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Evacuating With Pets: How to Be Ready for the Next Disaster Threat

Federal laws require states to include animals in disaster plans. Officials urge people to take pets with them when escaping and offer tips to prepare.
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Evacuating With Pets: How to Be Ready for the Next Disaster Threat
Maggie Nelson feeds a snack to her horse, Edna, where she sought shelter from Hurricane Helene, at the World Equestrian Center in Ocala, Fla., on Sept. 27, 2024. Nanette Holt/The Epoch Times
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OCALA, Fla.—As Hurricane Helene churned toward Florida’s Gulf Coast, Maggie Nelson wasn’t worried about her own safety in the storm.

The 22-year-old Texas transplant fretted, instead, about her two horses.

Nanette Holt is an Epoch Times reporter and senior features editor covering issues of national interest. Ms. Holt has had more than 30 years of experience in media and has written for Reader’s Digest, Woman’s World, the Tampa Tribune, the St. Petersburg Times, and others.
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