we need to protect them from disaster.
# 82:
12:35 pm PDT, Jun 23, Betti Jones, Colorado
Please have a heart for animals. They cannot save themselves!!
# 81:
12:35 pm PDT, Jun 23, Nancy Ohm, Pennsylvania
# 80:
12:35 pm PDT, Jun 23, Patricia Kuhn, Wisconsin
# 79:
12:35 pm PDT, Jun 23, Sheila Starrett, Wisconsin
# 78:
12:35 pm PDT, Jun 23, Michele Albert, New York
# 77:
12:35 pm PDT, Jun 23, Vanessa Villeda, Illinois
# 76:
12:35 pm PDT, Jun 23, Luisa F. Rufin, Florida
Let us make compassionate choices for those that cannot choose for themselves!
# 75:
12:35 pm PDT, Jun 23, Debra Myers, New York
# 74:
12:34 pm PDT, Jun 23, Ines Castro, Maryland
Helping animals will NOT compete with costs and efforts for humans. If we can rescue these animals sooner, we will prevent a higher cost later, not to mention the terror they go through and spare the owners from awful separation.
# 73:
12:34 pm PDT, Jun 23, Jennifer Passero, Connecticut
# 72:
12:34 pm PDT, Jun 23, Mattie Horsley, Massachusetts
# 71:
12:34 pm PDT, Jun 23, Martha Loughlin, Massachusetts
# 70:
12:34 pm PDT, Jun 23, Cornelia Watson, Alabama
# 69:
12:33 pm PDT, Jun 23, Tabitha Decker, Florida
# 68:
12:33 pm PDT, Jun 23, Bruce Willbrant, California
# 67:
12:33 pm PDT, Jun 23, Rita Martens, Washington
# 66:
12:33 pm PDT, Jun 23, Debra Luther, Michigan
As a volunteer who helped rescue animals left behind after Hurricane Katrina, I've learned first hand how important plans are to disaster relief ... and pets MUST be included in these disaster plans. When you have a pet, they're a part of your family. PLEASE vote for the PETS act. Thank you.
# 65:
12:33 pm PDT, Jun 23, Merle Woerner, New York
# 64:
12:33 pm PDT, Jun 23, Bettye Britt, Tennessee
# 63:
12:33 pm PDT, Jun 23, Whitney Elizabeth, California
# 62:
12:33 pm PDT, Jun 23, Name not displayed, Colorado
# 61:
12:33 pm PDT, Jun 23, Lara Graham, Texas
I wouldn't want to live without my furkid.
# 60:
12:33 pm PDT, Jun 23, Sharon Collette, South Carolina
# 59:
12:33 pm PDT, Jun 23, Name not displayed, Washington
# 58:
12:33 pm PDT, Jun 23, Henry Giardina, New Mexico
# 57:
12:32 pm PDT, Jun 23, Belinda Alwine, California
# 56:
12:32 pm PDT, Jun 23, Maureen Beard, Alabama
Obviously, the gov't doesn't have a brain to stand on if they don't pass this bill protecting pets. Pretty sad to have such an ignorant group of people over the nation's welfare.
# 55:
12:32 pm PDT, Jun 23, Lisa Dodds, Virginia
Please don't let them suffer. They deserve so much better. They count on us for everything.
# 54:
12:32 pm PDT, Jun 23, Melissa Kohler, Texas
# 53:
12:32 pm PDT, Jun 23, Beth Hlabse, Ohio
We domesticate these animals. They depend entirely upon us. For many, their pets aren't just pets, they are a part of the family. If told that I couldn't take my cat with me when evacuated, I wouldn't leave. I would no more abandon her than a parent would a child -- and shouldn't be asked to do so.
# 52:
12:32 pm PDT, Jun 23, James Klaich, Alaska
Please take steps to help protect animals who can not take steps to portect themselves during and after a disaster.
# 51:
12:32 pm PDT, Jun 23, Barbara Senter, Texas
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