Animal Issues Planning for Local Communities

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Animal Issues Planning for Local Communities

• Obtaining Resources

Elizabeth Wang TXSART Executive Director ewang_at_t
vma.org
Texas Homeland Security Conference ? December 4,
2007
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Who Responsible?

• Owners have the ultimate responsibility for their
  animals preparedness
  
• Include animal injects into your public
  information systems before, during, after
  
• There are options, templates, and brochures
  available for use go to www.txsart.org
  
• Do not count on any state agency to purchase
• TXSART does not supply, only connects with
  possible resource suppliers

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Lessons LearnedHurricane Dean

• Jurisdictions knew they needed supplies and
  waited need to plan ahead
  
• Donations were counted on by local and state
  jurisdictions no donations pre-disaster

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Traditional Approaches

• Carve money from budget to pay for critical
  stockpile items
  
• Apply for grants COGs, Foundations, other
  granting entities

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Get Creative!

• Work with a local animal group/4H chapter/FFA
  chapter to run a drive for supplies (crates
  Tyler, Houston)
  
• Contact people who may use a product regularly,
  but dispose of it (airlines, rail)
  
• Sign an MOU/MOA with other somewhat-local
  entities who may agree to loan resources in time
  of need (CAUTION May not work in all situations)

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Other Tips

• Form your communitys Animal Issues Committee
• This group has the combined expertise to not only
  benchmark the community, but also start planning
  for whats needed in terms of resources and then
  assist in developing fundraising plans

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Summary

• Public information 1 tell owners what you
  expect of them
  
• Lessons learned from Hurricane Dean
• Traditional approaches
• Think outside the box, too!

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Questions?

• Elizabeth A. Wang
• c/o Texas Veterinary Medical Foundation
• 8104 Exchange Drive
• Austin, Texas 78754
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• ewang_at_tvma.org
• www.txsart.org

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Shameless Plug
Please join us for the 2008 Animals in Disasters
Summit

• WHERE? San Antonio at the Radisson Hill Country
  Resort
  
• WHEN? February 11-13, 2008
• WHAT? Premier networking opportunity for those
  with an interest in disaster animal issues.
  Continuing education credits. Topics in
  Sheltering, Evacuation, General Interest, and
  Emergency Management.
• WHO? Animal care and control, volunteer groups,
  local and state government planners, emergency
  management coordinators, judges, animal shelter
  groups, veterinarians and veterinary technicians,
  cooperative extension, and state and federal
  animal health officials. Others involved with
  animal care,, impact assessment, search and
  rescue, sheltering and evacuation plans are
  welcome to attend as well.
• 45 early registration/60 late/on-site
  REGISTRATION OPEN NOW

Visit www.txsart.org for more information!!