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.
I wouldn't leave my guinea pigs behind. I don't care what anyone says.
Well, in my particular case, my furkids are small, can stay in a crate, I have the means to evacuate (and I certainly would do it as soon as the even "suggest" it... why wait until they order me to do it?) My fin kids, I guess I would have to leave them and hope for the best for them.
I absolutely agree with you on the idea that, if for any reason you cannot provide or take care of your pets, in normal and even in somewhat extraordinary situations, you should not have them. Ever heard of people having 40 of 50 cats? Arghhhh!!
Just like with human children (conceive only as many as you can support and take care of), have only the pets you can reasonably take care of.
Sorry if this seems heartless. A dog takes as much room in a shelter or a chopper as a child.
I suspect you're going to lose this argument. The legislation says the funding is contingent upon state and local governments working these arrangements out. That means planning.
You are not going to dictate to people whether they can or cannot own pets, and governments are going to have to figure out how to deal with this situation.
Besides, nobody said anything about putting animals in shelters for people. The Baton Rouge shelter accepts people with pets, but hands them off to the Louisiana SPCA, where they are cared for.
Why can somebody take a big bag of mementoes, but a little kid can't take a kitten?