Saving pets left behind during the Manitoba storm

[Catherine]

Quote:But AGAIN !! The situation of evacuating humans, who are then forced to leave their animals behind ! Why? Because people have to be temporarily accommodated? Why aren't those accommodations open to the idea of the people taking their animal companions with them?

That was my thought. Why didn't they evacuate the pets with the people? We have to start doing that. Leaving pets behind is risky for the pets  and it means that others have to come in and rescue them. Of course we don't know the whole story, but it does sound  like the animals were just left behind.

During the Fort McMurray wildfire people were trapped away from their homes  and couldn't reach their pets. Many of the pets were safe and rescue people went in and fed them. 


It is possible that people were evacuated from work or school because of the storm. I have seen Manitoba storms that leave people trapped at work for days. If the weather is that bad I make sure I stay home with my animals just in case. If the power goes out I need to be there.

Save a Dog Network was ready and organized so they may have done something like this before. The remote communities are really at the mercy of the weather.