10/07/2024
Sent to us from the AKC ...
ABOUT EMERGENCY GUIDE DISASTER RELIEF
PREPARING FOR HURRICANE MILTON
Dear Florida Pet Lovers,
We are so sorry another hurricane is fast-approaching your beautiful and already storm-weary State. We are concerned for the health and safety of you and your pets and would like to remind everyone:
Now is the time to act! Depending on its path, Hurricane Milton could bring life-threatening storm surge, localized flooding, and hurricane force winds to your area starting Wednesday, October 7.
Please follow all local emergency management directives, including mandatory and voluntary evacuation orders - and remember, the safest place for your pet is with you! If you need sheltering assistance, please refer to the Florida State Animal Response Coalition for help and resources in your area.
Make sure your pet's microchip record is up-to-date.
Add an out-of-state Alternate Contact to your pet’s microchip record in the event you and your pet are displaced from one another, and you cannot be reached because phone lines are down or jammed.
Refer to the AKC Reunite Pet Emergency Planning Guide with more helpful guidance on how to keep your pet safe.
AKC Reunite is the nation’s largest non-profit pet microchip and recovery service organization that has given back over $14 million to support working K9s and pet disaster relief efforts. Please email us or call 919-816-3980 if you know of any local 501c3 animal shelters or non-profit organizations that are caring for pets evacuated or displaced because of the storm.
We have been in contact with all AKC Reunite Pet Disaster Relief Trailer Recipients in Florida and will continue to monitor Hurricane Milton as it approaches Florida, and hope and pray that it weakens.
Thank you for your tireless efforts, Emergency Responders! Please stay safe everyone!
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