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Legislation would require pet to be included in evacuations
cnn.com ^ | 9/22/05 | AP

Posted on 09/22/2005 1:03:57 PM PDT by cwiz24

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal disaster grants to state and local governments should be conditioned on how they accommodate pets in their evacuation plans, say lawmakers disturbed that some Hurricane Katrina victims refused to leave home because they couldn't take their animals with them.

"I cannot help but wonder how many more people could have been saved had they been able to take their pets," Rep. Tom Lantos, D-California, said Thursday.

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Fabulous idea. This should have been taken care of long ago.
1 posted on 09/22/2005 1:03:58 PM PDT by cwiz24
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To: Slings and Arrows

Ping!


2 posted on 09/22/2005 1:04:31 PM PDT by cwiz24 (I worked very hard on this tagline.)
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To: cwiz24

What about horses?


3 posted on 09/22/2005 1:05:03 PM PDT by mlc9852
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To: mlc9852

Don't know about horses, although horses and other larger animals would be exceedingly more difficult to evacuate than cats and dogs.


4 posted on 09/22/2005 1:06:30 PM PDT by cwiz24 (I worked very hard on this tagline.)
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To: cwiz24; mlc9852

I'll bet some of those stranded on the interstates down there wish they had a horse right about now...


5 posted on 09/22/2005 1:07:30 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana (No amnesty needed...My ancestors proudly served. [remodel of an old '70s bumper sticker])
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To: cwiz24

That would be a wonderful thing. People should take responsibility. I'm sure a lot of people in N.O. would have taken their pets if they could have - while some people left without a thought, I'm sure. Hopefully, that will serve as a model of what NOT to do. From the news reports I'm seeing in Galveston I heard that more people are taking their pets. Let's hope this legislation passes.


6 posted on 09/22/2005 1:08:28 PM PDT by Translates
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To: cwiz24

I could not agree more. If the situation ever arose, I would send my two-legged family members into safety and remain behind with my furkids. I don't think I could live with myself if anything happened to them. They are totally defenseless against human cruelty and the forces of nature.


7 posted on 09/22/2005 1:08:31 PM PDT by republican4ever (The destiny of Israel marks the destiny of the rest of the world... whether you like it or not!)
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To: cwiz24

I know that some people will say it's ridiculous but the fact is that many people only stay in harms way because of their pets. Unfortunately I suspect that the elderly are the most likely to refuse to leave a pet.

I won't leave my dogs any more than I would be willing to leave a child. Fortunately I can leave and take my dogs. Many elderly people can't.


8 posted on 09/22/2005 1:09:50 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Never a minigun handy when you need one.)
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To: hispanarepublicana

I bet they do!


9 posted on 09/22/2005 1:11:32 PM PDT by mlc9852
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To: mlc9852

Does this mean we let the people die if we can't get their 14 dogs, two cats, 5 hamsters and 12 goldfish on a helicoptor we paid to go get them?


10 posted on 09/22/2005 1:11:34 PM PDT by edcoil (Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
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To: edcoil

Just take the pets and leave the people behind I guess.


11 posted on 09/22/2005 1:13:11 PM PDT by mlc9852
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To: edcoil

Well, I guess it would be their choice. I guess you cannot force anyone to survive!


12 posted on 09/22/2005 1:13:28 PM PDT by republican4ever (The destiny of Israel marks the destiny of the rest of the world... whether you like it or not!)
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To: cwiz24

OK, picture this -- the school buses/ Amtrak/ Grayhounds -- pick up REFUGEES, including my family and our dog. He's a Border Collie, pretty ADHD, Alpha Male, kills cats and would kill skate-boarders if he could get at them. OK, and my cat is aboard too. Cat gets loose, dog runs down the aisle, bites an old lady who is a liberal/ thinks he's CUTE and reaches out to pet him. Another dog joins him. They relieve themselves on someone who is sleeping on the floor because the train/ bus is full.

I am SO SORRY. I love my pets, but ....


13 posted on 09/22/2005 1:13:39 PM PDT by bboop (Facts are your friend.)
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To: cwiz24

How about Teddy Bears?


14 posted on 09/22/2005 1:13:54 PM PDT by Voltage
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To: cwiz24

Lantos is a hard left socialist, since when did they develope an interest in pets? There is something in the wood pile here that smells.


15 posted on 09/22/2005 1:14:44 PM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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Federal disaster grants to state and local governments should be conditioned on how they accommodate pets in their evacuation plans

Total insanity.

16 posted on 09/22/2005 1:15:51 PM PDT by MarineBrat (When it rains, New Orleans makes its own gravy.)
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I don't think I could live with myself if anything happened to them.

What about your finkids? Would you stay behind to to protect a gold fish? How-bout the kids Ant Farm, gerbils, pet mice?

Remaining behind just puts some coastgardsman at risk to have to come and rescue you. Don't tell me you wouldn't be up on your roof waving your arms just because you CHOSE to stay back.

If you can't afford your own transportation for your family AND your pets, you got no business owning pets and imposing the cost/burden on society for the rescue of same.

Sorry if this seems heartless. A dog takes as much room in a shelter or a chopper as a child.

17 posted on 09/22/2005 1:16:34 PM PDT by konaice
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To: edcoil

No, We the People PAY for a limo to get them and their 14 goldfish and iguanas and small ocelot and .... Because it's not FAIR to evacuate some pets and not others. What about the 4-H kids who are raising baby COWS? It's not fair if they are left behind. Uncle Sam picks up the bill for the helicopter to take that one out.

hahaha, I think this is the most ridiculous idea I have ever heard. Think about the logistics. Think about the reality of it. Think about the whining if someone's pet is left behind -- the lawsuits, the special circumstances extended to that whiner, the whining Senators, the tax expenditures. It boggles the mind.


18 posted on 09/22/2005 1:16:48 PM PDT by bboop (Facts are your friend.)
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To: cwiz24

Yes. This should have been common sense policy applied to the appropriate agency ... but federal law? Aw. c'mon.


19 posted on 09/22/2005 1:16:59 PM PDT by ArmyTeach (Pray daily for our troops...)
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Sorry but this is simply insane.

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

20 posted on 09/22/2005 1:17:29 PM PDT by expatguy (http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
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