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The following Internet links relate to disaster planning, both in general and specifically relating to animals in disasters:
General Disaster Planning Links:
 | American Red Cross: www.redcross.org |
| Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA): www.fema.gov |
| Department of Homeland Security personal preparedness site: www.ready.gov |
| Prepare Colorado (Red Cross, Colorado): www.preparecolorado.org |
Disaster Planning Links and Related Links Specifically Related to Animals:
| Colorado State Animal Response Team: Helping develop and network County animal response teams throughout Colorado. Making sure that Colorado is prepared for "Any Disaster, Any Animal, Anywhere in Colorado." www.ColoradoSART.org |
| The Colorado Federation of Animal Welfare Agencies: A key partner in Colorado SART. www.cfawa.org |
| Federal Emergency Management Agency: Animal specific section www.fema.gov/fema/anemer.htm |
| The Humane Society of the United States: HSUS distributes a fine workbook called Disaster Planning, that deals specifically with disaster planning for individuals, communities and animal shelters. HSUS also maintains equipment and trained crews to help with animal issues in large scale disasters. www.hsus.org |
| American Humane (located in Englewood, Colorado) has several disaster relief publications available and maintains an Emergency Animal Relief department. They provide training and assistance for animal shelters and animal control personnel and have trained crews and resources for relief available when needed. www.americanhumane.org/prepart.html, 303-885-2179 |
| The American Veterinary Medical Association: www.avma.org |
| American Red Cross information on pets: www.redcross.org/disaster/safety/pets.html |
| www.animaldisasters.com This is a site dedicated to information concerning planning for animal issues in disasters |
| About.com: A page of information and links related to equine related disaster managment. www.horses.about.com/library/weekly/aa090198.htm |
| www.Petswelcome.com This is a site that supplies names of hotels, motels, resorts and campgrounds that allow pets. |
| The Horse Review: Links to sites with information on equine disaster preparedness: www.horsereview.com/disaster_preparedness_directory.htm |
| United Animal Nations, Emergency Animal Rescue Service: www.uan.org/ears/index.html |
If you know of a Internet resource on disaster planning, please let us know and we will check it out an place it on this site. Email: [email protected]
Downloadable Emergency Preparedness Documents
The following forms (courtesy of the Colorado Federation of Animal Welfare
Agencies) are available for download in Adobe Acrobat format (.pdf
files) You can download Adobe Acrobat Reader for free if you don't already
have it.
| Livestock Emergency Evacuation Information |
| Pets Emergency Evacuation Information |
| CFAWA Horse Identification Program Forms |
| Keeping Animals Safe in Disaster Situations |
Notice to other animal welfare organizations, newspapers and interested parties:
The brochure, Keeping Animals Safe in Disaster Situations also available in MS Word format by clicking here. This is available for duplication, newspaper articles and redistribution by other animal welfare organizations. Other animal welfare organizations have our permission to modify it to their needs and add their name and logo. We don't really care about credit, what we care about is enhancing community preparedness. Please let us know, however, if you find this information helpful.
Links to Information about Training Horses To Load Easily in Trailers
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KBR Horsenet, Including information on wild horses and training to trailers: http://www.kbrhorse.net/tra/trailer1.html |
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Horse-Guide.com: A collection of articles by Ron Meredith on training horses to load: http://www.horse-guide.com/Training/Trailer_Loading/ |
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Today's Horse: Detailed article on horse training for trailers, with a lot of other articles at same site: http://www.todayshorse.com/Articles/HorseTrailering.htm |
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John Lyons and Pat Parelli are two trainers who make a living presenting seminars and selling books and video products related to training. Both provide excellent resources (not free) for training. The can be contacted at: www.johnlyons.com and www.parelli.com |