Hint: Local shelters will hold on to pets found for 14 days after a disaster before putting them up for adoption. This is 7 days longer than their normal holding time so that pet owners have a better chance of relocating their loved ones.

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Preparing Your Pet for a Storm

Although your pet is a member of your family, during a storm special considerations and precautions may be required in order to protect them.

  • Pets can become easily frightened and strange or loud noises, changes in barometric pressure, and fear sensed from other family members can cause your pet to panic.
  • A pet must be protected from his/her own reaction to the disaster. A loud tornado or hurricane can cause a scared animal to panic and to try to break free to run away. 
  • Very few pets missing from a disaster are ever recovered alive, most are never found.