Posted on 08/06/2006 11:59:15 AM PDT by Frank T
WASHINGTON -- In the wake of haunting images of pets left behind in flooded New Orleans, the U.S. Senate passed a bill Friday requiring local and state disaster agencies to take pets and service animals into account in their emergency planning.
The Senate approved the bill by unanimous consent in the early hours before recessing for its summer break.
The House of Representatives passed a similar bill in May and differences must be worked out before the legislation is sent to President Bush.
Wayne Pacelle, president of the Humane Society of the United States, called the measure "an important step in ensuring Americans will never again be forced to make an impossibly difficult choice: leave their animal behind while they flee a disaster or take their chances by staying in a disaster-stricken area with their pet."
The Senate bill gives the Federal Emergency Management Agency authority to help develop the plans, and authorizes financial help to states to create emergency shelters for people with animals.
Thousands of people refused to evacuate because they did not want to abandon their pets when Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast last year, and thousands of pets were left behind.
Good to know you too! ;9)
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LOL! You don't want to commit yourself to that!! I run into some real hair balls. I have a real problem with the "nuke this or nuke that" crowd and the heartless "conservatives". You're right about keeping conservatism alive. Have keyboard will ping.
You're welcome. I love your clarity of thought.
"I love your clarity of thought."
It fluctuates. You just happened to catch me on a lucid day, LOL!
I think that you have more good days than bad. ;-)
Absolutely a state matter. Actually, an owner matter but there is no such thing as responsibility anymore. These folks didn't even have milk for their kids and they KNEW this was coming!!
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