florida’s animal disaster history
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Florida’s Animal Disaster History. 1st Major Animal Disaster. Hurricane Andrew 1992. Andrew History. 700,000 evacuated 80,000 housed in shelters 175,000 people homeless 25,000 homes destroyed 100,000 homes damaged $20 billion in damages $10 billion cleanup costs. Personal Losses. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Florida’s Animal Disaster History
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1st Major Animal Disaster
HurricaneAndrew
1992
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Andrew History
700,000 evacuated 80,000 housed in shelters 175,000 people homeless 25,000 homes destroyed 100,000 homes damaged $20 billion in damages $10 billion cleanup costs
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Personal Losses
Home Job Friends Security Pets
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Forgotten Victims - Animals
People told to leave pets behind
Homes blown apart – pets escape in fear
Disoriented pets wandered from home
No ID on pets No system for
animals
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MASH Animal Compound
HSUS & Citizens Against Pet Overpopulation
Six weeks Mostly volunteer
workforce Support from Army:
supplies, full-time vet, tents, security
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Animal Statistics of Compound
600 lost, foster or owner give-up animals
About 2,000 seen by emergency vets
Most lost pets never matched w/ owners
30 day holding period before adoptions
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FL Wildfires 1998
First pet friendly shelters open in Volusia & Flagler counties
First “DART” response State directed animal
response effort
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Hurricane Floyd
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Evacuation Nightmare Estimated 2 million
people evacuated from FL, GA, SC & NC
2 hour road trips took 18 hours
Hotels & Shelters full Not enough places for
pets & large animals (horses)
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Floyd – “NC’s Andrew”
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Florida’s 2004 Hurricane Season
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Hurricane Charley
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Hurricane Charley Community services
completely disrupted “10 mile wide
tornado” No storm surge Impacted along Hwy
17 corridor - Devastation across state
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Charley - Animal Response
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Hurricane Frances
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Frances
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Hurricane Ivan
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Hurricane Jeanne
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Hurricane Katrina - 2005
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Katrina - LA
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Katrina - MS
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Animal Facilities Destroyed
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FL Assists MS
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The Animal Victims of Katrina
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Animal Issues are People Issues
Not question of putting animals above people
Taking care of what important to people
Human/animal bond -more important in extreme stress
Planning for animals intertwined w/ planning for people if either is to be effective
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Questions?Questions?