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NATIONAL PET PREPAREDNESS MONTH

June is National Pet Preparedness Month. Here’s how to make sure your pets and livestock are ready for emergencies:

For Pets:

• Make an emergency plan for your pets. Practice what you’ll do if you need to leave quickly.
• Check your pet’s emergency supplies. Replace old food, water, and medicine.
• If you have to leave your home, bring your pets with you. Only leave them behind if you have no other choice.
• Ask neighbors or friends to help with pets if you can’t get home.
• During evacuation warnings, put collars and harnesses on your pets and keep them in a safe room so you can grab them quickly.
• Find out which shelters or hotels allow pets before an emergency happens.
• Make sure your pets have ID tags and updated microchips. Keep a copy of their vaccine records in your Go Bag.
• Make a pet emergency kit: leash, carrier, food, water, medicine, sanitation supplies, ID, and a photo of your pet.
• Never leave pets alone in cars or tied up outside.
• If you must leave pets at home, leave plenty of food and water and put a sign on your door with the number and type of pets inside.
• Pets may act differently after a disaster. Watch them closely.

For Livestock:

• If you get a level 2 evacuation warning, leave with your livestock right away. Start getting ready at level 1.
• Post emergency contact numbers on barns or fences. Mark your phone number on your animals if you have to let them go.
• Store extra feed in a different place in case you can’t get home.
• Work with neighbors to make an evacuation plan.
• Make a kit with halters, first aid, water, and papers that prove you own your animals.

For more pet and livestock emergency tips, visit Lincoln County Emergency Management, Ready.gov, or Red Cross.

For more information and tips visit our website at www.lincolncountysheriff.net and like us on Facebook at Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office – Oregon.

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