Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Rescuing Pets

Dogs and cats must figure into all new emergency plans. A new federal law requires that emergency planners figure a way to get pets out with people. Part of the problem with Katrina was a lot of the stranded people stayed because rescuers wouldn't let them take their pets.

Click on the photo to see National Geographic's photo gallery of pets rescued from the Katrina aftermath. (SFGate)

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