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Originally Posted by angiefox10
You would need to address that with FEMA They are the group that handles the shelters with the pets.
The Villages opened more shelters without pets....
That being said, this post is about our High Kill Shelter that is killing our pets instead of trying to find the owners or to find homes for them.
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I don't think you are correct. Florida State Law provides for the opening of shelters, and specifies that there be some for pets.
The 2017 Florida Statutes
Title XVII
MILITARY AFFAIRS AND RELATED MATTERS
Chapter 252
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
252.3568 Emergency sheltering of persons with pets.—In accordance with s. 252.35, the division shall address strategies for the evacuation of persons with pets in the shelter component of the state comprehensive emergency management plan and shall include the requirement for similar strategies in its standards and requirements for local comprehensive emergency management plans. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall assist the division in determining strategies regarding this activity.
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State Law, not FEMA, governs pre-disaster shelters. FEMA comes in after the disaster and provides long-term lodging for people whose homes were destroyed.
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Clearly, I thought you were talking about Disaster preparedness, not "Dog Pounds" (Shelters) that kill animals.
I'll go away now.