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Jeleen Briscoe, USDA APHIS Animal Care Emergency ProgramsAnne McCann, USDA APHIS Animal Care Emergency Programs

Raw and UncutExperiences in Animal Emergency Management

People refused to leave their pets

600,000 pets either died or abandoned

Coastal zoos and aquariums damaged and collections lost

Once upon a time there was a hurricane named Katrina...

47% wont leave their pets

The Human Animal Bond: Survey Says...

46.9% Pet is FAMILY

APMA, AVMA, AHA

Pre-Katrina recommendation: Leave pets with three days of food and

water.

Pre-Katrina recommendation: Leave pets with three days of food and

water.

Snowball, Katrina, and the PETS Act

The dog was taken away from this little boy, and to watch his face was a singularly revealing and tragic experience. This legislation was born at that moment.

-- Rep Tom Lantos (D-CA)

Support states

Disaster preparednessEvacuation

Shelter plans

The PETS ActPets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act

Humans

Household pets

Service animals

On average:0.67 pets per person in

the typical U.S. community

Animal Emergency Management

Animal issues ARE people issues

Incident management must prepare for people AND animals

Animal Emergency ManagementRESPONSE

Evacuation ShelterRescue Other

Animal Emergency ManagementRESPONSE

Evacuation ShelterRescue Other

Animal Emergency ManagementRESPONSE

Evacuation ShelterRescue Other

Animal Emergency ManagementRESPONSE

Evacuation ShelterRescue Other

All HazardsAll Species

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Audubon Zoo

Iowa Floods

Missouri River Flood

North Dakota Flood

Zanesville

Duluth Flood

Duluth Flood

NATO Summit

NATO Summit

Animal Emergency ManagementChallenges

Animal Emergency ManagementChallenges

Pre- and Post-Assessment

Flu at the Zoo Tabletop Exercise

Thank you to Multi-State Partnership for Security in Agriculture

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Animal Emergency ManagementChallenges

Situational Awareness

Animal Emergency ManagementChallenges

Animal Search and Rescue

Animal Emergency ManagementChallenges

Animal Sheltering

Collocated/Cohabitational Sheltering

Advantages

Owners’ involvement

Healthier for owners and

animals

Fewer volunteers

Disadvantages

Owners’ abilities

Physically able

Responsible

Experience

Alternatives to Animal Sheltering

Distribution CentersFeed-in-Place Program

Animal Emergency ManagementChallenges

Disaster Veterinary Care

LicensureZoonoses

Quarantine

Animal Emergency ManagementChallenges

Animal Decontamination

Animal Emergency ManagementChallenges

Animal Disposition

Animal Emergency ManagementRecovery

Family Recovery Animal Disposition

Animal Emergency ManagementRecovery

Family Recovery Animal Disposition

Animal Emergency ManagementRecovery

Family Recovery Animal Disposition

Animal Emergency ManagementRecovery

Family Recovery Animal Disposition

Federal Partnerships� Statutory authority (Stafford Act)

� Resources

Federal Animal Emergency Working Group

� AWA & Pets Mission

� Staff of veterinarians and VHT’s� Program Response Team

� National Veterinary Response Team

� Veterinary Medical Reserve Corps

� Emergency Management Coordination Group

NASAAEP BPWG CollaborationNational Alliance of State Animal and Agriculture

Emergency ProgramsBest Practice Working Groups

Animal Search

& Rescue

Evacuation & Transportation

Emergency Animal

Sheltering

Disaster Veterinary Care Animal

DecontaminationTraining

Preparedness Community Outreach

Planning & Resource

Management

NASAAEP Best Practice Working Groups

National Animal Rescue and Shelter Coalition

Associate: AVMAAffiliates: Society of Animal Welfare Administrators, American Red Cross, NASAAEP,

PetFinder.com Foundation, American Veterinary Medical Foundation

APHIS Emergency Operations Center

Multi-Agency Coordination System

642Jeleen Briscoe, VMD, DABVP (Avian)Veterinary Medical Officer, Avian SpecialistAPHIS Animal CareJohanna.Briscoe@aphis.usda.gov @JeleenVMD

Anne McCannNational Emergency Programs CoordinatorAPHIS Animal CareAnneliese.McCann@aphis.usda.gov