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    HOUSTON – Getting ready for a hurricane’s landfall means making sure everyone in your household is prepared, including your furry family members.

    Ensuring you gather essential items for your dog or cat and confirming they have ID tags and are microchipped should be completed well before a storm approaches, advised Julie Kuenstle, a spokeswoman for the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

    “All of these preparations need to be finalized in advance because it’s impossible to handle if your pet escapes before, during, or after a disaster. It’s heart-wrenching since we consider our pets as family,” Kuenstle explained.

    Put together an emergency kit for your pets

    Similar to how your family needs an emergency kit with necessities like food, water, and medications, your pets require one as well. Their emergency bags will differ slightly and should include items like chew toys, leashes, and waste bags.

    Kuenstle said it’s also important the kit has hard copies of your pets’ vaccination records that you can show if you have to evacuate and end up at a hotel or shelter.

    “A lot of items that pet owners need and are essential for their go bags, they already have around their house,” Kuenstle said.

    Cesar Perea, the associate vice president of rescue for the American Humane Society, said people should also verify that their pets have ID tags on their collars and that the information linked to their pet’s microchip is up to date and that multiple people are listed as contacts.

    “If you decide you want to ride out the storm and stay, we wouldn’t recommend that,” Perea said. “But if they do, typically, we tell people that you should have at least two-weeks worth of (pet) supplies in your home.”

    Try to reduce your pet’s stress

    Pets can sense any stress their owners feel as they prepare for a hurricane, Kuenstle said.

    “When there is a disaster or storm, sirens, things like that, a natural fear response is for them … to hide and to run away. So, you know, making sure that your yard is secure and that they’re in a quiet, safe, secure place can help avoid that,” she said.

    Animal rescue groups say it’s important to have your pet crate trained so their crate can be used as a safe space for your pets.

    People who decide to stay and ride out a storm should keep their pets close, Perea said. Leaving them alone in another room “is just going to elevate their stress,” he added.

    Never leave your pets behind

    Leaving pets behind, particularly if they’re left tied to a fence or chained in a backyard, can be deadly.

    “If the disaster comes along, they can’t move away from it,” Perea said. “The disaster rolls through and they suffer a horrific death potentially.”

    Abandoning your pets could also result in animal cruelty charges.

    The plight of a bull terrier named Trooper, who was rescued last year during Hurricane Milton after being found chained to a fence along a Tampa highway, inspired a new Florida law that imposes tougher penalties on people who abandon pets during natural disasters.

    Animal rescues are standard part of hurricane response

    Most emergency operations centers during a natural disaster focus part of their work on animal rescues, Perea said.

    But both Perea and Kuenstle said most pets and other animals needing rescue are not abandoned on purpose.

    During Hurricane Harvey in Houston in 2017, Kuenstle’s group rescued about 2,300 animals, including cats, dogs and horses, reuniting about 300 of them with their humans.

    “A lot of it was … ’We had no idea we wouldn’t be able to come back.’ They were contacting us in a panic. They were concerned about their pet,” Kuenstle said.

    The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005 is filled with countless stories of residents not wanting to leave their flooded homes if they couldn’t bring their furry loved ones, Perea said.

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