Fort McMurray Fire Showed Animal Care Gaps During Natural Disasters: Researcher

Fort McMurray Fire Showed Animal Care Gaps During Natural Disasters: Researcher
Dogs lay in cages at the SPCA rescue centre in the Bold Center in Lac la Biche, Alta., on May 10, 2016. The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward
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CALGARY—A Calgary researcher says the Fort McMurray wildfire in 2016 showed how pets are often overlooked in disaster planning.

Kim Williams with Mount Royal University’s Centre for Community Disaster Research interviewed 32 evacuees, first responders, veterinarians, volunteers, politicians, policy-makers and animal welfare workers involved in Canada’s costliest natural disaster.